NEW DOUBLE LP
New sealed copy. 2023 30th anniversary indie record store exclusive limited edition remastered reissue on heavyweight green with black smoke coloured vinyl. Mastered at 45 RPM. Gatefold jacket.
Doggystyle is the debut studio album by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released on November 23, 1993, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. The album was recorded and produced following Snoop's appearances on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic (1992), to which Snoop contributed significantly. The West Coast style in hip-hop that he developed from Dre's first album continued on Doggystyle. Critics have praised Snoop Dogg for the lyrical "realism" that he delivers on the album and for his distinctive vocal flow.
Despite some mixed criticism of the album initially upon its release, Doggystyle earned recognition from many music critics as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the most important hip-hop albums ever released. Much like The Chronic, the distinctive sounds of Doggystyle helped introduce the hip-hop subgenre of G-funk to a mainstream audience, bringing forward West Coast hip-hop as a dominant force in the early-mid 1990s.
Doggystyle debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 806,858 copies in its first week alone in the United States, which was the record for a debuting artist and the fastest-selling hip-hop album ever at the time. Doggystyle was included on The Source magazine's list of the 100 Best Rap Albums, as well as Rolling Stone magazine's list of Essential Recordings of the '90s. About.com placed the album in No. 17 of the greatest hip hop/rap albums of all time. The album was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). By November 2015, the album had sold 7 million copies in the United States, and over 11 million copies worldwide.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Bathtub
A2 G Funk Intro
A3 Gin and Juice
A4 Tha Shiznit
B1 Lodi Dodi
B2 Murder Was the Case
B3 Serial Killa
C1 Who Am I (What's My Name)
C2 For All My Niggaz & Bitches
C3 Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)
D1 Doggy Dog World
D2 Gz and Hustlas
D3 Gz Up, Hoes Down
D4 Pump Pump
