I am in genuine pain. This has got to be one of the most obnoxious records I've ever had to listen to. The features are terrible, the rapping is mediocre, and the production is bad at best. In fact, there's so many features on here, that I forget that it's even a Snoop Dogg record. Not that it matters, because it's still weak as hell. The entirety of this record is either boring or annoying, and there's hardly any middle ground. Totally wack. 🤦♂️👎
An improvement on 'Ego Trippin’' largely because Snoop doesn't try to experiment too much and actually creates a listenable hip hop album. Track for track I'd say it's pretty much half hip hop, half pop-rap, and you can tell which are which by looking at the featuring artists on the tracklist.
While they aren't brilliant, I enjoy most of the harder hip hop tracks and it would be nice for Snoop to do a whole album without resorting to soft tracks. I'm not a hater of pop rap myself, but I ... read more
I recently relistened this album, honestly I don't know why, let's say I was curious. My opinion didn't change.
Back in 09 when it was released, album sounded commercial and outdated, that's the same case today.
Main issue is mediocre production, very poor selection of beats (The Neptunes, Scoop Devile, Lil Jon, Battlecat are some of the producers on the album).
Another issue for me is bad selection of features, some of them didn't delivered. Nipsey Hussle, The-Dream, R. Kelly and Jazmine ... read more
1 | Intro 0:14 | |
2 | I Wanna Rock 3:55 | |
3 | 2 Minute Warning 1:53 | |
4 | 1800 3:35 feat. Lil Jon | |
5 | Different Languages 4:44 feat. Jazmine Sullivan | |
6 | Gangsta Luv 4:16 feat. The-Dream | |
7 | Pronto 4:57 feat. Soulja Boy | |
8 | That's Tha Homie 5:43 | |
9 | Upside Down 4:44 feat. Nipsey Hussle, Problem | |
10 | Secrets 4:53 feat. Kokane | |
11 | Pimpin Ain't EZ 4:12 feat. R. Kelly | |
12 | Luv Drunk 3:55 feat. The-Dream | |
13 | Special 5:26 feat. Brandy, Pharrell Williams | |
14 | Outro 1:31 |