Doggystyle

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Doggystyle is the debut album by American West Coast (G-funk) hip hop artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on November 23, 1993 (see 1993 in music). The title of the album is in reference of a popular sex position. The album was a breakthrough success for Snoop Dogg, who had established a fanbase with his extensive contributions to Dr. Dre's landmark The Chronic; this fanbase made Doggystyle the first debut album in history to enter the Billboard Music Charts at #1. It has been certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA,^[1] and remains Snoop Dogg's highest-selling album to date. According to SoundScan, the album has sold over 10 million copies as of December 2006,^[2] including 802,858 copies in its first week. This made it the fastest-selling rap album prior to Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, and the highest US debut album for any artist in history before 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2003. It still holds the 35th place on the biggest One-Week SoundScan Sales tally as of 2007.

The cover artwork uses several quotes from the 1982 George Clinton release "Atomic Dog". The quotes come from the dogs at the top of the brick wall in the picture: "Why must I feel like that?" "Why must I chase the cat?" "Nothin' but the dog in me"

[edit] Acclaim

Doggystyle topped the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts (North America) for three weeks.

Chris Rock named it the 2nd greatest hip hop album ever in his top 25 list for Rolling Stone in 2005.

"Who Am I (What's My Name)?" was Snoop Dogg's debut solo single. Featuring Tha Dogg Pound, "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and number 20 in the United Kingdom. Another Doggystyle single, "Gin and Juice", was also a number eight Hot 100 hit, and was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award.

The video for "Murder Was the Case" won the 'Video of the Year' award at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 1995.

[edit] Bonus tracks

A bonus track called, "Gz Up, Hoes Down", was included in the first pressing of the album, but not in later versions because of sample clearance issues. "Gz Up, Hoes Down" sampled Isaac Hayes' 1967 song "Look Of Love", written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, a sample later used in songs such as Kim Summerson's "Choices" (Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath, 1996), L.V.'s "Gangsta's Boogie" (I am L.V., 1996), Jay-Z's "Can I Live" (Reasonable Doubt, 1996), Coolio's "Show Me Love" (El Cool Magnifico, 2002), and Ashanti's "Rain on Me" (Chapter II, 2003) [2]. The song can now be found on the Death Row Records 15th Anniversary Compilation CD.

"Tha Next Episode" was listed on the cover, but not included in any pressing of the album. It is considered the original material used for the 2000 Dr. Dre single "The Next Episode" but bears no resemblance to the later song. It was 4:36 long.^[3] "Tha Next Episode" was later released on the Dr. Dre mixtape Pretox under the name "Chronic Unreleased Studio Session", but only 1:10 long.

An outake from the album sessions, "Doggystyle" featuring George Clinton, and is much more of a singing melody, with vocals dominating the song. It is originally 5:26 long.

An outake from the album sessions, "A Nigga Named Dave" became "Murder Was The Case (Death After Visualising Reality)".

[edit] Controversy

Snoop Dogg was also charged by Bridgeport Records and/or Southfield Records with improper use of the musical compositions owned by them as an interpolated/sampled portion in several songs in this album whereas the infringement has not been remedied as described in Infringing Compositions and/or Sound Recordings and/or Records^[4][5][6]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Personnel

• Snoop Dogg - Vocals
• Dr. Dre - Producer
• Daz Dillinger - Producer, Vocals, Performer
• Tha Dogg Pound - Performer, Performer
• Warren G - Performer
• The D.O.C. - Ghostwriter of raps, Performer
• The Lady of Rage - Performer
• RBX - Performer
• Kurupt - Performer
• Nate Dogg - Performer
• The Dramatics - Performer
• Chris "The Glove" Taylor - Songwriter, Producer, Mixing
• Suge Knight - Executive Producer
• Bernie Grundman - Mastering
• Chicu Modu - Photography
• Nanci Fletcher - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Dan Winters - Photography
• Kimberly Holt - Artwork
• Kimberly Brown - Project Coordinator
• Joe Cool - Cover Artwork

[edit] Chart performance

Album

Singles

These are the singles that charted during 1994.

These are the singles that charted during 2004.

[edit] Accolades

( * ) designates lists which are unordered.
All URLs accessed on June 20, 2006 UTC

[edit] Music samples

[edit] Album singles

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp
2. ^ http://ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22680&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=1575
3. ^ Album Analysis - DubCNN.com
   Download a sample from WestCoast2K.net
   Cover scans from Discogs.com
4. ^ http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/bridgeport1j.pdf
5. ^ ^{a b} http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/bridgeport1e.pdf
6. ^ ^{a b} http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/bridgeport1i.pdf
7. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Top+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1994
8. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1994
9. ^ ^{a b c} http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=1759&cat=a
10. ^ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00325.htm
11. ^ Charts Plus [1]

[edit] External links

• Music Video Database
• Chart Data
• "G'z Up, Hoes Down"

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