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As time keeps on slipping into the future, it becomes apparent that Master P's greatest gift is marketing, particularly when his advertising masquerades as liner notes. Witness P's work for Snoop Dogg, once considered the brightest rapper of the '90s but now merely a general in the No Limit army. The Master began plugging Top Dogg, Snoop's second No Limit release, in the liners for his label debut, even mentioning a release date only months away. Clearly, Snoop had indeed been placed on the No Limit production line, and there was every indication that from now on, Snoop would churn out moderately enjoyable, Dirty South-lite records crammed with cameos and appropriated hooks. Turns out he had a trick up his sleeve, because Top Dogg is about as individualized an album as possible under the No Limit precepts. Since the outset of his career, Snoop has shown a fondness for early-'80s synth funk, and for the first time, he lets that form the basis of an album. And while there may be a bit too much recycling for some tastes, the end result isn't just the freshest-sounding Snoop album since his debut, it's easily the freshest-sounding No Limit album. Unfortunately, it's still a No Limit album, which means it runs way too long and is filled with superfluous, even irritating cameos, and also that Snoop is content to haul out low-rent gangsta clichés. Since he's a gifted rapper, he makes the dope 'n' crimes, sex 'n' violence rhymes go down easily (compare his delivery to some of his guests if you have any doubts), but his lyrics just aren't as clever as they were five years earlier. But records don't have to be deep; they can be appreciated as a pure sonic experience, and taken on that level, Top Dogg satisfies.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ant Banks, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Unknown, Composer - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer - Melvin Charles Bradford, Composer - Sticky Fingaz, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Suga Free, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Anderson, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - HAROLD PAYNE, Composer - Bud-da, Producer - James Eubanks, Composer - Peter Luboff, Composer - Lamar Johnson, Composer - Sylk E. Fine, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Ant Banks, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Ant Banks, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Unknown, Composer - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Edward Irons, Composer - Raymond Ransom, Composer - Ant Banks, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - Reggie Hargis, Composer - James Tre Rabb, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Trevor Horn, Composer - Meech Wells, Producer - Jimmy Roach, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Langan, Composer - Paul Morley, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Anne Dudley, Composer - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - Jonathan Jeczalik, Composer - Shawn Dogg, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Donald Robertson, Producer - C-Murder, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - KLC, Producer - Carlos Stephens, Producer - Magic, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Capitol Records LLC
Jeffrey Fortson, Composer - Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - DEF JEF, Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Raphael Saadiq, Composer, Producer, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Archie Jr., Composer - G-1, Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Xzibit, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Melvin Charles Bradford, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
DJ Quik, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - Big Tray Dee, Composer - David Marvin Blake, Composer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Silkk The Shocker, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Mia X, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - C-Murder, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silkk The Shocker, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Jones, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - KLC, Producer - Fiend, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Goldie Loc, Composer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Lorenzo Dunn, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Maurice White, Composer - Philip Bailey, Composer - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - Jelly Roll, Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
William Collins, Composer - DJ Quik, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Scarface, Composer - George Clinton, Composer - JIM VITTI, Composer - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer - J.S. Theracon, Composer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Kurupt, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Jewell, Rap Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Dre, Producer, Rap Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bad Azz, Composer - Brian Bailey, Composer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Nathaniel Hale, Composer - DJ Quik, Producer - Warren Griffin III, Composer - Nate Dogg, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Warren G, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Marvin Blake, Composer - Mauseburg, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Mauseberg, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Goldie Loc, Composer, Producer, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Composer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Lenny Williams, Composer - Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 1999 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
Album review
As time keeps on slipping into the future, it becomes apparent that Master P's greatest gift is marketing, particularly when his advertising masquerades as liner notes. Witness P's work for Snoop Dogg, once considered the brightest rapper of the '90s but now merely a general in the No Limit army. The Master began plugging Top Dogg, Snoop's second No Limit release, in the liners for his label debut, even mentioning a release date only months away. Clearly, Snoop had indeed been placed on the No Limit production line, and there was every indication that from now on, Snoop would churn out moderately enjoyable, Dirty South-lite records crammed with cameos and appropriated hooks. Turns out he had a trick up his sleeve, because Top Dogg is about as individualized an album as possible under the No Limit precepts. Since the outset of his career, Snoop has shown a fondness for early-'80s synth funk, and for the first time, he lets that form the basis of an album. And while there may be a bit too much recycling for some tastes, the end result isn't just the freshest-sounding Snoop album since his debut, it's easily the freshest-sounding No Limit album. Unfortunately, it's still a No Limit album, which means it runs way too long and is filled with superfluous, even irritating cameos, and also that Snoop is content to haul out low-rent gangsta clichés. Since he's a gifted rapper, he makes the dope 'n' crimes, sex 'n' violence rhymes go down easily (compare his delivery to some of his guests if you have any doubts), but his lyrics just aren't as clever as they were five years earlier. But records don't have to be deep; they can be appreciated as a pure sonic experience, and taken on that level, Top Dogg satisfies.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:36
- Main artists: Snoop Dogg
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1999 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
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