Tha Doggfather

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Tha Doggfather

Studio album by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Released	November 12, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	G-funk
Length	69:07
Label	Death Row 90038
Producer(s)	L.T. Hutton Sam Sneed Arkim And Flair Dat Nigga Daz DJ Pooh Priest Soopafly Brooks Exec. prod.:Suge Knight
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Snoop Doggy Dogg chronology
Murder Was The Case soundtrack (1994)	Tha Doggfather (1996)	Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told (1998)

Tha Doggfather was Snoop Dogg's follow up to his debut album Doggystyle, released by Death Row Records in 1996, under the name "Snoop Doggy Dogg" (his alias at that time). The album features Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Warren G, amongst others. Although the album debuted at number one in the week of November 12, 1996 with over 478,971 copies sold, it failed to match the commercial success of Doggystyle. Still worth to note that it was released only one week after another Death Row release, the first posthomous album by slain Tupac, the The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, which also debuted at number one. According to SoundScan, over two million copies have been sold^{[citation needed]} with 800,000 copies in the UK alone by the end of 1996.^{[citation needed]}

The album was re-released July 11, 2006.

1 Track listing
2 Chart performance
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 Album
3 References

[edit] Track listing

"Intro"
"Doggfather" (featuring Charlie Wilson) (Produced by Dat Nigga Daz)
"Ride 4 Me"

Contains a sample from "Ridin' High" by Faze-O
"Up Jump Tha Boogie" (featuring Kurupt, Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie) (Produced by DJ Pooh)
"Freestyle Conversation" (Produced by Priest "Soopafly" Brooks)
"When I Grow Up" (Produced by Snoop Dogg)
"Snoop Bounce" (featuring Charlie Wilson) (Produced by DJ Pooh)

Contains an interpolation of "More Bounce To The Ounce" by Zapp
"Gold Rush" (featuring Kurupt & LBC Crew) (Produced by Arkim & Flair)
"(Tear 'Em Off) Me & My Doggz" (Produced by LT)
"You Thought" (featuring Too $hort & Priest "Soopafly" Brooks) (Produced by Priest "Soopafly" Brooks)

Radio intro plays "Smokin tha Bud" by Jewell
"Vapors" (featuring Charlie Wilson & Teena Marie) (Produced by DJ Pooh)

Contains an interpolation from "Vapors" by Biz Markie and "Blind Man Can See It" and "Papa Don't Take No Mess" and "Blind Man Can See It" by James Brown
"Groupie" (featuring Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Warren G & Charlie Wilson) (Produced by Dat Nigga Daz)
"2001" (Produced by DJ Pooh)
"Sixx Minutes" (Produced by Arkim & Flair)

Contains an interpolation of "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
"(O.J.) Wake Up" (featuring Tray Deee) (Produced by Snoop Dogg & LT Hutton)

Contains a sample from "It's Like That" by Run-DMC
"Snoop's Upside Your Head" (featuring Charlie Wilson) (Produced by DJ Pooh)

Contains a sample from "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Opps)" by Gap Band. (Sample)
"Blueberry" (featuring Tha Dogg Pound & LBC Crew and Prince Ital Joe) (Produced by Sam Sneed)
"Traffic Jam" (Produced by Ricky Harris)
"Doggyland" (Produced by DJ Pooh)

Contains an interpolation of "The Love You Save" by The Jackson 5
"Downtown Assassins" (featuring Dat Nigga Daz & Tray Deee) (Produced by Dat Nigga Daz)
"Outro" (featuring 2Pac)

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Singles

Title	Chart positions			Video Director
Title	Eurochart Hot 100	UK Top 75	Australia Top 100	Video Director
"Tha Doggfather" (featuring Charlie Wilson)	-	#36	-	Joseph Kahn
"Vapors" (featuring Charlie Wilson and Teena Marie)	-	#18	-	Paul Hunter
"Snoop's Upside Your Head" (featuring Charlie Wilson)	#47	#12	#44	Darius S. Henderson

[edit] Album

	Album Charts					Sales
	Billboard Hot 200	Billboard Year-end album chart 1997	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums cont.	UK Top 75 Album	UK Top Selling Artist Albums 1996	RIAA Certification
Position	#1	#43	#1	#8	#15	#148	2X Platinum
Date	30.11.1996	1997	1996	1997	23.11.1996	1996	04.02.1997

[edit] References

v • d • e Snoop Dogg
Discography & Videography
Albums • Singles • Videos • Awards
Collaborations
213 • Tha Dogg Pound • LBC Crew • N.W.A. • Tha Eastsidaz • DPG Unit • The Warzone • Nine Inch Dix

Preceded by The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory by Makaveli	Billboard 200 number-one album November 30, 1996 - December 7, 1996	Succeeded by Razorblade Suitcase by Bush