Doggystyle

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This article is about the Snoop Doggy Dogg album called Doggystyle. For the sexual position see Doggy style.

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Doggystyle is the debut album by American West Coast (G Funk) hip hop artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on November 23, 1993 (see 1993 in music). The album was a breakthrough success for Snoop, who had established a fanbase with his extensive contributions to Dr. Dre's landmark The Chronic; this fanbase made Doggystyle the first debut album in history to enter the Billboard Music Charts at #1. According to SoundScan, the album has sold 5.9 million copies as of March 2005.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Chart performance 5 External links

Overview

Doggystyle topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts (North America).

"Who Am I (What's My Name)" was Snoop's debut solo single. Featuring Tha Dogg Pound, "Who Am I " reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and number 20 in the United Kingdom. Another Doggystyle single, "Gin and Juice", was also a number eight Hot 100 hit, and was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award.

A bonus track called, "G'z up Hoes Down", was included in the first pressing of the album, but not in later versions because of sample clearance issues. "G'z up Hoes Down" sampled Isaac Hayes' 1967 song "Look Of Love", written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, a sample later used in songs such as Kim Summerson's "Choices" (Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath, 1996), Coolio's "Show Me Love" (El Cool Magnifico, 2002) and Ashanti's Rain on Me" (Chapter II, 2003) [1].

Track listing

All tracks produced by Dr. Dre.

1. "Bathtub"(skit)
2. "G Funk Intro" with Lady of Rage
3. "Gin and Juice" with Dat Nigga Daz
4. "W Balls"(skit)
5. "Tha Shiznit" with Dr. Dre
6. "House Party"(skit)
7. "Lodi Dodi" with Nanci Fletcher
8. "Murder Was the Case" with Dat Nigga Daz
9. "Serial Killa" with The D.O.C., RBX & Tha Dogg Pound
10. "Who Am I (What's My Name)?"
11. "For All My Niggaz & Bitches" with Tha Dogg Pound & Lady of Rage
12. "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" with Nate Dogg, Warren G & Kurupt
13. "Chronic Break"(skit)
14. "Doggy Dogg World" with The Dramatics & Tha Dogg Pound
15. "You Betta Ask Somebody"(skit)
16. "Gz and Hustlas"
17. "U Betta Recognize"(skit)
18. "Pump Pump" with Malik aka "Lil' Hershey Loc"

Personnel

• The Dramatics - Performer
• Dr. Dre - Producer
• Snoop Dogg - Vocals
• Warren G - Performer
• The D.O.C - Ghostwriter of raps, Performer
• Lady of Rage - Performer
• Bernie Grundman - Mastering
• Chicu Modu - Photography
• Dat Nigga Daz - Vocals, Performer
• Nanci Fletcher - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Tha Dogg Pound - Performer, Performer
• Nate Dogg - Performer
• Chris "The Glove" Taylor - Songwriter, Producer, Mixing
• Suge Knight - Executive Producer
• Dan Winters - Photography
• Kimberly Holt - Artwork
• Kurupt - Performer
• Kimberly Brown - Project Coordinator

Chart performance

These are the singles that charted during 1994.

Title	Chart positions								Video Director
	US Hot 100	US R&B/Hip-Hop	US Rap	Rhythmic Top 40	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	UK Top 75 Singles	Germany Top 100
"What's my name?"	8	8	1	12	43	-	20	20	Fab 5 Freddy
"Gin and Juice"	8	13	1	5	38	1	39		Dr. Dre
"Doggy Dogg World"	-	-	-	19	-	-	32	-	Dr. Dre and Ricky Harris
"Murder was the case" (video) (O.S.T.)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dr. Dre
"Lodi dodi"	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	-

External links

• Music Video Database
• Chart Data

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