Tha Doggfather

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Tha Doggfather was Snoop Dogg's follow up to his debut album Doggystyle, released by Death Row Records in 1996, under the name "Snoop Doggy Dogg" (his alias at that time). The album features Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, and Warren G, amongst others. 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. Still worth to note that it was released only one week after another Death Row release, the first posthumous album by slain Tupac, the The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, which also debuted at number one. Strangly, Tupac wasn't a part of the album. According to SoundScan, over two million copies have been sold with 800,000 copies in the UK alone by the end of 1996.

The album was re-released July 11, 2006.

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "Doggfather" (featuring Charlie Wilson) (Produced by Dat Nigga Daz)
3. "Ride 4 Me"

   Contains a sample from "Ridin' High" by Faze-O

4. "Up Jump Tha Boogie" (featuring Kurupt, Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie) (Produced by DJ Pooh)
5. "Freestyle Conversation" (Produced by Soopafly)
6. "When I Grow Up" (Produced by Snoop Dogg)
7. "Snoop Bounce" (featuring Charlie Wilson) (Produced by DJ Pooh)

   Contains an interpolation of "More Bounce To The Ounce" by Zapp

8. "Gold Rush" (featuring Kurupt & LBC Crew) (Produced by Arkim & Flair)
9. "(Tear 'Em Off) Me & My Doggz" (Produced by L.T. Hutton)
10. "You Thought" (featuring Too $hort & Soopafly) (Produced by Soopafly)

    Radio intro plays "Smokin' tha Bud" by Jewell

11. "Vapors" (featuring Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie) (Produced by DJ Pooh)

    Contains an interpolation from "Vapors" by Biz Markie and "Blind Man Can See It" and "Papa Don't Take No Mess" by James Brown

12. "Groupie" (featuring Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Warren G & Charlie Wilson) (Produced by Dat Nigga Daz)
13. "2001" (Produced by DJ Pooh)
14. "Sixx Minutes" (Produced by Arkim & Flair)

    Contains an interpolation of "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick

15. "(O.J.) Wake Up" (featuring Tray Deee) (Produced by Snoop Dogg & L.T. Hutton)

    Contains a sample from "It's Like That" by Run-DMC

16. "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" (featuring Charlie Wilson) (Produced by DJ Pooh)

    Contains a sample from "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Opps)" by Gap Band. (Sample)

17. "Blueberry" (featuring Tha Dogg Pound & LBC Crew and Prince Ital Joe) (Produced by Sam Sneed)
18. "Traffic Jam" (Produced by Ricky Harris)
19. "Doggyland" (Produced by DJ Pooh)

    Contains an interpolation of "The Love You Save" by The Jackson 5

20. "Downtown Assassins" (featuring Dat Nigga Daz & Tray Deee) (Produced by Dat Nigga Daz)
21. "Outro" (featuring 2Pac)

Cut-out tracks

• "Work It Out" featuring Shaquille O'Neal & Mista Grimm

Chart performance

Singles

Title	Chart positions			Video Director
	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

Album

	Album Charts					Sales
	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 Certification
Position	#1	#43	#1	#8	#15	#148	2x Platinum
Date	30.11.1996	1997	1996	1997	23.11.1996	1996	04.02.1997

References

• Chart Data
• Music Video Database