Snoop Doggfirst landed on the music world’s radar asDr.
Dre’s preferred collaborator on 1992’sThe Chronic.
Here’s a deeply scientific ranking of Snoop’s albums throughBush(2015), from worst to first.
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14.Doggumentary(2011)
The title for this album was initially batted around as some variation onDoggystyle 2.
Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed to jettison that name, asDoggumentaryhas no business associating with Snoop’s finest work.
(He was cleared of all charges in February ‘96.)
(The phoned-in expanded editionMore Malice, which arrived less than a year later, didn’t help.)
is as powerful as anything either has put out since.
It’s a deeply unnecessary foray into reggae.
9.Tha Last Meal(2000)
Tha Last Mealwas an identity crisis for Snoop.
Plus, “Hennesey n Buddah” and “Brake Fluid” are both could-have-been classics.
6.The Blue Carpet Treatment(2006)
From this point on this list, it’s all gold.
They both contribute to the stirring after-hours banger “Imagine,” which totally rules.
&Rakimtribute “Paper’d Up”).
But that’s just how powerful Snoop’s pop psychology was, and that power keepsDoggystylein essential heavy rotation.
