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Snoop Dogg leaves much of his gang-banging past behind him in favor of preened pimp posturing on his final album for No Limit Records, The Last Meal. Snoop's increasingly old-school pose suits his gracefully aging self well. Despite his former affiliation with Death Row Records and his much-publicized murder trial, Snoop never seemed like much of a thug, which is partly why hostile albums like Tha Doggfather (1996) and Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told (1998) seemed a bit forced. Contrarily, it seems more natural for him to rap about the pampered pimp life, as he does here on The Last Meal -- tall glasses of Hennesey, glistening pairs of Stacey Adams, overcast clouds of chronic smoke, hungry hordes of so-called bitches -- over truck-rattling G-funk basslines that lope along at a languid tempo. These impressive beats come courtesy of a similarly impressive roster of producers: second-wave G-funksters Meech Wells, Battlecat, Jelly Roll, and Soopafly, and brand-name hitmakers Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, and Timbaland. Among this roster, Timbaland certainly stands out, as do his contributions, "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name, Pt. 2)" and "Set It Off," which place Snoop in an uncharacteristically energetic context. He handles himself well on these bouncy songs regardless, yet seems more at home on Dre's smoother contributions, "Hennesey n Buddah" and "Lay Low." Beyond these four tracks, the remaining 15 are a mixed bag, most of them Crip-walking along at a stoned tempo, featuring soulful P-Funk hooks by Kokane and offering laid-back respite while this lengthy album moves leisurely toward its throwback album-capper, "Y'all Gone Miss Me." Following this misty-eyed finale, you're left with the thankful sense that Snoop has finally taken control of his career after succumbing to the oppressive fancy of Suge Knight and Master P ever since parting ways with Dr. Dre following Doggystyle (1993).
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Leroy Bonner, Composer - Marshall Jones, Composer - Marvin Pierce, Composer - Clarence Satchell, Composer - Traci Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - William Beck, Composer - LaTonya Holmes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - James Williams, Composer - Ralph Middlebrook, Composer - Mica Fisher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Wreck, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Mike Elizondo, Composer, Producer - Traci Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Long, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Timbaland, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - William A Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Franklin Leon Smith, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Mike Elizondo, Composer, Producer - Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Larry Blackmon, ComposerLyricist - J. Stamps, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - D. Drew, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Jerry Long, Composer - Jimmy Roach, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Lorenzo Patterson, Composer - O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Nathaniel Hale, Composer - Nate Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Ice Cube, FeaturedArtist - Timothy Mosley, Composer - Lady Of Rage, FeaturedArtist - MC Ren, FeaturedArtist - Robin Allen, Composer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Kevin Gilliam, Composer - Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Long, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Battle Cat, Producer - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Tracy Davis, ComposerLyricist - Nathaniel Hale, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, ComposerLyricist - Nate Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist - Master P, FeaturedArtist - Tha Eastsidaz, FeaturedArtist - Butch Cassidy, FeaturedArtist - Danny Means, II, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre and Michael Elizondo, Producer - Kewian Spellman, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
David Drew, Composer - Suga Free, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Long, Composer - David Payton, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Clarence 'Jimmy' Roach, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jelly Roll, Producer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, MainArtist - Mac Minista, FeaturedArtist - M. Whiteman, Composer - Andre Dow, Composer - Studio Tone, Producer - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Tew, Composer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Meech Wells, Composer, Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Fred Wreck, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Long, Composer - Scott Storch, Composer, Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Allen Toussaint, Composer - Tracey Brown, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Eve, FeaturedArtist - Scott Storch, Composer, Producer - Dave Aron, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Eve Jefferies, Composer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Nate Dogg, Producer - Jay-Z, Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Herby Azor, Composer - Danny Elliott Means II, Composer - Tracey Brown, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stanley A. Brown, Composer - Christopher P. Reid, Composer - Butch Cassidy, FeaturedArtist - Soopafly, Composer, Producer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
William Collins, Composer - David Drew, Composer - Jimmy Roach, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - George Clinton, Composer - Bernie Worrell, Composer - Fred Wreck, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Casey Wilson, Composer, Producer - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jelly Roll, Producer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Larry Blackmon, Composer - Kevin Gilliam, Composer - Lonnie Simmons, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Charlie Wilson, Composer - Charlie Singleton, Composer - Battle Cat, Producer - Fred Wreck, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Michael Jenkins, Composer - Tracey Brown, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nathan Leftenant, Composer - Rudie Taylor, Composer - Battlecat for Future Sound Entertainment Inc, Producer
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Silkk The Shocker, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Master P, FeaturedArtist - Tracey Brown, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Stephens, Composer, Producer - Magic, Composer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Long, Composer - Scott Storch, Composer, Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer - MICK JAGGER, Composer - Snoop Dogg, Composer, MainArtist - Tracey Brown, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records
Album review
Snoop Dogg leaves much of his gang-banging past behind him in favor of preened pimp posturing on his final album for No Limit Records, The Last Meal. Snoop's increasingly old-school pose suits his gracefully aging self well. Despite his former affiliation with Death Row Records and his much-publicized murder trial, Snoop never seemed like much of a thug, which is partly why hostile albums like Tha Doggfather (1996) and Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told (1998) seemed a bit forced. Contrarily, it seems more natural for him to rap about the pampered pimp life, as he does here on The Last Meal -- tall glasses of Hennesey, glistening pairs of Stacey Adams, overcast clouds of chronic smoke, hungry hordes of so-called bitches -- over truck-rattling G-funk basslines that lope along at a languid tempo. These impressive beats come courtesy of a similarly impressive roster of producers: second-wave G-funksters Meech Wells, Battlecat, Jelly Roll, and Soopafly, and brand-name hitmakers Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, and Timbaland. Among this roster, Timbaland certainly stands out, as do his contributions, "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name, Pt. 2)" and "Set It Off," which place Snoop in an uncharacteristically energetic context. He handles himself well on these bouncy songs regardless, yet seems more at home on Dre's smoother contributions, "Hennesey n Buddah" and "Lay Low." Beyond these four tracks, the remaining 15 are a mixed bag, most of them Crip-walking along at a stoned tempo, featuring soulful P-Funk hooks by Kokane and offering laid-back respite while this lengthy album moves leisurely toward its throwback album-capper, "Y'all Gone Miss Me." Following this misty-eyed finale, you're left with the thankful sense that Snoop has finally taken control of his career after succumbing to the oppressive fancy of Suge Knight and Master P ever since parting ways with Dr. Dre following Doggystyle (1993).
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Snoop Dogg
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2010 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 2010 Priority Records, LLC
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