In 2004, he signed to Geffen Records, releasing his next three albums: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, then Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, and Ego Trippin'. In 2002, he signed with Priority/ Capitol/ EMI Records, releasing Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss. The next year, the album was certified double-platinum.Īfter leaving Death Row Records in January 1998, Broadus signed with No Limit Records, releasing three Snoop albums: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998), No Limit Top Dogg (1999), and Tha Last Meal (2000). In 1996, his second album, Tha Doggfather, also debuted at number one on both charts, with " Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single.
In 1994, Death Row Records released a soundtrack, by Broadus, for the short film Murder Was the Case, starring Snoop. Selling 800,000 copies in its first week, Doggystyle was certified quadruple-platinum in 1994 and bore several hit singles, including " What's My Name?" and " Gin and Juice". Dre, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993, and debuted at number one on the popular albums chart, the Billboard 200, and on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. īroadus' debut solo album, Doggystyle, produced by Dr. Broadus has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. Dre's debut solo single, " Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic.
His fame dates to 1992 when he featured on Dr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and entrepreneur. The following year he began hosting Uncle Snoop's Army Radio on Apple Music Hits.Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. Snoop celebrated his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with his 17th album, I Wanna Thank Me, in 2019. In 2013 he released reggae album Reincarnated, and the 7 Days of Funk EP with keytar hero Dâm-Funk then came 2018’s gospel double-LP Bible of Love.
As he transitioned into reality TV as a family man, pee wee football coach, and Martha Stewart cohost, he experimented with other genres. After leaving Death Row Records and signing with No Limit for three albums, Snoop C-walked into the mainstream with the Pharrell-featuring “Beautiful” (2002) and “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004), swapping in an easygoing, pimpish persona for the violent, charge-dodging image that frightened and fascinated suburban listeners a decade earlier. Snoop’s Doggystyle (1993) was yet another timeless album pairing gleefully narcissistic and lewd lyricism with Dre’s dense soundbeds-“Gin & Juice” and “Who Am I? (What’s My Name)” broke sales records and permeated barbecues and family reunions for decades. An iconic partnership was born when the MC featured on the G-funk pioneer’s “Deep Cover” single, and it bloomed quickly: Snoop costarred on Dre’s genre-shifting 1992 debut, The Chronic, riding over the deep grooves and high synths of classics like “Nuthin’ but a G thang.” His silky flow conveyed gun-toting menace and weed-smoking euphoria with equal candor, and demanded its own platform.
Born Calvin Broadus (1971) in Long Beach, CA, the rapper known as Snoop Doggy Dogg was discovered by freshly solo N.W.A. With a hypnotic, laidback voice and charisma to match, Snoop Dogg emerged as one of gangsta rap’s most compelling characters, evolved into one of music’s most versatile artists, and wound up a pop culture icon.