Duces N Trayz...Old Fashioned (Clean Version) (2001) (Clean Version )

Product Summary Label: Tvt/doggy Style UPC: 00016581223325 Release Date: 7/31/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60491122 Item#: MWX59T Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Intro ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 2. I Luv It - (featuring Kokane/Sir Dogg/Snoopy Collins) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 3. Eastside Ridaz - (featuring Nate Dogg/Soopafly/LaToiya Williams) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 4. Crip Hop - (featuring LaToiya Williams) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 5. I Don't Know - (featuring Soopafly/Suga Free/LaToiya Williams) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 6. Welcome 2 Tha House - (featuring Nate Dogg/Tha Angels) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 7. Friends - (featuring Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 8. Gang Bang 4 Real - (featuring Bad Azz) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 9. I Pledge Alligence - (featuring Soopafly/Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 10. Now Is The Time - (featuring Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 11. Cool - (featuring Nate Dogg/Butch Cassidy/Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 12. Dogghouse In Your Mouth - (featuring Kurupt/Soopafly/RBX/Suga Free/Ruff Dogg/King Lou/Mixmaster Spade/Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 13. Connected - (featuring Mobb Deep/Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 14. Mac Bible Chapter 211 Verse 20-21 - (featuring Mac Minista) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 15. Break A B***h Til I Die ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 16. Sticky Fingers - (featuring Kokane/Ric Rock) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 17. There Comes A Time - (featuring Daddy V) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 18. Late Night - (featuring Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 19. So Low - (featuring Lil' Mo/Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz 20. Everywhere I Go - (featuring Kokane) ~ Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Full performer name: Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz. Snoop Dogg/Tha Eastsidaz: Snoop Dogg, Tray Deee, Goldie Loc (rap vocals). Additional personnel: Kokane, Sir Dogg, Snoopy Collins, Nate Dogg, Supafly, Suga Free, Latoiya Williams, Tha Angels, Bad Azz, Butch Cassidy, Kurupt, RBX, Ruff Dogg, King Lou, Mixmaster Spade, Mobb Deep, Mac Minista, Ric Rock, Daddy V, Lil' Mo. Producers include: Meech Wells, Battlecat, Hi-Tek, The Alchemist, Jelly Roll. Dogghouse records and its flagship act, tha Eastsidaz, at first admittedly seemed like a questionable venture on the part of Snoop Dogg back in 1999. After all, his reputation wasn't exactly on solid ground at the time, and his timing wasn't exactly ideal either -- West Coast rap in general had faltered ever since 2Pac's death. Yet despite the odds, everything worked out for Snoop. The debut Eastsidaz album didn't exactly set the charts on fire, but it did garner some respectable sales and, more importantly, it set the precedent for Snoop's post-No Limit sound: Battlecat and Meech Wells laid down the beats; Kokane, Nate Dogg, and Butch Cassidy sung the hooks; Snoop loomed above with his sticky-icky ad-libbing; and Goldie Loc and Tray Deee dropped the gangsta rhymes. Duces 'n Trays finds this sure-fire team of Cali crips returning a year and a half later, far more experienced and with a noticeably greater sense of camaraderie. In practically every way, Duces is a noticeably stronger album than its predecessor -- beats, rhymes, hooks, songwriting -- and it features even more talent with unlikely contributions from Mobb Deep, Hi-Tek, Lil' Mo, and Swizz Beatz. But it's the in-house talent that steals the show on Duces, in particular newcomer LaToiya Williams and the ubiquitous Kokane, two vocalists who offset the gruff rapping in nearly every one of the album's 20 songs with their singing. Furthermore, for every straight-ahead gangsta rap song here, there's an unexpected venture into rap-soul such as "So Low," where there's more singing than rapping. This balance between brash posturing and laid-back crooning seems to be Snoop's new sound, and you can't help but feel that it's an inevitable evolution for the '70s funk/soul-influenced West Coast sound. So even if Duces could use a few more hooks, it shows that Snoop is headed in the right direction. If Dogghouse can avoid inner strife and continue to blossom, it could realistically change the sound of West Coast rap just as Death Row did a decade earlier when Snoop was just a pup. ~ Jason Birchmeier With the stamp of approval from the West Side's most likely to succeed, Tha Eastsidaz (which includes the Dogg himself) follow up their platinum debut with Duces ?N Trayz, another chapter in the book of G-funk styled hip-hop. On this banger, Snoop, Tray Dee, and Goldie Loc invite listeners to a 20-track extravaganza. Party up. The trio expands their sound this time around to include producers like DJ Quik and Hi-Tek, making for a more diverse Eastsidaz. From the smooth-talking raps of "I Luv It" to the gangbanging storytelling of "Crip Hop,"Tha Eastsidaz come correct on each and every song. The album's own blend of funk and hip-hop, as showcased on songs like "I Don't Know" and "Eastside Ridaz," give the Eastsidaz their niche. Musical Guests Nate Dogg Kokane Bad Azz Mobb Deep Tha Angels Kurupt RBX Lil' Mo Suga Free Sir Dogg Snoopy Collins Latoiya Williams Soopafly Butch Cassidy King Lou Mixmaster Spade Ruff Dogg Mac Minister Ric Rock Daddy V   Compilation Appearances Tha Last Meal (Explicit Version) Baby Boy (Explicit Version) Chase The Cat (Explicit Version) Music & Me (Explicit Version) N.w.a Legacy 2 (Explicit Version) Best Of Snoop Dogg (Explicit Version) Best of Snoop Dogg (Clean Version) Life After Jive(Explicit Version)   Associated Artists and Works Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz [PA] ~ Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way [PA] ~ Dogg, Snoop Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way [Edited] ~ Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Tha Eastsidaz [PA] ~ Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way [PA] ~ Snoop Dogg Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way [Edited] ~ Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg   Technical Info Release Date : 07/31/2001 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 2233 Label : Doggystyle (Snoop Dog's) Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 79m : 38s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00016581223325   Professional Reviews Vibe (9/01, p.243) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...Pledges allegiance to the brutal gangbanging lifestyle and the art of breaking broads on nearly every cut....supplying enough Cali-style funk for a stretch Hummer's trunk."    Product Image