Cali Iz Active
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| Studio album by Tha Dogg Pound | ||||
| Released | June 27, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005-2006 | |||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop | |||
| Length | 68:52 | |||
| Label | Doggystyle/Koch | |||
| Producer | David Banner Ryan Leslie L.T. Moe Rick Rock Soopafly Swizz Beatz Jazze Pha Battlecat Bangladesh |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    2006 |
| The A.V. Club | (B-) 2006 |
| PrefixMag.com |   2006 |
| Rolling Stone | 2006 |
| HipHopDX.com | 2006 |
| RapReviews.com | 2006 |
| USA Today | link |
| XXL | (L) 2006 |
Cali Iz Active is the fourth studio album by rap group Tha Dogg Pound and is also the name of the album's title track and lead single. It was released through Koch and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Records on June 27, 2006.
The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling just over 60,000 records, but reached number one on the Top Independent albums chart and 4th on Hot Rap albums chart. Besides Daz and Kurupt, the album also features Tha Dogg Pound family (Snoop Dogg, RBX, Soopafly, Nate Dogg, and Bad Azz). Also appearing are David Banner, Ice Cube, Paul Wall and producers Battlecat, Fredwreck, Swizz Beatz and Jazze Pha.
Snoop Dogg has already used the Royal Cash sample in one of his earlier unreleased recordings with DJ Glaze of Foesum. It was titled "True To The Game" and DJ Glaze included it in his mixtape The Lost Tapez[1][2][3]
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[edit] Track listing
- "Cali Iz Active" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
- "Kushn N' Pushn"
- (Produced by L.T. Moe)
- "Sittin on 23z"
- (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
- "Stop Lyin"
- (Produced by Battlecat)
- "It's Craccin All Night" (featuring Diddy & Snoop Dogg)
- (Produced by Jeffrey "J-Dub" Walker)
- "Slow Your Roll"
- (Produced by Soopafly)
- "Heavyweights" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
- (Produced by Ryan Leslie)
- "Keep It Gangsta" (featuring Lady of Rage)
- (Produced by Soopafly)
- "Hard on a Hoe" (featuring Nate Dogg, RBX & Snoop Dogg)
- (Produced by Rick Rock)
- "It's All Hood" (featuring Ice Cube)
- (Produced by Battlecat)
- "Faknass Hoes" (featuring David Banner)
- (Produced by David Banner)
- "Don't Sweat It" (featuring Nate Dogg, RBX & Snoop Dogg)
- (Produced by 1500 or Nothin')
- "Make Dat Pussy Pop" (featuring Paul Wall)
- (Produced by Bangladesh)
- "Thrown Up da C"
- (Produced by Soopafly)
- "Face 2 Face" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
- (Produced by Battlecat)
- "She Likes Dat" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
- (Produced by Jazze Pha)
[edit] Single
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| Single by Tha Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Dogg | |||||||||||
| from the album Cali Iz Active | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Sittin on 23z" 3:45 | ||||||||||
| Released | June 2006 | ||||||||||
| Format | 12" single, CD | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop | ||||||||||
| Length | 4:44 | ||||||||||
| Label | Koch/Doggystyle | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Arnaud, D./Broadus, C./Brown, R./Cash, D./Gilliam, K. | ||||||||||
| Producer | A: Battlecat, B: Swizz Beatz |
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On April 22, 2006 the group went to Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California to film the music video with director Damon Johnson for the only single on the album, "Cali Iz Active". Many West Coast hip hop artist were featured in the music video including Ice Cube, WC, DJ Quik, Tyrese Gibson, Too Short, Xzibit, Tha Outlawz, B-Real, Warren G, Strong Arm Steady, Roscoe, Daddy V, Yo-Yo, JT the Bigga Figga, MC Eiht, Jelly Roll, Fredwreck, Dilated Peoples, Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone and J Wells. Ronald Isley also appeared in the video.
In the music video for the song, WC and DJ Quik can be seen Crip Walking and Blood Walking respectively.
The song was performed live on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS with guests Dave Foley, Regis Philbin, Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop Dogg and John Landis.[5]
It samples "Radioactive" by Royal Cash [6]
[edit] Album chart performance
| US Chart positions | |||
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| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Top Rap Albums | Top Independent Albums |
| 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
[edit] Download
Cali Iz Active video footage from DubCNN includes backstage, filming, MTV interview
[edit] Technical credits
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BATTLECAT Computer, DAW, recording hardware
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FREDWRECK Computer, DAW, recording hardware
Console/mixer
Samplers, drum machines, turntables
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[edit] References
- ^ CD Baby: FOESUM: The Lost Tapez
- ^ dubcnn.com // Snoop Dogg Interview Part 4 (January 2007) // West Coast News Network //
- ^ Foesum.com - The Official Foesum Website
- ^ " The FADER - Top Dogg
- ^ TV Guide, TV Listings, Online Videos, Entertainment News and Celebrity News | TVGuide.com
- ^ The FADER - Top Dogg
- ^ An interview with Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound — Tha Dogg Pound on Cali iz Active
[edit] External links
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