Doggystyle

This album is really good, the features carry the album well and the production is amazing as most of Dr. Dre's work, but I think it is very important to point out how absolutely funny some of these lyrics and songs are.

A G-funk landmark with smooth production and laid-back charisma. Dr. Dre’s instrumentals are rich, funky, and meticulously crafted — perfectly suited to Snoop Dogg’s relaxed delivery, which often sounds like someone lighting up and drifting through stories with effortless cool. It’s a defining trait of G-funk and gives the album its unmistakable vibe.

That said, the lyrics don’t always hold up — often juvenile, occasionally grating, and not particularly deep. For someone who doesn’t live and breathe hip-hop, it’s a solid listen and culturally important, but not essential on repeat.

Entretenido. Me sorprende que se hiciera tan famoso, supongo que era una novedad ser tan gamberro. No me he guardado ninguna en favoritos y se va quedar con dos estrellas.

I really dig the beats and overall production on this album, but once again, I just can’t stand the rapping or the lyrics. It’s just standard gangsta rap cliches; drugs, bitches, mfers, n***as, and blatant misogyny. Maybe I’m just grumpy because I’m on a string of bad albums and this is the third hip-hop album I’ve had in a row.

Musically reminiscent of Parliament/Funkadelic. Lyrics have not aged well.

Doggystyle is an undisputed classic hip hop album by Snoop Dogg, and it is very possibly Snoop's only undisputed classic. However, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who appreciates hip hop as an artform who would deny Snoop this one. After Dr. Dre's The Chronic proved that G-Funk, and the West Coast hip hop world at large had a real chance in the mainstream, and Doggystyle followed up on the potential. Produced in full by Dre, and featuring a West Coast who's who feature list, Doggystyle saw Snoop become fully realized as one of the most endearing (and enduring) personalities in hip hop. Snoop's flow is unbelievably smooth, and he harnesses an effortless "cool" that aided a lot in acclimating a more general audience to West Coast hip hop. Also helpful are Dre's beats here, which up the fun factor present on his debut. The basslines are *fat*, the sawtooth synths are sugary and iconic, and the bounce on this project is non-stop. Regardless of if the West Coast is your thing, this is still one of the best collections of beats *ever*. Gin and Juice is a generation defining ultra-hit, The Shiznit's bassline is incredible, and on songs like Murder Was The Case and Serial Killa, Dre even conjures some sinister tones. Of note is also Lodi Dodi, one of hip hop's only real covers. Snoop pays his respects to Slick Rick, and Dre's beat sounds right at home under Rick's verses. It's also worth noting that while this album, in the eyes of many, marks the early signs of the hip hop mainstream moving away from lyricism, the lyrics here absolutely are worth discussing. Snoop paints such a vivid picture of LA at this time, and the people and places that comprise it. While talking about lyrics, I would like to mention that this album often finds itself at the center of conversations about misogyny in hip hop, and while I do not think these conversations are often started in good faith, I do think there is a real discussion that can happen here. From what I have read of other reviews of this album on this website, there seems to be a lot of pearl-clutching about hip hop, while the equally grave crimes against women committed by the music industry at large seem to frequently go unpunished. It just sort of feels like a double standard, and I don't think it really gets to the core of the systemic misogyny that does exist within hip hop culture and within the music industry at large. All that being said, some of the lines about women here are *crazy*. There is a particularly high density of shockers on Ain't No Fun. I think some of these lines may well be indicative of problematic attitudes towards women that some of the artists here may have held, and I think artists should be held accountable for this, but acting like this is a problem that starts and stops with Snoop Dogg just isn't helpful. Despite this, I think this album can still be held as a classic. As I mentioned, this album paints a picture of the world it was created in, and Snoop Dogg shows us the good, bad and ugly of this world, whether he knows it or not. It is always responsible to have a critical relationship with art, and one should be able to acknowledge the greatness of a piece while acknowledging how the good and bad of the personalities that created it shaped and the art itself, instead of holding them as wholly separate entities. Anyways, at the end of the day, I do think these lyrics detract somewhat from my enjoyment of this album. There are also a couple of other minor complaints I have, mostly that I am not huge on the skits here. Despite all of that, I do still consider this a classic and regard this very highly. This is a ton of fun, it also sounds great in the summer, and it's a real piece of hip hop culture. Great stuff!

'That's the American dream nigga / Well ain't it?' It's no small thing that on this naught-to-the-hoes record the first verse we hear is from The Lady of Rage, but you'd have to be ear-plugged not to be disturbed by the sexism flaunted here. Thang is, that's the point. Commended for its depiction of 'reality,' Doggystyle is real to the extent that it's fantasy, a paradoxically sobering dosage of a gin-soaked, chronic-fogged gangsta party: 'Stay full of that gin and juice and have a ball'; 'Some of you don't know about the G thang baby / It's the smooth gangsta shit that be drivin' ya crazy.' Leave the horrors of the dark side to Ice-T and KRS-One. This is the horror of the American Dream manifest. And it happens to be fearfully well-produced.

A seminal hip hop album, and in my opinion, Snoop’s best work. This album was a statement, Snoop came out swinging and proved that he was more than just Dr. Dre’s protege, he was one of the best to do it. His rhyme schemes on this album are intricate, and he does it in such a laid back way you don’t even realize it. Snoop proved he was a one of a kind rapper on this album that still sounds great over 30 years later.

Doggystyle is definitely one of those hip hop albums which has some really good instrumentals and production but some not so good lyrics. I guess the only song i was familiar with before listening to this album was Gin And Juice but it wasn't really the song that i recognized but more so the title since there is an actual drink with that name (with Snoop's name and all) that is sold at the grocery store i work at. I do enjoy all the different instruments and samples in all the beats which is easily what i enjoyed most about this album but a lot of the lyrics did feel overly juvenile and kinda annoying. I did enjoy this album a solid bit but the lyrics did hold it back for me.
Best Song: Gz and Hustlas
Worst Song: Lodi Dodi

This is one of those albums that I’ve always known I *should* listen to, but never quite got around to. This was a little before my time, plus I was east coast biased when I started getting into hiphop in the late 90’s. Obviously I’ve heard many of these songs over the years, but it’s fun to finally catch-up on the full album… even if the lyrics (and Snoop's politics) might be divisive today. It holds up better if you don’t listen too closely and just surf the vibes.

I’ve never been a fan of Snoop Dogg’s voice or delivery, but I have to give credit where it’s due—his choice of beats and samples is top-tier. There’s a clear musicality to his work that’s hard to ignore.

That said, Doggystyle just doesn’t land for me. The lyrics are repetitive, and much of the language feels overused or outright off-putting. The album leans heavily into predictability, and the interludes, in particular, add little value. In fact, they break up the flow in a way that feels more distracting than creative.

In summary, while the production is strong and undeniably catchy in places, the lyrical content drags the experience down. I wouldn’t choose to listen to this again.

Favorite track: “Who Am I (What’s My Name?)” – undeniably a solid tune.
Least favorite: The interludes are pointless, and tracks like number 9 are downright unpleasant.
Album artwork: There’s a bit of comedic value to it, but it’s not something I’d want hanging on my wall

This was fun!

Snoopilla on oma letkeä tyylinsä ja levy on miellyttävää kuunneltavaa. Arvostan myös sitä, ettei väkivalta ja edgyily ole tällä levyllä niin merkittävässä asemassa kuin aikalaisissa. Silti taitaa kolmoseen jäädä.

Funky as hell. Misogynistic as hell.

Slightly better than the other g-funk album we’ve had so far (the chronic) but still can be annoying and a bit repetitive. There are some really good standout tracks on here though, Murder was the case is a particular favourite.

BOW WOW WOW YIPPY YO YIPPY YAY

a vida é curta demais pra fingir que esse aqui não é um absurdo. dos melhores albuns de hiphop dos anos 90 foda-se

Uncle Tom sell out

Couple of good songs on here but nothing special

beeeeeyaaaaaatcccchhhhh

Enjoyed most of it tbh. Not really any stand out songs other than the two everyone knows already but I didn't dislike any of them.