The Slim Shady LP announced not only Eminem's arrival, but it established that his producer
Dr. Dre was anything but passé, thereby raising expectations for 2001, the long-anticipated sequel to The Chronic. It suggested that 2001 wouldn't simply be recycled ...
Mammothly influential producer and the Godfather of G-Funk, producerapper Dr. Dre's best work was on
the Death Row label. It was there where he released the West Coast's greatest album, The Chronic, and where he turned a scrappy unknown named ...
As the Death Row ship was sinking, Snoop Dogg bailed, heading over to the new
bastion of street cred, No Limit Records. Master P is a master marketer, and he knows how to reshape everyone on his roster into good ...
Before the release of tha Dogg Pound's debut album, Dogg Food, various conservative organizations attacked
the record for being exceedingly violent and vulgar, pressuring Warner Bros. not to release the album. Not only did the company agree, it also sold ...
The original idea behind what Snoop Dogg considers his ninth album -- ignoring all those
pesky and shoddy fringe releases -- was that the title represented a truly solo effort with no guest shots. As the street date grew closer, ...
Loyal to the Game, the ninth 2Pac album released by his enterprising mother-turned-executive producer, Afeni
Shakur, is one of the more unique entries in the martyred rap legend's extensive catalog. Produced entirely by Eminem, it carries on with the approach ...
After a pair of successful and independent contemporary Christian releases, Jamaal Pollard, aka Mali Music,
moved to the secular side of the music industry and signed to RCA. While the majority of Mali Is... could be categorized as secular R&B ...
The soundtrack to an 18-minute film inspired by Snoop Doggy Dogg's Murder Was the Case
provides more thrills than the average hip-hop release. Again, Dre relies on his standard production tricks and crew, introducing a couple of new members to ...