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Those weren't the best tracks off "Doggfather". Snoop still had the talent in 1996-97. He just didn't have the direction. The timing on the album didn't work out in his favor either.
Ehh he fell of temporarily. Similar to when T.I. caught those gun charges and suddenly started making all those "Live Your Life" / "Dead & Gone" type songs, they had just went through a lot and didn't have the frame of mind to make aggressive gangsta shit (T.I.) or partying and pimpin music (Snoop).Then to make matters worse Snoop went to No Limit and attempted to fit in and gave us a frisbee of an album.BUT!After that he gave us No Limit Top Dogg, Tha Last Meal, Tha Eastsidaz album, the Bones Soundtrack, The Wash, Doggystyle All-Stars, even Paid the Cost was nice (treat yourself and break out the unreleased tracks from that album too). So your arguement is flawed because while he did indeed "fall off" for 2 albums; he went on a GREAT run and released some of the best music of his career shortly after. 1999-2003 Snoop was a beast.
I tend to agree with Infinite on this one, Snoop didn't have the hunger he needed to make an album in 96. There aren't many memorable verses from Snoop on Tha Doggfather, I would say he only stands out on O.J. (Al Davis ? No nigga Tracey Davis, the Eastside Long Beach Bravest, lol, I love that line), Up Jump Tha Boogie, Doggfather, 2001, and Snoops Upside Ya Head, and he's not even on his A Game on those tracks. To make things worse, the mixing was subpar on Tha Doggfather and Snoop's voice was too low. Snoop really got outshined on Tha Doggfather, and multiple times, especially by Kurupt (Up Jump Tha Boogie, Gold Rush). The LBC Crew were in their prime and Gold Rush and Blueberry are among my favorite tracks of the album. Sometimes Snoop just drops a quick verse which makes it sound like it's not even his song (Groupie).
Quote from: Jimmy H. on September 01, 2014, 09:27:40 PMThose weren't the best tracks off "Doggfather". Snoop still had the talent in 1996-97. He just didn't have the direction. The timing on the album didn't work out in his favor either. Snoop fell off after his beating his murder case. He even says in his MTV interview after his acquittal that he didn't feel like making gangsta rap anymore—then the album opens up with "this is for ya'll that said gangsta rap was dead, fuck ya'll".. so it was clear he was being forced to make gangsta music even though he wasn't feelin it any more.Snoop's career can be divided into 5 parts...1. His Prime - from "Deep Cover" till he was aquitted for murder in spring/summer 962. When he fell off - From Doggfather all the way thru Tha Game album3. Resurrection/West Coast resergence - From Top Dogg up through the second Eastsidaz album4. Low period again when he was fucking with Pharell5. Icon/Celebrity...now he made a nice comeback with the Snoop Lion album and he is kind of more of an icon/celebrity these days.
I don't think Snoop fell off with Pharell, they some nice tracks together some of Snoop's biggest hits...
I don't think Snoop fell off with Pharell, they some nice tracks together some of Snoop's biggest hits...as for Doggfather I agree that Snoop still had it in him, he made alot of dope tracks that didn't make the album to go with the wack ones that were on it
Tough call to compare the two albums but IMO the best tracks on Tha Dogg fatha are ;up jump tha boogiesnoop bouncevapours2001sixx minutesdoggy land.(of course tracks like blue berry and wake up are right up there also). So yeah most my faves from the album are solo's. Funny how when this album came out it was so strange/different and disappointing but then i grew to love it and now consider it pretty much classic and its one of my fave Snoop albums.