No Limit Top Dogg

No Limit Top Dogg
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released May 11, 1999
Recorded 1998–1999
Genre West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, g-funk
Length 78:14
Label No Limit/Priority/EMI Records (North America)
0499 2 50052 2 6
P2-50052

No Limit/Priority/Virgin/EMI Records (rest of world)
7243 8 47556 2 1
V2-47556
Producer Master P (executive), Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg chronology
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
(1998)		 No Limit Top Dogg
(1999)		 Tha Last Meal
(2000)
Singles from No Limit Top Dogg
  1. "G Bedtime Stories"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Bitch Please"
    Released: 1999
  3. "Down 4 My Niggaz"
    Released: 1999

No Limit Top Dogg is Snoop Dogg's fourth studio album and his second on No Limit Records, and his first on his own label Doggystyle Records. It was released May 11, 1999 and features the hit single "Bitch Please" featuring Xzibit and Nate Dogg, produced by Dr. Dre. The album's 187,400 debut week sales made it jump to #2 on the Billboard album charts,[1] only second to Ricky Martin's 1999 self-titled album with huge first week sales of over 661,000 copies. Though it was Snoop Dogg's first album to not debut at #1 and have strong album sales for the first week (probably due to the very anticipated Ricky Martin sales rush)[2], it eventually sold 1,503,865 copies in 1999. It did top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums though.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[4]
NME [5]
RapReviews [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Los Angeles Times [8]
USA Today [9]

Track listing

# Title Feature guest(s) Producer(s) Length
1 "Dolomite" (Intro) Rudy Ray Moore Snoop Dogg 0:27
2 "Buck 'Em" Sticky Fingaz Dr. Dre 2:44
3 "Trust Me" Suga Free & Sylk-E. Fyne Bud'da 4:09
4 "My Heat Goes Boom" Meech Wells 3:40
5 "Dolomite" (Interlude) Rudy Ray Moore Snoop Dogg 0:53
6 "Snoopafella" Ant Banks 5:22
7 "In Love with a Thug" Meech Wells 3:44
8 "G Bedtime Stories" Meech Wells 2:15
9 "Down 4 My Niggaz" C-Murder & Magic KLC 3:46
10 "Betta Days" Meech Wells & Def Jeff 3:56
11 "Somethin' Bout Yo Bidness" Raphael Saadiq Raphael Saadiq 4:12
12 "Bitch Please" Xzibit & Nate Dogg Dr. Dre 3:54
13 "Doin' Too Much" DJ Quik 4:07
14 "Gangsta Ride" Silkk the Shocker Meech Wells 3:44
15 "Ghetto Symphony" Mia X, Fiend, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal & Goldie Loc KLC 5:40
16 "Party with a D.P.G." Jelly Roll 4:55
17 "Buss'n Rocks" DJ Quik 4:23
18 "Just Dippin'" Dr. Dre & Jewell Dr. Dre 4:03
19 "Don't Tell" Warren G, Mausberg, Nate Dogg DJ Quik 4:47
20 "20 Minutes" Goldie Loc Goldie Loc 3:59
21 "I Love My Momma" Meech Wells 3:06

Chart performance

Singles

Title Chart positions Video Director
US Hot 100 US R&B / Hip-Hop Tokio Hot 100 Radio & Records Airplay - Urban Radio & Records Airplay - Rhythmic Jam FM Charts, Germany
"G Bedtime Stories" - - - - - - Gee Bee
"Bitch Please" 77 26 42 17 23 - Dr. Dre & Phillip G. Atwell
"Down 4 My N'z" - 29 - - - - J.J. Smith
"Snoopafella" (as The Baller Doggy Dogg) - - - - - - -

Album


 Album Charts
Billboard Hot 200 Billboard R&B 100 Billboard Year end 1999[11] UK Top 75 France Top 150 Australia Top 100 Canada Top 100 RIAA Certification
Position 2 1 81 48 53 48 10 Platinum
Date 29.05.1999 29.05.1999 1999 05.06.1999 20.01.2001 29.05.1999 29.05.1999 13.10.1999

See also

References

  1. ^ Rosen, Craig (19 May 1999). "Ricky Martin Couldn't Be Hotter; Snoop Not 'Top Dogg'". Yahoo! Music. http://music.yahoo.com/library/default.asp?m=content&add=news&i=12041263&. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Snoop Runs a Hot Second to Martin". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). 22 May 1999. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/22/entertainment/ca-39722&. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Snoop Dogg: No Limit Top Dogg > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Top Dogg (1999): Snoop Dogg". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#485). 14 May 1999. ISSN 1049-0434. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,273339,00.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "NME review". NME (IPC Media): 37. 29 May 1999. ISSN 0028-6362. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1127229&style=music&cart=358537095&BAB=M. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  6. ^ Juon, Steve (13 May 1999). "Snoop Dogg :: No Limit Top Dogg :: No Limit". RapReviews.com. http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/1999_05_topdogg.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  7. ^ a b Powell, Kevin (10 June 1999). "Snoop Dogg: Top Dogg". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 814): 120. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071018124051/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/snoopdogg/albums/album/147756. 
  8. ^ Baker, Soren (9 May 1999). "Snoop Dogg, "No Limit Topp Dogg"". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/09/entertainment/ca-35330. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  9. ^ Jones, Steve (11 May 1999). "Snoop unleashes a funky 'Dogg'". USA Today (Gannett). ISSN 0734-7456. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/41322390.html?dids=41322390:41322390&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+11%2C+1999&author=Edna+Gundersen%3B+Steve+Jones%3B+David+Patrick+Stearns%3B+Brian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Snoop+unleashes+a+funky+'Dogg'+Cranberries'+uneven+'Hatchet'%3B+Gergiev's+powerhouse+Tchaikovsky&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  10. ^ "The Source review". The Source: 95. February 2000. ISSN 1063-2085. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1127229&style=music&cart=358537095&BAB=M. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
  11. ^ "Хит-парад альбомов США: Итоговый хит-парад альбомов за 1999 год [Albums chart USA: Summary chart for 1999]" (in Russian). AllCharts.ru. http://allcharts.ru/music/years/usa-albums-1999.htm. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 

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