Album Review: Snoop Dogg- Doggumentary

Average Rating: 7.8/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10

1. Toyz in the Hood Ft. Boosty Collins (Intro)

2. The Way Life Use To Be (9.5/10)

3. My Own Life Ft. Mr. Porter (8/10)

4. Wonder What I Do Ft. Uncle Clurk (8/10)

5. My Fuckin' House Ft. Young Jeezy  & E-40 (9/10)

6. Peer Pressure Ft. Tracy Nelson (7/10)

7. I Don't Need No Bitch Ft. Deven The Dude, Kobe (9/10)

8. Platinum Ft. R-Kelly (6/10)

9. Boom Ft. T-Pain (3/10)

10. We Rest in Cali Ft. Boosty Collins & Goldie Loc (9/10)

11. El Lay Ft. Marty James (8.5/10)

12. Gangbang Rookie Ft. Pilot (8.5/10)

13. The Weed Iz Mine Ft. Wiz Khalifa (9/10)

14. Wet (2/10)

15. Take You Home Ft. Too Short, Daz & Kokane (7/10)

16. Somethin' Like This Night Ft. Gorillaz (7.5/10)

17. Superman Ft. Willie Nelson (8.5/10)

18. Eyez Closed Ft. Kanye West & John Legend (10/10)

19. Raised in the Hood (9/10)

20. It's D Only Thing (9.5/10)

21. Cold Game Ft. Latoya Williams (7/10)

     Snoop Dogg's had an admiringly rough career in my opinion. He had his share of hits and great tracks per album, but each of his albums got worse than it's procedure. His first album "Doggystyle" in 1993 was a hip-hop classic, then ever since "Tha Doggfather" came out each of his albums got worse, until he got to the point of having terrible albums, "Ego Trippin'" sucked, and "Malace in Wonderland" was worse, but I'm giving Snoop one more chance, can "Doggumentary" pass as a success? Or will it be his worst album yet?      

     Instead of trying something new on this album, Snoop Dogg kinda decided to go back to his 90s style of gangster rap, which is good news because even though each Snoop Dogg album was worse than it's procedure, in the 90s and early 2000s he still managed to make great to decent albums, so how did this album turn out to be since Snoop is kinda going back to his source, going back to his true style?

        There were a lot of great tracks to remember on this album, some of them even considered to go up to almost having "Doggystyle" or “Tha Doggfather” quality. He had some real hard hitting tracks on the album which re-brought his style of gangster rap like "The Way It Use To Be" a song where he reminisces about his past. "I Don't Need No Bitch" a song that is basically saying that he doesn’t need constant sex to be successful. "El Ay" a song about California. "Gangbang Rookie" is another song where he reminisces about his past and "Tha Weed iz Mine" a song which was about weed obviously.      

     But the gangster tracks did not stop him from trying something new though. While not being as good as the gangster tracks on the album, the different styled tracks where still where better than the music on his other albums, "My Own Way" had a much softer beat. "Superman" was pure singing, and as a result it sounded really good. "Wonder What I Do" had a g-funk feeling, something that music has been lacking and "Eyez Closed" was probably Snoop's first successful attempt with a guitar style beat, and it was an all-around different track, especially since the track started off as a My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy leftover. 

       Despite the album's success, "Doggumentary" still had some major failures. One huge failure here was the album's first single "Wet", which was supposedly a sequel to the mediocre "Sexual Eruption", but the difference is, Wet is a lot worse, and tit relays a lot more on Autotune. "Boom" was a song made exactly for the radio, with an annoying hook by T-Pain, a really poor beat, and some badly made verses, but other than those two terrible songs the album generally has no failures.

            Doggumentary brings Snoop Dogg back to his 90s style, the album wasn't as good as "Doggystyle", or "Tha Doggfather" but it's certainly, and thankfully in that group. It was raw until some degree, it was gangster at some point, “Doggumentary” was probably the most surprising album to come out this year. With some errors, Snoop's good again, and it's the first time in his career that he finally makes an album that is better than its proceder.