tbh I think "Da Game" was a mismatch of styles between No Limits Beats By The Pound production/No Limits crew and Snoops laid back flow
"Tha Doggfather" when it came out I didn't like but over the years it has grown on me...all in all sans Dre and the D.O.C Snoop did a pretty nice job...and I think DJ Pooh gets alot of unwarranted hate for his production on there too
yeah, to your above comment "STILL A G THANG" was fucking dope! I used to bump the hell out of that track summer of 96' my first year driving 16 years old, i had the single before the album came out, and loved the video -- got decent play on MTV/BET. It was great, produced by Meach and sounded like the Snoop we knew and loved. Speaking of which, in spite of being at a precarious point of his career his style and charisma in those days was still the same Snoop from Doggystyle. That was the only worthy track on the album to me.
I also was bumping "Hooked" on repeat that summer, produced by Soopafly but on the No Limit I Got the Hookup soundtrack. A classic Snoop banger from that novel era in his career before the West Resurgence and after Death Row.
As for Doggfather... you can't hate Pooh. Pooh is a legend. And I don't think anybody blamed him. In fact, in some ways, it was Pooh that actually came through and saved the day. That album really kept getting pushed back and it was likely Pooh that came through with some fresh and next level that they could go on ahead and put out the album.
In retrospect it was dope, but expectations were so high and the label was in disaray with Dre leaving and Pac getting killed. So there are a lot of people to blame--but Pooh shouldn't be one of them. Those beats and the sound he came was dope.
For Doggfather I always come up with these bizzare ideas of how they could've made it all work. Like, they should've stole more tracks from LBC Crew "Haven't You Heard" and why give that single away to Thin Line Between Love and Hate soundtrack they could've put Snoop on more of "Beware of My Crew" and there is your hit single right there. They could've even borrowed "Me in Your World" from the Dogg Pound or "Cavi Hit" from the Dogg Pound just thrown Snoop and them joints, and BAM!! You got a hit and he's quadruple platinum again and everyone is satisfied and it all would've been on Death Row continues it's reign!

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