Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$

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Snoop Dogg

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Classic Snoop, if one album can even be measured up to the kind of funk that he so eliquently dropped in '93 on Doggystyle this is the one. He has found his flow, he favors pimps and his snoop deville, over the Raiders and navagators. He has put down the joint (sad) and picked up the mic. For everyone who is hatin' on his new slow songs need to listen up to the new snoop and stop comparing him to his "doggy dogg" moniker. The kid has grown up and is finally stepping forward making this album a 1970's pimp theme song extravaganza. Taking it slow because sometimes you have to take thing slower. But there is enough head nodders in here to crack a vertabre. With beats from Jellyroll, who has taken over most of the production on this album, he stays on top and unstoppable. Premo, High Tek, and Neptunes also serve a musical inspirations. But this new cat Jellyroll has beats only matched by Dre. This bring me to my next complaint, Dre was not on the album get over it. Dre is the starter of Snoop's career without Dre there may have been no Snoop, but life goes on we can't dwell on something that isn't there. The beats sound spectacular for the most part. Snoop's flow is impressive and this album is great. With apperances by Bishop Don Magic Juan, Redman, Gay-Z, Ludacris, Nate, Lady of Rage, and RBX, the guest list is impressive. The best song on the joint are Stoplight; which is an Parliment remake of flashlight, Lollipop with gay-z, Paper'd Up with a dope fluit in it, The One and Only beat by Premo, Long Beach to Brick City with Redman(Dope), and Pimp Slapp'd with a dre like beat dissing Suge and Kurupt and Tha Row. Respect do anyone that disses these two deserves a five star. They are the reason that rap almost got ruined.

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This has got to be one of Snoop's worst. The production on this CD is very poor. The only well produced songs are "Beautiful," "From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace," and "Lollipop." That's not the only reason why this album is so bad though. His rhymes are weak and repetative and become boring. This album is only for really die hard fans. I've been a fan of Snoop since Doggystyle days. Although when he joined Master P., he changed, for the worse. Don't waste you money. If you want GOOD west coast rap, I recommend:

Dr. Dre ~ The Chronic

Snoop Dogg ~ Doggystyle

Dr. Dre ~ 2001

Xzibit ~ 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz

Xzibit ~ Man vs. Machine

Warren G : Regulate... G Funk Era

Ice Cube ~ The Predator

Ice Cube ~ AmeriKKKaz Most Wanted

Ice Cube ~ Death Certificate

N.W.A. ~ Straight Outta Compton

The list goes on but these are my favorites. This album is nothing compared to Doggystyle. I wonder is R&G is any good.