| Product Summary | | Label: Koch Entertainment Dist | | UPC: 00099923587521 | | Release Date: 12/13/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 202062881 | | Item#: M2QYQL | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sisters N Brothers - (with J. Black, featuring Mira Mira/Snoop Dogg) ~ Snoop Dogg |  | | 2. Shake That S*** - (with Tiffany Foxx, featuring Snoop Dogg) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 3. Just the Way You Like It - (with 9 Inch Dix, featuring Soopafly/Snoop Dogg/Half Dead) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 4. Remember Me - (with James) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 5. Real Soon - (with DPGC, featuring Snoop Dogg/Daz/Kurupt/Nate Dogg) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 6. Sunshine - (with J. Black) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 7. Can't Find My Panties - (with Tiffany Foxx) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 8. We West Coast - (with DPGC, featuring Snoop Dogg/Daz/Kurupt) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 9. Dinner in Bed - (with Mira Mira) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 10. If - (with Wendi & YN, featuring Snoop Dogg/J. Black) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 11. Notorious Dpg - (with The Lady Of Rage, featuring RBX/Kurupt) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 12. Smokin' All My Bud - (with 9 Inch Dix, featuring Shon Lawon/Half Dead/Snoop Dogg/Uncle Reo) ~ Snoop Dogg | | | 13. Shine - (with Mykestro) ~ Snoop Dogg | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Daz, J. Black, Nate Dogg, RBX, The Lady of Rage, Uncle Reo, Kurupt, Mira Mira, Tiffany Foxx, 9 Inch Dix, Half Dead, Shon Lawon, Mykestro (rap vocals); Marlon Williams (guitar); Walter Young Orchestra (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Mira Mira; Larrance Dopson; Dave Aron; Sam Lobue II; Nate Oberman; Kacey Phillips; Shon Don; Battlecat; Brian Warfield; Lamar Edwards. | | Recording information: 3rd Eye Studio, Irvine, CA; Can Am Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Ironworkx Studios, Eagle Rock, CA; KMP Music Lab, Trinidad; The Cathedral, Hollywood, CA; The Chuuch, Diamond Bar; The Irvine Studio, Irvine, CA; The Program, Hollywood, CA; The Sound Lad, Scotland; The Tabernacle, Diamond Bar, CA. | | Koch Records took the opportunity to break some tracks from Snoop Dogg's WELCOME TO THE CHURCH mixtape series, which had been making the rounds in the West Coast underground for some time before this 2005 album's release. Members of Snoop's Doggystyle crew are featured across the collection's 13 cuts, with new voices like Tiffany Foxx, James, and Lady of Rage appearing alongside Daz, Nate Dogg, and the main Dogg himself. | | Though WELCOME TO THE CHURCH lacks the edge of much of Snoop's best material, there is an appealing, blissed-out feel to the mix. The laid-back R&B flavor and the ubiquitous hip-hop party themes (namely, getting stoned and sexed-up) contribute to the vibe as well. This is a good bet for die-hard Snoop devotees (he makes several cameos throughout) and a testament to the longevity of the g-funk sound. | | A collection of tracks from Snoop's Welcome to tha Chuuch mixtape series, Koch's Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album gives these tracks their first aboveground exposure. There's a bunch of worthy newcomers, plus veterans of the West Coast like Daz, Kurupt, and Lady of Rage, but there's very little of Snoop himself and definitely less than was found on the original mixtapes. Still, the tracks retain their street feel and there's plenty of heat, even if the album as a whole is poorly sequenced with shabby packaging. The West Coast faithful and Snoop fanatics who don't have access to the shady world of mixtapes should check it if only for the raw feel, but everyone else can pass. [A clean version, with all explicit material removed, was also released.] ~ David Jeffries |
Producer: Mira Mira; Larrance Dopson; Kacey Phillips; Battle Cat 8000; Snoop Dogg |
Engineer: Dave Aron; Sam Lobue II; Brian Warfeild; Nate Oberman; Kacey Phillips; Shon Don; Brian Warfield |
Musical Guests | | Mira Mira | | Soopafly | | Half Dead | | Daz | | Nate Dogg | | Kurupt | | J. Black | | RBX | | Uncle Reo | | Shon Lawon |
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