I'd give the Chronic & Doggystyle...

[Lincoln]

Really I don't see what's so great about Snoop..peep the lyrics

Intro:

EeeyiyiyiyiyahtheDoggPound'sinthehou-owwse (the bomb)
EeeyiyiyiyiyeahtheDoggPound'sinthehou-oww-owse
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (the bomb)
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (Dog)

Verse One:

From the depths of the sea, back to the block
Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky as the, the, The D.O.C
Went solo on that ass, but it's still the same
Long Beach is the spot where I served my cane
Follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me, but don't lose your grip
Nine-trizzay's the yizzear for me to fuck up shit
So I ain't holdin nuttin back
And motherfucker I got five on the twenty sack
It's like that and as a matter of fact [rat-tat-tat-tat]
Cuz I never hesitate to put a nigga on his back
[Yeah, so peep out the manuscript
You see that it's a must we drop gangsta shit]
What's my motherfuckin name?

Chorus:

Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (yeah yeah yeah)
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (the bomb)
Da-duh-da-da-dah
Do-do-do-do, doo-doo-doo-da-dahhh! (Dog)

Verse Two:

It's the bow to the wow, creepin and crawlin
Yiggy yes y'allin, Snoop Doggy Dogg in
the motherfuckin house like everyday
Droppin shit with my nigga Mr Dr. Dre
Like I said, niggaz can't FUCK with this
And niggaz can't FUCK with that
shit that I drop cuz ya know it don't stop
Mr. One Eight Seven on a motherfuckin cop
Tic toc never the glock just some nuts and a cock
Robbin motherfuckers then I kill dem blood claats
Then I step through the fog and I creep through the smog
Cuz I'm Snoop Doggy (who?) Doggy (what?) Doggy [Dogg]

Chorus:

Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (the bomb)
Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay, bowwowwowyippyyo (the bomb)
Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay, bowwowwowyippyyoyoyoyoyoyo

Verse Three:

Now just throw your hands in the motherfuckin air
And wave the motherfuckers like ya just don't care
Yeah roll up the dank, and pour the drank
And watch your step (why?) cuz Doggy's on the gank
My bank roll's on swoll
My shit's on hit, legit, now I'm on parole, stroll
with the Dogg Pound right behind me
and up in yo bitch, is where ya might find me
Layin that, playin that G Thang
She want the nigga with the biggest nuts, and guess what?
He is I, and I am him, slim with the tilted brim
What's my motherfuckin name?

Chorus:

Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (the bomb)
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (the bomb)
Snoop Doggy, Do-owww-ohhhh-oggg (Dog)
Da-duh-da-da-dah
Do-do-do-do, doo-doo-doo-da-dahhh! (the bomb)
Da-duh-da-da-dah
Do-do-do-do, doo-doo-doo-da-dahhh! (Dog) (the bomb)
Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay, bowwowwowyippyyo (the bomb)
Doggy Dogg, Doggy Dogg, Doggy Dogg
Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay, bowwowwowyippyyo (the bomb)
What is, his name? Snoop Dogg, and the Dogg Pound
(Dog) (the bomb)
Ohhh, Snoopy Dogg, Snoopy Dogg, Snoopy Dogg (the bomb)
Yeah yeah (Dog) I know his name
C'mon Snoopy, c'mon Snoopy (the bomb)
And the Dogg Pound
Snoopy Dogg (the bomb) Snoopy Dogg
Snoopy Dogg (Dog)
(Dog, nasty dog, doggy dog)

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/snoop-dogg/who-am-i-whats-my-name.html

compared to something that someone like Kam dropped on a fnuky beat

WATTS RIOT LYRICS    

feat. Ice Cube

[Kam]
God damn devils, done finally made they move on South Los Angeles
In Watts, the shots don't quit
And in Compton we got the same shit
Damn pigs is puttin in straight work
Murderin blacks and just smirk
Ain't nothin but another day at the office
So now it's damn near illegal to be a negro
So do I make a run for the border?
Or - fuck Bush, and his 'New World Order'
The law is the straw that broke the camel's back
Just one more punk attack
on the black, and now the shit is on
(Peel his cap and I'm gone!) Oh yeah
See now all hell is finna break loose
And Uncle Tom ain't got no juice
Nigga shoulda been down from the start
but he ain't had a heart, for another Watts riot

[Kam]
So we done lost all patience
(Man fuck police investigations!)
See we gon' handle this right, tonight
(We're tearin up everything in fuckin sight!)
And I ain't got a damn thing to lose
So the news gon' have they hands full
Not to mention the police, fool
No justice, no peace
It's a eye for a eye, so don't even try and speak
on how blacks, should turn the other cheek
To hell with all y'all devils
Ain't no love losses for no white crosses
So what y'all know about this interpretation
with your college education?
Y'all best just keep quiet
and get your ass ready for this next Watts riot

[Ice Cube]
Straight pandemonium! Niggaz I'm with nutty
Mr. Macgillicuddy done got, got
And I'm tossin more cocktails loc

'Til the whole fuckin block smell like smoke
Black folks are loc'n, no jokin
Yo Kam, grab the coke and choke 'em
Make sure that somethin is broken
and then you can smoke him (c'mon)
Got a clip on the news of me with a TV
and I don't give a fuck who done seen me
Fightin the police with my peers
With head and shoulders, and no more tears
And they can't stop me
Cause, I'm eatin more crackers than Polly
For the Jack that smoked the black
I gotta do the right thing for you and Rodney King
Burn down his market
But then you claim, Ice Cube had to spark it
Puttin Beverly Hills in fear
Cause Hollywood burnt down last year
So if you throw me Ozzie and Harriet
I fuck around and bury it, huh
Ain't makin the hood look shitty
Watts riot, insert your city motherfucker!

[Kam]
The whole city is on fire
And now it's down to the wire
Time to call for a national emergency
Cause white folk goin up in smoke
Too fast, they ass is out before they know it
So when I light this cocktail, Cube throw it
And make sure that it reach
Yeah motherfucker, that's for Howard Beach
And Brother Olivert X, so what's next
with y'all punk-ass cowards?
Each of us bring fo' devils
and let's get this over with, yeah, no shit
We ain't worried about dyin
(Man I think you better give up man) Nah I ain't even tryin
I'd rather go out fightin
But let y'all tell it I'm incitin a Watts riot
 
http://www.inlyrics.com/display/Kam_Lyrics/Watts_Riot_Lyrics/131084.htm

Both have great beats, but only one has great lyrics.

[E. J. Rizo]

both have great lyrics but only has word play and flow that makes you go  

[Lincoln]

both have great lyrics but only has word play and flow that makes you go  

The only word play on What's My Name is this line: Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky as the, the, The D.O.C. What a mind-blowing line.   Obviously better than this one: Cause, I'm eatin more crackers than Polly, For the Jack that smoked the black
I gotta do the right thing for you and Rodney King.

Snoop has always been a below-average lyricist, he rhymes about the same shit over & over. If it wasn't for his flow & beats I'd never listen to him.

[Halu Sination]

from snoops doggs freestyle verse with xzibit

"Been flaunted with a label whose future is haunted
Shit getting played on BET and America's Most Wanted
I'm up on it, watching as you mother fuckers rott
To be honest there's no more lessons to be taught
A label being carried by it's history, when will the mistery unfold
Literally put you out your misery and the game is still to be told
When Don Doggy was appointed, I saw your look of dissappointment
Smoke a rapper and a blunt at once, no wonder I'm double jointed
And you coins with a style so 'abstract' it's pointless
Keep calling it underground, I'll send your body back to join it"

lyrically that just washed away that kam verse you showed us. granted snoop doesnt come that hard in every verse, but really who does?

[Lincoln]

from snoops doggs freestyle verse with xzibit

"Been flaunted with a label whose future is haunted
Shit getting played on BET and America's Most Wanted
I'm up on it, watching as you mother fuckers rott
To be honest there's no more lessons to be taught
A label being carried by it's history, when will the mistery unfold
Literally put you out your misery and the game is still to be told
When Don Doggy was appointed, I saw your look of dissappointment
Smoke a rapper and a blunt at once, no wonder I'm double jointed
And you coins with a style so 'abstract' it's pointless
Keep calling it underground, I'll send your body back to join it"

lyrically that just washed away that kam verse you showed us. granted snoop doesnt come that hard in every verse, but really who does?

Damn that verse is dope I'd never seen it before. But to say it's better than Kam's...come on.

[E. J. Rizo]

both have great lyrics but only has word play and flow that makes you go  

The only word play on What's My Name is this line: Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky as the, the, The D.O.C. What a mind-blowing line.   Obviously better than this one: Cause, I'm eatin more crackers than Polly, For the Jack that smoked the black
I gotta do the right thing for you and Rodney King.

Snoop has always been a below-average lyricist, he rhymes about the same shit over & over. If it wasn't for his flow & beats I'd never listen to him.

"its the capitol S so yes im fresh N double O P D O double G Y D O double G ya see" man he may not be saying much more than snoop doggy dogg on there but tell me that shit doesnt just sound fuckin tight....its the word play and flow and atleast decent lyrics with great production....doggystyle and chron are the best albums i can bump them any day

[Halu Sination]

lincoln, you know how much i love kam, im prolly one of his biggest fans at this whole board. verse by verse, kam has never come off weak in his life, which is why i consider him one of today's best lyricists. but this part alone "And you coins with a style so 'abstract' it's pointless
Keep calling it underground, I'll send your body back to join it" basically destroyed that whole kam verse.

[Lincoln]

You guys are really getting shit twisted. 4/5 is far from a bad rating. That still means the albums are great just not perfect. Part of what brings the ratings down is skits, skits piss me off like mad.

[Don Breezio]

man you guys...its just an opinion...i agree with him...the sure as hell arent perfect...doggystyle imo doesnt even deserve a 4...maybe a 3...the chronic maybe a 3.5...people praise these albums like nothing will ever top them...there have been many albums way better than these...they are good albums but entirely too overrated.

[Lincoln]

^^ Thank you

[R-Tistic]

Well as other dude said, it's all about the flow from Snoop.

The "Who am I" beat would drown out Kams voice and delivery, but Snoops flow goes perfect with it.

I say it like I always do....rap is just like basketball, because it's hard to compare different artists and songs, the same way its hard to compare different positions. The same way u can say "Duncan can rebound block and dunk better than Iverson, but Iverson can dribble much better than him, but then Kobe can shoot better than both but can't block like Duncan......" etc etc. it's like Kam may have better lyrics than snoop, but snoop has better flow and delivery and charisma, but then Eminem has better multis than both, etc. etc. u get what I am sayin?

So basically...I'm sayin it's hard to compare different artists or albums because even tho Illmatic's lyrics may have been better than Snoop on doggystle, the beats and flow on doggystyle are light years ahead of Illmatic.

[mauzip]

On The Chronic I dislike Dre Day, Let Me Ride, A Nigga Witta Gun & the skits *skits really ruin an album for me
On Doggystyle I dislike Who Am I , Gz & Hustlaz & the skits, and think For all My Niggaz & My Bitches & Doggy Dogg World are average, neither good or bad.

 

There's actually one person in the world that dislikes Who Am I...

[teecee]

Lincoln, just wondering how old u are dude?  Im thinking mid teens or something.......my point- u never experienced the cronic or DOggystyle the way others did.  When those two albums dropped, they changed hiphop for the rest of the decade and the Chronic had arguably the most impact of any rap album in the 90s, and maybe of all time.  Its your opinion, and thats all good, and i cant help but notice u have MANY dope albums on your classic list like Long Live the Kane(my fav song ever- aint no half steppin )and the Paris joints.  However, it seems like you like the more lyrical artists and seem to think everything else isnt classic.  Sure, Snoop aint a lyrical genius, but Paris flow cant even touch Doggystyle Snoop and the beats Kam rapped over in the 90s were just lesser imitations of what Dre was doing.  

R-tistic hit it on the head in his point.  All artists bring something different to the game, whether it be lyrics, flow, charisma, beats, etc..........what you gotta do is realize hiphop is multi-faceted and that there are gonna be albums you dont like that others think classic (i can no longer stand the Blueprint for example)!  I dont particularly enjoy listening to Public Enemy's It takes a NAtion of Millions.... but i KNOW its a classic.  I didnt experience it when it came out and it sounds so dated, much like Illmatic does to many younger kids today.  

Just keep an open mind about hiphop, and maybe re-listen to DOggystyle and the Chronic, keep em on heavy rotation for a couple weeks!  If you still hate Let me Ride and Who am i, than quit listening to rap!!!!!!!!  Just kidding dogg, peace

[Lincoln]

Lincoln, just wondering how old u are dude?  Im thinking mid teens or something.......my point- u never experienced the cronic or DOggystyle the way others did.  When those two albums dropped, they changed hiphop for the rest of the decade and the Chronic had arguably the most impact of any rap album in the 90s, and maybe of all time.  Its your opinion, and thats all good, and i cant help but notice u have MANY dope albums on your classic list like Long Live the Kane(my fav song ever- aint no half steppin )and the Paris joints.  However, it seems like you like the more lyrical artists and seem to think everything else isnt classic.  Sure, Snoop aint a lyrical genius, but Paris flow cant even touch Doggystyle Snoop and the beats Kam rapped over in the 90s were just lesser imitations of what Dre was doing.  

R-tistic hit it on the head in his point.  All artists bring something different to the game, whether it be lyrics, flow, charisma, beats, etc..........what you gotta do is realize hiphop is multi-faceted and that there are gonna be albums you dont like that others think classic (i can no longer stand the Blueprint for example)!  I dont particularly enjoy listening to Public Enemy's It takes a NAtion of Millions.... but i KNOW its a classic.  I didnt experience it when it came out and it sounds so dated, much like Illmatic does to many younger kids today.  

Just keep an open mind about hiphop, and maybe re-listen to DOggystyle and the Chronic, keep em on heavy rotation for a couple weeks!  If you still hate Let me Ride and Who am i, than quit listening to rap!!!!!!!!  Just kidding dogg, peace

I'm 17. You make some good points, but to me Snoop & Dre talk about the same shit on a lot of the songs. However, I still think they're great albums. 4/5 is hardly a bad rating. Actually, to see if my mind changed last time I listened to both albums back to back twice in a row & my mind hasn't changed (except that on For All My N's & B's + Doggy Doggy World Kurupt's verses are deadly).