2008 Woodie Awards
Snoop Dogg does G-Funk doggy style
Chris Garza
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: Reviews
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"I rock rough and tough with my afro puffs/ handcuffed as I bust bout to tear shit up," says the Lady of Rage as she is the first to drop down her rhymes on the song "G-Funk Intro" off of Snoop Doggy Dogg's first release, "Doggystyle."
The album gives the listener a chance to journey with Snoop for a brief moment in his life.
The cover art and book are a testament, as the comic booklet allows you cartoon access into Snoop's doghouse and the happenings inside.
With the actual music, "Doggystyle" opens with "Bathtub" as the first track on the album. Snoop is being bathed by a young lady in his home set in Long Beach, while people come over wanting to spend time with Snoop. Indeed a good time is spent with the continuation of the disc.
"Lodi Dodi" opens with a grandiose game of dominoes being played by a band of Snoop's friends. The song is of humorous nature as Snoop describes a day in his life from his wake up and morning stretch to a conversation with his mirror and clothing selection for the day, which includes his "brand new pair of doggy underwear."
He then runs into a couple of neighborhood friends who wish to share in his daily habits. They are of mother and daughter make-up.
The mother questions Snoop as to why they won't be able to acquaint with each other a little closer, but Snoop replies that he is only 19.
The album was released in 1993 and featured a style known as G-Funk.
"This is just a small introduction to the G-Funk Era," says Snoop on the track "G-Funk Intro."
The Era, which was in part due to the main feature of producer Dr. Dre replicating old songs by such artists as Parliament into his music, was a fascination of the entire decade of the 1990's. The track with Rage samples "Knee Deep" by Parliament-Funkadelic.
The words "Everybody's got a little light/ Under the Suuuunn/ Under the Suuuunn/ Under the Suuuuuuuunn!!" in "Flashlight" by P-Funk is reworked for a fit of comedy on the opening minute of "The Shiznit".
The album gives the listener a chance to journey with Snoop for a brief moment in his life.
The cover art and book are a testament, as the comic booklet allows you cartoon access into Snoop's doghouse and the happenings inside.
With the actual music, "Doggystyle" opens with "Bathtub" as the first track on the album. Snoop is being bathed by a young lady in his home set in Long Beach, while people come over wanting to spend time with Snoop. Indeed a good time is spent with the continuation of the disc.
"Lodi Dodi" opens with a grandiose game of dominoes being played by a band of Snoop's friends. The song is of humorous nature as Snoop describes a day in his life from his wake up and morning stretch to a conversation with his mirror and clothing selection for the day, which includes his "brand new pair of doggy underwear."
He then runs into a couple of neighborhood friends who wish to share in his daily habits. They are of mother and daughter make-up.
The mother questions Snoop as to why they won't be able to acquaint with each other a little closer, but Snoop replies that he is only 19.
The album was released in 1993 and featured a style known as G-Funk.
"This is just a small introduction to the G-Funk Era," says Snoop on the track "G-Funk Intro."
The Era, which was in part due to the main feature of producer Dr. Dre replicating old songs by such artists as Parliament into his music, was a fascination of the entire decade of the 1990's. The track with Rage samples "Knee Deep" by Parliament-Funkadelic.
The words "Everybody's got a little light/ Under the Suuuunn/ Under the Suuuunn/ Under the Suuuuuuuunn!!" in "Flashlight" by P-Funk is reworked for a fit of comedy on the opening minute of "The Shiznit".
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