Tha Doggfather
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| Tha Doggfather | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Snoop Doggy Dogg | ||||||||||
| Released | November 12, 1996 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1994-1996 | |||||||||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop, G-Funk, Gangsta rap | |||||||||
| Length | 73:59 | |||||||||
| Label | Death Row/Interscope |
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| Producer | Suge Knight (exec.) DJ Pooh Daz Dillinger Soopafly LT Hutton Sam Sneed Arkim & Flair |
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| Snoop Doggy Dogg chronology | ||||||||||
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Tha Doggfather is Snoop Doggy Dogg's follow up to his debut album Doggystyle, released by Death Row Records in 1996. The album was re-released July 11, 2005.
Although the album debuted at number one in the week of November 12, 1996 with over 478,971 copies sold, it failed to match the commercial success of Doggystyle due to the lack of involvement of Dr.Dre. Still worth to note that it was released only one week after another Death Row release, the first posthumous album by slain Tupac Shakur, the The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, which also debuted at number one.
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[edit] Reception
- Entertainment Weekly (11/29/96, p.90) - "Even without Dr. Dre behind the board, Snoop and his studio team concoct an intoxicating blend of old-school funk and gangsta cool." - Rating: B+
- Muzik (1/97, p.118) - 3 out of 5 - "...a more angular, spiky, old school-influenced vehicle for the Dogg Father to strut his matter-of-fact rhymes over....you [are taken in] by the strength of the rhyming..."
- Melody Maker (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #49 on Melody Maker's list of 1996's `Albums Of The Year.'
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Cut-out tracks
- "Work It Out" featuring Shaquille O'Neal & Mista Grimm[1]
- "Dogg Collar" featuring Lady V. KV, Big Pimpin', 6'9, Twin & Bad Azz[2]
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Singles
| Title | Chart positions | Video Director | ||
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| Eurochart Hot 100 | UK Top 75 | Australia Top 100 | ||
| "Doggfather" (featuring Charlie Wilson) |
- | 36 | - | Joseph Kahn |
| "Vapors" (featuring Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie) |
- | 18 | - | Paul Hunter |
| "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" (featuring Charlie Wilson) |
47 | 12 | 44 | Darius S. Henderson |
[edit] Album
| Album Charts | Certification | |||||||
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| Billboard 200 | Billboard Year-end Albums Chart 1997 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (cont.) | UK Top 75 Albums | UK Top Selling Artist Albums 1996 | RIAA | ||
| Position | 1 | 43 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 148 | 2x Platinum | |
| Date | 30.11.1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 23.11.1996 | 1996 | 04.02.1997 | |
[edit] References
| Preceded by The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by Makaveli |
Billboard 200 number-one album November 30 - December 6, 1996 |
Succeeded by Razorblade Suitcase by Bush |
