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Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

Group Rating: 2.67
Global Rating: 3.36
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Ha, that's a tough one. I acknowledge the quality of the flow & music, and I understand its importance, as it was one of the albums popularizing the West Coast sound. Listening to my share of US hip-hop in the late 90s/early 00s, this particularly resonnates. Now I guess I'm lucky not to be a native speaker, because I don't always listen carefuly to the lyrics. And this is a whole other story. I guess it's also a snapshot of history, and history is not always glorious or worth remembering.

Before listening to any Gangsta rap album it’s a good idea to check Wikipedia to see if the artist in question is dead, a nonce or a Republican (or all three). In Snoop Dogg’s case it seems that he’s now a born again Christian (after being in the Nation of Islam and a brief spell as a Rastafarian for one reggae album). One can only assume that he doesn’t sing quite so many songs about his testicles nowadays. There’s also a disappointing lack of Peanuts references, presumably after legal action from the Charles M Schultz estate.

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