The album starts with the title track witch is a great song. This one was produced bt Daz and its very good. "Up Jump tha Boogie" and "Snoop Bounce" show what Snoop can do with a swanky beat. The next song "Freestyle Conversation" has my favorite Snoop flow ever. Hes just rapping real fast about randome stuff and is undicribable. One of my favorite rap songs. "Gold Rush" is a great song with Kurupt on it who always makes the best songs with Snoop Dogg. It has a western film fell to it. "Me and My Doggz" is another one of the swanky songs on this album. "You Thought" is another good song with some smart and funny lyrics. Strong beat too. "Vapors" is a song about Snoop and all his friends making it out of the ghetto. This is what i mean by the album is more personal. Actualy Snoop said he wanted to make a positive album but the Deathrow wouldn't let him cuz they thought it would ruin their image. "2001" is great song and is one of the standout tracks. I don't realy like it when artists don't their songs and Snoop didn't write this song and one or two more but he wrote or co-wrote the rest so he never abandones the art of writing. I love "Sixx Minutes". Its always been one of my favorite songs on the album. its very calm and quiete. Its kinnda about how everyone tried to steal his style after his 1st album. "Wake Up" is another good one and has Tray Dee who is now in Tha Eastsidaz now. "Snoops Upside Ya Head" is another great song with an exeptionaly catchy chorus. "Doggyland" is another good one with a unique sound. The final track is Snoop and 2Pac playing live and its sortta haunting the way it ends. you'll see if you get it.

Overall I can't say this is Snoops best album but its the only one that I can listen to all the way through without haveing to skip a single track. Overall its well worth having. If you want to get all of Snoops albums this is actualy a real good starting point. Anyways i don't get why everyone hates this album but its actualy acceptionaly well done and should of been another clasic. Now that it's been re-released you can get it much cheaper than before.


Ironically, Death Row's weakest album...   June 6, 2002
Danny (South Philly)
16 out of 21 found this review helpful

The reason I say "ironically" is because Doggystyle happens to be their best. Though some would disagree with that, saying that either the Chronic or All Eyez On Me (or even Makaveli) is better, Doggystyle still remains the epitome of true hip hop originality. I listened to Tha Doggfather and hated it. I listened to it again and thought it was just okay. Then again, and again, and again. My opinion still stands. It's just okay.

What made Doggystyle so great was the production and Snoop's funkified rapping voice, which is something of an overstatement, since every good rap album should have good beats and insightful rapping. But tha Doggfather exhibits neither of these traits. The reason Snoop isn't the guy we all know and love from Doggystyle is because of three reasons:

1. He was going through his murder case around the time of this album's recording.
2. Tupac had just been killed.
3. Death Row was starting to plummet.

That said, I don't blame Snoop at all for this tired effort. But even while knowing this, it's still hard to enjoy this album even with a grain of salt. He's unfocused and sounds like he's about to fall asleep, ESPECIALLY on the Freestyle. Sorry, folks. I'm not going to say I loved this CD out of pity. Secondly, the beats. This album takes a HUGE turn away from the concept of Doggystyle, and the music turns out to be nothing more than dull, almost monotone production, which is just plain weird, since Daz usually does some pretty nifty stuff with his beats. Though some of it is good (Gold Rush, Snoop's Upside Ya Head, Vapors), it simply can't save the entire album from pitiful mediocrity. I'm well aware that Dre was finished with Death Row at this point, and the label lost it's most notorious producer, but like I said before. I refuse to support an album out of pity.

It's not really a terrible album, but I've tried over and over again to get into it. I just can't do it. After Doggystyle, it would take years for Snoop to come back with tha Last Meal, but even that remains an inconsistent album. Since about early 1996, Snoop was never the same afterwards. If you want to hear him at his best, buy the following: Doggystyle, the Chronic and Murder Was the Case. If you want to hear Death Row at their best, buy the previously mentioned albums, along with Makaveli, Dogg Food and the Gang Related soundtrack (sorry. I'm just not feeling the Above the Rim soundtrack at all).


The realest side of Snoop, underrated as hell by most people   October 14, 2003
rap fan (Long Beach, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

In the wake of a murder trial, the signing of 2Pac to the Row, and Dre breaking from the Row, Tha Doggfather was released. It was in this transitional and unstable time that Snoop emerged as a layered and real artist. It was during this time that people were wondering if rap was fad or fact. It was during this time that Pac and Biggie were the dons of the game. It was during this time that Snoop released his highly anticipated and strangely addictive album: Tha Doggfather.

A lot of people underrate this album as Snoop's weakest, or even Death Row's weakest album. F ***'em. This album was the last realest Snoop, the Dogg before releasing pop hits like "Beautiful". Just hear me out here, and I'll tell you the truth about this album.

Snoop turns from BG to OG in this album. As much as Snoop would argue against it, he was Dr. Dre's little homey in the Chronic and a little bit even in Doggystyle. This is the effort where Snoop for good or bad breaks with Dre. When you first hear this album it is utterly unremarkable. It's a disappointment. However, it's one of those albums that gets better and better with each time you pop it in.

The CD is a straight through listen. Pop it in and put the remote down. From the innovative opening to the gangsta party, it's hot. There aren't any signature tracks on here, like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Art of War. What the album does have is a pack of great rap songs! There are no bad songs on this. While I like some better than others, there are no ridiculous tracks.

Tha Doggfather is an album not to be discussed as a track by track effort but as one great experience. Snoop fills out his identity here. What he becomes is one smooth rapper. The songs are slick, not lacking humor, and strong. Snoop "takes his time when he's dropping his rhymes" and he is at his absolute pinnacle of rapping. Since this masterpiece, he has somehow forgotten how to rap like his real self. This album is the purest Snoop Doggy Dogg album.

The homies are included, but it doesn't cloud the tracks. The album plays out with some of the best skits mixed with great music that have ever been assembled. It's just a smooth ride through the Doggyland. There are virtually no low points, but a few high points.

That's probably the beef I have with Doggfather. The reason that no songs stand out to me is because Snoop on this album is very vanilla and smooth.

He says a lot of nothing on here. It's just vintage Snoop. Snoop just rocks the party, talks a lot about his murder trial and court, and makes G's.

Much love to Snoop on this effort. It's a really good record, underrated by pop fans like Ja Rule or Chingy's fans. It's no Doggystyle, but what is? This is the most complete Snoop album you can buy outside of the legendary Doggystyle. It's mature, but not as stupid as the new Snoop seems to be. The album has such a funky sound and feel to it. There are absolutely no album that sounds like it. If you consider yourself a true rap fan who realizes exactly what Ja Rule is trying to be like, you should pick Tha Doggfather up.


Ahhhh mediocre   February 13, 2008
Mz. Syk D (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I was rather disappointed with this one. After "Doggystyle" I had HIGH expectations and this was really mediocre at best. Some of his songs on here are BANGING like "Doggfather", "Up Jump the Boogie", and "Blueberry". Others like "Freestyle Conversation" and "Sixx Minutes" sound half-azzed, he comes off washed up, off beat, and disinterested in anything he's saying. I mean, ok, Snoop ALWAYS seems kinda chilled out from what he's saying...but here, he just sounds like he rather be somewhere else or falling asleep.

This album isn't bad, it's good and all, just not what it could have been. He sounds rather bored throughout the album unlike on "Doggystyle" and later releases. Luckily, he's done better recently. Still, not bad for the collection if your a big Snoop fan.