Doggystyle

This article is about the Snoop Dogg album. For the sex position, see Doggy style. For other uses, see Doggy style (disambiguation).

Doggystyle
Studio album by
Snoop Doggy Dogg
ReleasedNovember 23, 1993
RecordedEarly 1993
Studio
Genre
Length54:44
Label
ProducerDr. Dre
Snoop Doggy Dogg chronology
Doggystyle
(1993) 		Tha Doggfather
(1996)
Singles from Doggystyle
  1. "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)"
    Released: November 11, 1993
  2. "Gin and Juice"
    Released: January 18, 1994
  3. "Doggy Dogg World"
    Released: April 14, 1994

Doggystyle is the debut studio album by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released on November 23, 1993, by Death Row and Interscope Records. The album was recorded and produced following Snoop Doggy Dogg's appearances on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic (1992), to which Snoop contributed significantly. The West Coast style in hip-hop that he developed from Dre's first album continued on Doggystyle.[1] Critics have praised Snoop Dogg for the lyrical "realism" that he delivers on the album and for his distinctive vocal flow.[1][2]

Despite some mixed criticism of the album initially upon its release, Doggystyle earned recognition from many music critics as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the most important hip-hop albums ever released.[3][4] Much like The Chronic, the distinctive sounds of Doggystyle helped introduce the hip-hop subgenre of G-funk to a mainstream audience, bringing forward West Coast hip-hop as a dominant force in the early-mid 1990s.[1][5]

Doggystyle debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 806,858 copies in its first week alone in the United States, which was the record for a debuting artist and the fastest-selling hip-hop album ever at the time. Doggystyle was included on The Source magazine's list of the 100 Best Rap Albums, as well as Rolling Stone magazine's list of Essential Recordings of the '90s.[citation needed] About.com placed the album in No. 17 of the greatest hip hop/rap albums of all time.[6] The album was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). By November 2015, the album had sold 7 million copies in the United States, and over 11 million copies worldwide.[7][8][9]

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  3. ^ https://ew.com/article/2015/05/11/snoop-doggs-albums-ranked/
  4. ^ https://www.revolt.tv/article/snoop-dogg-s-albums-ranked
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  6. ^ "The Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of all Time - Top 100 Rap/Hip-Hop Albums". Rap.about.com. 2010-04-07. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  7. ^ "Today in Hip Hop History: Snoop Dogg Releases His Debut Album 'Doggystyle' 22 Years Ago". The Source. November 23, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  8. ^ "'Doggystyle' turns 25: Snoop Dogg secures his place in hip-hop with a G-Funk sound". yardbarker. November 21, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "Revisiting Snoop Dogg's 'Doggystyle': A 30-Year Retrospective". BET. November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.