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By The Numbers: Snoop Dogg’s First Six Platinum Solo Albums
By The Numbers: Snoop Dogg’s First Six Platinum Solo Albums
By The Numbers: Snoop Dogg’s First Six Platinum Solo Albums
Before Snoop Lion was making reggae songs and Snoopzilla was exploring the funk, Snoop Doggy Dogg was credited as a pioneer in trademarking the West Coast’s G-Funk sound in the 1990s. At the time, the rapper dropped the blueprint for a perfect debut album with Doggystyle in 1993, rivaling Nas’s Illmatic introduction the next year. Aside from...
Best Lines On Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’
Best Lines On Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’
Best Lines On Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’
Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle is a classic. As Kevin Powell notes in Michael Gonzales' XXL piece on the album's 20th anniversary today, when you listen the album you're privy to the incredible history of Black music. And as Kenrick Lamar notes in his review of the album, the album's wordplay is also something to be admired...
10 Things You Might Not Know About Snoop Lion
10 Things You Might Not Know About Snoop Lion
10 Things You Might Not Know About Snoop Lion
It is hard to believe that it has been 20 years since Snoop Doggy Dogg released his classic debut, Doggystyle.  Calvin Broadus might have taken to calling himself Snoop Lion these days but nobody is going forget that the D-O-G-G has enjoyed one of the most iconic careers in all of music. ...
A Look Back At Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’ 20 Years Later
A Look Back At Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’ 20 Years Later
A Look Back At Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’ 20 Years Later
Ed. Note: Snoop Dogg's classic Doggystyle album turns 20 years old tomorrow, November 23. Michael Gonzales takes a look back at what led to the album, its reception, and how it changed hip-hop in the two decades since. Twenty years ago when Snoop Doggy Dogg’s raw debut Doggystyle (Death Row) was released, people were fiending for the latest dose of "G-funk" music as though it were a new
Kurupt Shares The Stories Behind Eight Of His Best Verses
Kurupt Shares The Stories Behind Eight Of His Best Verses
Kurupt Shares The Stories Behind Eight Of His Best Verses
You might not realize it but Kurupt might be the MVP of some of your favorite rap songs ever. During his 21-year-career, Young Gotti knocked down New York skyscrapers with Snoop, was the Death Row inmate stranded in cell block one and was the man that let you know Dr...
Gunplay Reveals His Five Favorite Street Albums
Gunplay Reveals His Five Favorite Street Albums
Gunplay Reveals His Five Favorite Street Albums
Richard Morales, better known as Gunplay, has been a part of Rick Ross' superstar Maybach Music Group crew since virtually the beginning. Early on, he was known as a member of Triple C's but later on broke out as a solo act to start his own path. The Caro...
Bow Wow, Greenlight 4
Ready to differentiate himself from other twenty-somethings in the rap game, Bow Wow drops off his Greenlight 4 mixtape, a warm up to his upcoming album Underrated...