Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

Doggystyle, the debut album from Snoop Doggy Dogg, came out on Death Row and Interscope after his star turn all over Dr. Dre's The Chronic (1992), and Dre produced it. The result is G-funk in full bloom: rubbery basslines, whining synths and laid-back grooves, with Snoop's slow, sly drawl sliding over the top like he has all the time in the world.

Critics singled out the realism of his rhymes and that effortless flow, and the album's sound helped carry the West Coast into the mainstream, with "What's My Name?" and "Gin and Juice" as the singles. It entered the Billboard 200 at number one with 806,858 copies sold in its first week. No newcomer had ever opened bigger, and no hip-hop album had ever sold faster out of the gate. It won the Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album in 1995 and has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.

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