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As the Death Row ship was sinking, Snoop Dogg bailed, heading over to the new bastion of street cred, No Limit Records. Master P had worked his way to the top of the charts by giving the people what they wanted -- straight-up gangsta, with no frills, creativity, or substance. It was all a little rawer (actually, just cheaper) than Death Row's productions, but there was no denying that they knew what sold, and it seemed as if Snoop was making No Limit legitimate in the eyes of the mainstream world. Master P is a master marketer, and he knows how to reshape everyone on his roster into good No Limit soldiers. And that's precisely what Snoop Dogg is on Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, his third album proper and first for No Limit. There are a few concessions to G-funk scattered throughout the record, but by and large, Beats by the Pound and P give Snoop a set of standard No Limit backing tracks and have him do the No Limit dance -- record a long-winded, monotonous album, filled with "interpolations" of '80s soul and rap songs, and loaded with No Limit cameos. But there's one crucial difference: unlike most of Master P's grunts, Snoop has style, miles and miles of style. His loose, languid delivery is positively enthralling, which makes it all the more frustrating when No Limit hacks interrupt the flow. That happens on almost all of the tracks -- only a handful are Snoop alone, and those illustrate that he can, on occasion, turn bland music into something interesting. Still, they can't excuse the banality of Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told. Signing to No Limit might have preserved Snoop Dogg's street cred, but it ruined his creativity.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Silkk The Shocker, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Master P, FeaturedArtist - KLC, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Steve Nichol, ComposerLyricist - Carl McIntosh, ComposerLyricist - Mia X, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - O'Dell, Producer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Eugene, ComposerLyricist - O'Dell For Beats By The Pound, Producer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anita Thomas, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Mystikal, FeaturedArtist - Silkk The Shocker, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - George Clinton, Composer - Garry Marshall Shider, Composer - Master P, Producer - Fiend, FeaturedArtist - Craig B For Beats By The Pound, Producer - David Lee Spradley, Composer - Richard Anthony Jones Jr., Composer - Craig D. Bazille, Composer - Craig B, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Mystikal, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - Fiend, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Carlos Stephens, Composer, Producer - Carlos Stephens For Beats By The Pound, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
DJ Pooh, Producer - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Wilson, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Uncle Charlie Wilson, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - DJ Pooh For Beats By The Pound, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - O'Dell For Beats By The Pound, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - D.J. Darryl, Producer - Darryl For Beats By The Pound, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Mystikal, FeaturedArtist - Silkk The Shocker, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - KLC, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Silkk The Shocker, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Master P, Producer, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Meach Wells, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
James Smith, ComposerLyricist - Silkk The Shocker, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Master P, Producer - Fiend, FeaturedArtist - Soulja Slim, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Jon B, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Silkk The Shocker, ComposerLyricist - Meech Wells, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Meach Wells, Producer - Carl 'Butch' Smalls, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Smalls, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
C-Murder, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Silkk The Shocker, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Craig B For Beats By The Pound, Producer - Crooked Eye, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Craig B, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, ComposerLyricist - Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Bonner, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Jones, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Pierce, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Noland, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Griffin, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE ARRINGTON, ComposerLyricist - Roger Parker, ComposerLyricist - C-Murder, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Napier, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Walter Morrison, ComposerLyricist - Gregory Webster, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Middlebrook, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, ComposerLyricist - Craig B For Beats By The Pound, Producer - Waung Hankerson, ComposerLyricist - Charles C. Carter, ComposerLyricist - Craig B, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Jalil Hutchins, ComposerLyricist - Billy Moore, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LAWRENCE SMITH, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Stephens, Producer - Steady Mobb'n, FeaturedArtist - John Fletcher, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Edmond, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
C-Murder, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Silkk The Shocker, ComposerLyricist - Meech Wells, Producer - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Big Pimp'n, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Craig B For Beats By The Pound, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
KRS-One, ComposerLyricist - Antoinette Colandreo, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - KLC, Producer - Mac, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Nate Dogg, Producer - Daz, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Jay-Z, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Soopafly, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Silkk The Shocker, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Master P, FeaturedArtist - KLC, Producer
℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
As the Death Row ship was sinking, Snoop Dogg bailed, heading over to the new bastion of street cred, No Limit Records. Master P had worked his way to the top of the charts by giving the people what they wanted -- straight-up gangsta, with no frills, creativity, or substance. It was all a little rawer (actually, just cheaper) than Death Row's productions, but there was no denying that they knew what sold, and it seemed as if Snoop was making No Limit legitimate in the eyes of the mainstream world. Master P is a master marketer, and he knows how to reshape everyone on his roster into good No Limit soldiers. And that's precisely what Snoop Dogg is on Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, his third album proper and first for No Limit. There are a few concessions to G-funk scattered throughout the record, but by and large, Beats by the Pound and P give Snoop a set of standard No Limit backing tracks and have him do the No Limit dance -- record a long-winded, monotonous album, filled with "interpolations" of '80s soul and rap songs, and loaded with No Limit cameos. But there's one crucial difference: unlike most of Master P's grunts, Snoop has style, miles and miles of style. His loose, languid delivery is positively enthralling, which makes it all the more frustrating when No Limit hacks interrupt the flow. That happens on almost all of the tracks -- only a handful are Snoop alone, and those illustrate that he can, on occasion, turn bland music into something interesting. Still, they can't excuse the banality of Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told. Signing to No Limit might have preserved Snoop Dogg's street cred, but it ruined his creativity.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:20
- Main artists: Snoop Dogg
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1998 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
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