No Limit Top Dogg

No Limit Top Dogg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 1999
Recorded1998–1999[1]
Genre
Length77:41
Label
Producer
Snoop Dogg chronology
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
(1998)
No Limit Top Dogg
(1999)
Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz
(2000)
Singles from No Limit Top Dogg
  1. "G Bedtime Stories"
    Released: February 6, 1999
  2. "Bitch Please"
    Released: April 29, 1999
  3. "Down for My N's"
    Released: September 27, 1999

No Limit Top Dogg is the fourth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released May 11, 1999, by No Limit and Priority Records. Following the mixed reception of his previous album, Snoop began to work again with Dr. Dre and returned to the west coast sound of his earlier career while on Death Row Records. The album was generally met with positive reception with many critics citing it as a return to form and his best album since Doggystyle (1993). Many praised the production work for the album with the tracks made by Dr. Dre being highlighted as well as Snoop's delivery while criticism was mainly aimed at the length of the album, the No Limit features, and the lack of new lyrical content.[2] The Source placed the album on their list of the "Top 10 Best Albums of the Year" for 1999.[3]

No Limit Top Dogg debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 187,000 copies in its first week in the United States, only being second to Ricky Martin's self-titled album. This would be Snoop Dogg's first album to not debut at number-one and would ultimately become his lowest selling album of the 1990s. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As of March 2008, the album has sold 1,518,000 copies in the United States[4] and 2 million worldwide as of 2016.[5]

  1. ^ "Old No Limit News". Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Snoop Dogg: No Limit Top Dogg > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ "The Source review". The Source: 95. February 2000. ISSN 1063-2085. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  4. ^ Gail Mitchell (March 1, 2008). "With Abundant Charm And A New Album Full Of Hooks, Snoop Dogg Extends His Reign As The Cuddliest Gangsta Rapper Of All Time". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 9. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Snoop Dogg Total Album Sales Statistics". Statistic Brain Research Institute. September 1, 2016. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2017.