meanwhile its a short song got a long intro... 

thx, this one fits!

cool video, and song too!

and that dancer! 

It’s reuploded, I see op changed link. Was a glitch with the original upload,

No Limit Top Dogg is the real return of Snoop Dogg on a lot of levels he started with a heavily list of Guest Appearances from 2001, Marshall Mathers, The Dynasty, Funk Flex album The Tunnel… after Top Dogg the first Tha Eastsidaz album blew up and then Tha Last Meal and the Up in Smoke Tour.. he truly has resurrected he career and in better form

But I will say Da Game Is To Be Sold after Tha Doggfather album slip didn’t help him much … Snoop took huge chances of change when the fans wanted some simplicity at times and it back fired

His Da Game album is sprinkled with some dope shit and now I think it’s better than before with Mystikal going crazy on Ain’t Nothing Personal and C-Murder on DP Gangsta and then both rhyming over a door ass Meech swells beat on See Ya When I get There… it should have been a dope blend of Westcoast and South beats but it was more a Master P & Snoop Dogg album truthfully … you look at it like that and hear it that way it ain’t too crazy to say this shit gooo…

Hooked from the soundtrack should have been on the album and Don’t Be Foolish as well two track that embodies what the album needed to sound like as well… Snitches off Last Don was Snoop on fire as well.. I think they rushed projects and a lot was sprinkled every where at times … but Snoop definitely showed he was capable of making a dope album with Top Dogg, Eastsidaz and Tha Last Meal by having Dre and Quik especially come back to Cali G Funk with him

Yeah I guess what I was trying to say is something you put a bit better in the beginning of your post.

Da Game Is To Be Sold was kind of a diversion, a payment to Master P. And though I think you like this album more than I do, the facts are that the song most remember from this album is the first single, "Still a G Thang", which in my opinion is a classic Snoop West Coast track. Obviously nowhere near his best with Dr. Dre, but definitely a highlight of his No Limit era.

Also, I don't think I ever heard that "Don't Be Foolish" song until you mentioned. Crazy that something like that never caught my ear all these years. I must've been patiently awaiting No Limit Top Dogg at the time that came out, but for whatever reason I never heard it.

But point is, I def agree with you that "Hooked" and "Don't Be Foolish" should've been on Da Game Is To Be Sold. I think the b-sides from the album should've made it as well, "Full-Fledged Pimpin'" (from the "Still a G Thang" single) and "It's All on a Ho" (from the "Woof" single). Neither were anywhere near Snoop's best, but ultimately better songs that the seemingly endless procession of annoying, cheap, rushed Beats by the Pound productions on the album.

I remember in the book of the album, it had the ad for what was at the time being called Top Dogg, and while my teenaged hopes were that this was the album were that he'd hook back up with Nate Dogg and Warren G and Tha Dogg Pound, and most importantly and excitingly, Dr. Dre. But the Pen & Pixel album art and general walled-off nature of hip-hop made me figure it wasn't happened. And by "walled-off culture" I just meant that you didn't see a lot mingling between crews, not as much as you see today. You wouldn't expect, say...Snoop Dogg on an OutKast album, or The Lox on a Kurupt album. It just wasn't done all that much.

But yeah, around the time of the release of No Limit Top Dogg Snoop seemed more than happy to prove his West Coast bonafides. Having three great new Dre tracks on the album showed he was serious and was almost kinda the appetizer for the entree that was 2001. And following up with the album from Tha Eastsidaz (which was a sizable hit on its own) and then his continued work with Dr. Dre on Tha Last Meal, Snoop was going from strength to strength. And lest we forget, he had also been doing tons of guest features with artists all over the map, which set the stage to find hits hroughout the first decade of the 2000s.

did u talk shit or cape for chino xl daughter?

Nope, I only ask him stuf of upcoming releases, I think he blocked me accidentally.

They ruined perfectly their "good bye" album. Short, no RZA production I didn't expect that after they announced it's going to be their last album...

Naw, it wasn't intended to be disrespectful I just had a couple follow up questions so I wanted to see if you were old enough to remember some of the liner notes and the other stuff going on at that time...The other thing I completely gaffed on haha but I'll message you as soon as I remember.


Nate was never officially signed to Death Row apparently. His original album that was being promoted was called 'Dogg of a Different Breed'...The lead single was "Never Leave Me Alone"....things got hectic at the row at this time and affected many of the planned releases, specifically Nate's, Rage's and Doggumentary. Dre left, Pac passed, Snoop was getting shit for not having Pac's back the way some felt he should and he was sort of black balled or a target from some rivals. He was technically not under contract and then was hosting for Power 106 I believe and releasing premiere's as part of his employment there. I'm not certain, but I think this was to help keep him afloat during all the uncertainty. I think it was Damizza that set it up. Eventually, things got hotter, he made his way south to get away for a bit, linked with Master P, who did the deal with Suge. (Similar situation that Suge did for Dre at Ruthless).


Tha Doggfather struggled out the gate commercially and Midnight Love was produced by Daz (Now Death Row's overseer) to spark sales. It was a closer sound that Snoop's fan's became used to.


Dogg of a Different Breed was taken/stolen and expanded to 2-Discs to become G-Funk Classics Vol. 1&2. It's an incredible album but was never officially released in the States like Scitt mentioned. Many of the songs are poorly mixed and mastered and were likely demos/scratch takes that they just ended up releasing.

Hey...sorry for lashing out. I figured you meant it in a fucked up way. My b.

While I get that things got crazy at Death Row after Tupac's death and Suge going away, I still don't understand why the projects that were ready to go couldn't just move forward. As we know, Nate's G-Funk Classics Vol. 1 was pressed and ready to go, I remember seeing the single for "Never Leave Me Alone" in a department store in like late '96 or '97. I'm pretty sure he had interviews in The Source and probably other stuff. The album was ready for release. Then.....nothing. Until he go the rights and put it out, along more new recordings, as G-Funk Classics Vol. 1 & 2.

Now as far as Snoop, are you kinda insinuating that things weren't alright between Snoop and the rest of the Death Row camp after Tupac's murder? Cuz I mean, I just don't get why they wouldn't be pushing their number one living artist, right after his second album was released. I don't see how Doggumentary wouldn't have helped both Snoop and the label. As I said before, I think "Midnight Love" had a shot at being a nice pop hit. I don't necessarily think it would've changed the trajectory of Death Row, and likely Snoop (and Daz and Kurupt and Soopafly and whoever else) woulda left the label anyways.

Anyways, so yeah I'm 41 and was paying close attention back in those days. However, I didn't use the internet until 1998 or so, so I admit I was a little clueless on any of the rumors that might've been floating around back then. My main source for news on hip-hop in those days was MTV, BET, The Source and probably Vibe.