Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss

Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)
Recorded 2001–02
Genre Hip hop
Length 78:59
Label
Producer
Snoop Dogg chronology
Tha Last Meal
(2000)		 Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss
(2002)		 R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
(2004)
Singles from Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss
  1. "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace"
    Released: October 15, 2002
  2. "Beautiful"
    Released: January 28, 2003

Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (stylized as Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on November 26, 2002, by his own record label Doggystyle Records, along with Priority Records and Capitol Records. This marks as his first album with Capitol Records, after his departure from No Limit Records.

Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss was supported by two singles; "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" featuring Pharrell and "Beautiful" featuring Pharrell and Charlie Wilson. The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, selling 174,000 copies in its first week. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and it has sold over 1,500,000 copies worldwide.

Singles

The album's lead single, "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" featuring Pharrell, was released on October 15, 2002. The music video to the single was directed by Diane Martel under the alias Bucky Chrome.

The album's second single, "Beautiful" featuring Pharrell and Charlie Wilson, was released on January 28, 2003. The music video for "Beautiful" featuring Pharrell and Charlie Wilson (who did not make it to the video) was directed by Chris Robinson and released in 2003. The video took place in Brazil. The video helped exceeded the song to become a hit on the Billboard's charts.

Release

It was announced that the album had been re-packaged, along with six pre-released versions with different album covers, but only several tracks were not to be included on each. Snoop's also has a two-disc's DVD, called Boss Playa: A Day in the Life of Bigg Snoop Dogg. The first disc features three music videos for "Boss Playa", "Pimp Slapp'd" (both of them, which were directed by Pook Brown), and "That's the Shit". The second disc is a "Doggystyle Porn" DVD, which it features a song, titled "You Like Doin It Too". However, these tracks were later featured in an unreleased project version of the album.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(76/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
RapReviews.com(8.5/10)[6]
Robert Christgau[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Stylus MagazineA−[9]
USA Today
Vibe[10]

Controversy

On March 24, 2003, a lawsuit was filed against Snoop Dogg, in which a Californian man (who kept his anonymity for security reasons) claimed that his life was endangered, after the rapper had included without his permission, a 50-second phone message the plaintiff had left in the album's last track "Pimp Slapp'd". The message was about making fun of then-Death Row Records' CEO Suge Knight (who was an ex-producer for Snoop Dogg), while Snoop was in jail at the time for the MGM arena mayhem, was supporting Snoop Dogg in the rivalry between him and Knight. The man identified as John Doe, leaving a voice message for Snoop last October, and for months was unaware that it had to be included as part of a song on the album.

After hearing the track himself, the plaintiff called Snoop and inquired about the message's inclusion, to which he replied "because it was so real." John Doe, who was identified on the answering machine as Jim Bob, insisted the album be recalled and cancelled for distribution in its current form. The plaintiff lives in Compton as does Knight, who is known to still have affiliations with the Bloods gang. He stated in court papers that he had been threatened verbally several times and that he fears his and his mother's life due to Knight's close proximity. The judge dismissed a lawsuit for common law appropriation of voice and intentional infliction of emotional distress on February 3, 2004 because privacy can not be maintained while leaving a message on another's recording device.[13][14][15]

Commercial performance

Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 174,000 copies in its first week.[16][17] In November 2004, the album sales, where it has sold 1,210,000 copies in the United States.[18]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Don Doggy"     0:42
2. "Da Bo$$ Would Like to See You"  
E-Swift 1:59
3. "Stoplight"  
Jelly Roll 4:26
4. "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" (featuring Pharrell)
The Neptunes 4:40
5. "I Believe in You" (featuring Latoya Williams)
Hi-Tek 4:34
6. "Lollipop" (featuring Jay-Z, Nate Dogg & Soopafly)
Just Blaze 3:48
7. "Ballin'" (featuring The Dramatics & Lil' Half Dead)
Battlecat 5:19
8. "Beautiful" (featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson)
The Neptunes 4:58
9. "Paper'd Up" (featuring Kokane & Traci Nelson)
Fredwreck 3:50
10. "Wasn't Your Fault"  
L.T. Hutton 4:30
11. "Bo$$ Playa"  
Fredwreck 5:53
12. "Hourglass" (featuring Kokane & Goldie Loc)
Jelly Roll 4:20
13. "The One and Only"  
DJ Premier 3:49
14. "I Miss That Bitch" (featuring E-White)
Hi-Tek 3:12
15. "From Long Beach 2 Brick City" (featuring Redman, Nate Dogg & Warren G)
Fredwreck 3:43
16. "Suited n Booted"  
 3:16
17. "You Got What I Want" (featuring Goldie Loc, Ludacris & Uncle Charlie Wilson)
Jelly Roll 3:36
18. "Batman & Robin" (featuring The Lady of Rage & RBX)
DJ Premier 5:03
19. "A Message 2 Fat Cuzz"     1:40
20. "Pimp Slapp'd"  
Laimberg 5:42
Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.[19]
  • Lady of Rage - vocals
  • Josef Leimberg - producer
  • Ken Lewis - mixing
  • Lil' ½ Dead - vocals
  • Ludacris - vocals
  • Anthony Mandler - photography
  • Kokane - vocals
  • Fredwreck - fender rhodes, flute, mixing, moog synthesizer, producer, sequencing
  • Traci Nelson - background vocals, vocals
  • The Neptunes - producer
  • James Rainey - sample clearance
  • RBX - vocals
  • Redman - vocals
  • Eric Roinestad - art direction
  • Eddie Sancho - mixing
  • Chris Sholar - guitar
  • Snoop Dogg - primary artist, sequencing
  • Soopafly - vocals
  • Nancie Stern - sample clearance
  • Dexter Thibou - assistant engineer
  • Patrick Viala - mixing
  • Meech Wells - producer
  • LaToiya Williams - vocals
  • Marlon Williams - guitar
  • Pharrell Williams - instrumentation, vocals
  • Charlie Wilson - vocals
  • Christian Olde Wolbers - bass

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 48
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21] 27
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[22] 50
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 46
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 48
UK Albums (Official Charts Company)[27] 64
UK R&B Albums (Official Charts Company)[28] 14
US Billboard 200[29] 12
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
US Billboard 200[31] 60
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[32] 20

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[33] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[34] Gold 100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[36] Platinum 1,210,000[37]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Snoop Dogg: Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Blender review
  4. 1 2 Caramanica, Jon (13 December 2002). "Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ (2002): Snoop Dogg". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#686): 82. ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Baker, Soren (24 November 2002). "Snoop Dogg has his day once again". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Juon, Steve (26 November 2002). "Snoop Dogg :: Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$". RapReviews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Snoop Dogg". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  8. 1 2 Bozza, Anthony (3 January 2003). "Snoop Dogg: Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 914): 67. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.
  9. ↑ Berliner, Brett (1 September 2003). "Snoop Dogg: Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  10. 1 2 "Vibe review". Vibe (New York City: InterMedia Partners): 125–6. January 2003. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Spin review". Spin: 100. February 2003. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Uncut review". Uncut (IPC Media): 128. January 2003. ISSN 1368-0722. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "Snoop Dogg". Trivia. CelebrityWonder.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Slapp'd With Lawsuit". TheSmokingGun.com. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Rapper sued over phone message". BBC NEWS. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  16. ↑ Whitmire, Margo (December 4, 2002). "Twain Holds Off McGraw". Rollingstone.com.
  17. ↑ Martens, Todd (2002-12-04). "Twain Remains 'Up' Top On Billboard Chart". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  18. ↑ Whitmire, Margo (November 24, 2004). "Eminem Thankful To Remain No. 1". Billboard.com.
  19. ↑ "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss – Snoop Dogg : Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
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  30. ↑ "Snoop Dogg – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Snoop Dogg.
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  35. ↑ "British album certifications – Snoop Dogg – Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
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