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This will always be one of my favorite albums. Dj Pooh's sound is way too funky on this. 2001 gets played consistently and will never get old. Snoop was just in a different head space and it is what is. This album is just the shit.w
Refuse to believe that shit. That sounds like Snoop's writing.
Quote from: LAC/EASTSIDE on April 16, 2014, 04:36:50 PMRefuse to believe that shit. That sounds like Snoop's writing. Was listening to the songs again, and was basically thinking the same thing. Snoops writing is on point on the good songs here, so I think he couldve easily came up with verses like on downtown assassins and 2001. Especially lines like I hope things get better for youCos I'mma make things get better for meAnd keep the Doggystyle hottest thing out the LBThe L-L-G wit DPG by the seaWe ride at high tide, the East is my sideorThey say once upon a time in the land of the loccsWhere it's all about dope and pistol smokeI packs me a heavy calibre .38 revolverWeed out, Dp'd out, GC'd outOh, did you not knowSnoop wit the .44 knockin at'cha dooron 2001 sound like old school snoop lyrics. He has even done some annotations about the lyrics on rapgenius where he explains the meaning and how the lyrics are intended, so it's even more unlikely that he didnt write it himself.But anyway, listening to the album again I may have to take back the "not above average" argument. The album is for sure above average, especially when compared to some other albums back then and like every album nowdays, but not great or even classic. There are just too many tracks where snoop sounds like a zombie unmotivated to spit a single bar, and though its just stupid to compare the production and the style on here to DS, everybody should admit that the production here is not on the same level, but still the album offers a handfull of good to pretty great songs, of course not even close to doggystyle, but like I said pretty great none the less.
kurupt was still in his prime on tha doggfather, he killed all of his verses : up jump tha boogie, gold rush, groupie, blueberryi think the final tracklisting was a bit weak compared to what it could have been but it's still a very solid album, the main problem being Snoop and his voice being too low on the tracks, other than that, as a collective effort I think it showcased the skills of his camp at the time with the LBC Crew (minus Lil Style) on their A game. I also think Snoop's Upside Ya Head was a very dope song, overall DJ Pooh provided good beats for the album, but I can understand how it was a disappointment for most fans since it's very different from doggystyle and not what you would expect from Snoop.i don't think there's a terrible song on the album, there are some fillers : freestyle conversation, doggy land, me & my doggs, and some subpar songs : snoop bounce but other than that i think there's a good variety of songs and there's always songs you can bump at different times according to your mood, i think it's more of a night time album than a day time album that you would bump in the summertime as most g funk releases are.
Anybody here has a list of all the songs which were intended to be on doggfather or recorded during the album sessions, but did't made the final cut ?I think i saw a thread here once which explained the different stages of the album tracklist, but I can't find it right now...
I never liked the album, still don't. Its just so fuckin dry. Granola even.You can't hate on Snoop for using ghostwriters tho. He paid his dues and wrote A LOT for Dre. Besides, atleast he didn't hide it, you see his name isn't credited on those songs.I don't have my No Limit Top Dogg booklette anymore but I believe he thanked Tray Deee and Bad Azz for writing for him in there.