Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best

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Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by Snoop Dogg
Released October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
Recorded 1992-1996
Genre West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap, G-funk
Length 73:39
Label Death Row/Priority
Producer Suge Knight (exec.) , Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg compilation chronology
Bones
(2001)
Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits
(2001)
Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars[1]

Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits is a Greatest hits album that includes his hits and also includes 6 never before released songs from Snoop Dogg's Death Row Records days. It was released on October 23, 2001 by Suge Knight . It was re-released on March 20, 2006.

Although this CD was released in 2001, it only featured songs that Snoop Dogg had recorded during his Death Row era. Therefore, none of the songs from his No Limit releases, "Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told", "No Limit Top Dogg", or "Tha Last Meal" were included on this album, even though they were released before this one.

Track listing

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" (featuring Dr. Dre, from the Chronic) Dr. Dre 3:59
2. "Head Doctor" (featuring Swoop G, from Dead Man Walkin') Curtis Couthon 4:26
3. "Gin and Juice" (from Doggystyle) Dr. Dre 3:32
4. "Eastside Party" (featuring Nate Dogg, previously unreleased) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis 5:33
5. "Murder Was the Case" (Remix, from Murder Was the Case) Dr. Dre 4:20
6. "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" (featuring Nate Dogg, Kurupt and Warren G, from Doggystyle) Dr. Dre 4:01
7. "Doggfather" (Remix, previously unreleased) Timbaland, Lonnie Simmons 5:17
8. "Midnight Love" (featuring Daz Dillinger and Raphael Saadiq, previously unreleased) Soopafly, Snoop Doggy Dogg 4:45
9. "Eastside" (featuring tha Eastsidaz and Daz Dillinger, previously unreleased) L.T. Hutton 3:35
10. "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" (from Doggystyle) Dr. Dre 4:04
11. "Doggy Dogg World" (featuring the Dramatics and tha Dogg Pound, from Doggystyle) Dr. Dre 5:05
12. "Too High (Poly High)" (featuring Daz Dillinger, the Twinz and Big Pimpin', previously unreleased) L.T. Hutton 5:10
13. "Vapors" (from Tha Doggfather) DJ Pooh 4:22
14. "Usual Suspects" (featuring Threat, previously unreleased) L.T. Hutton 4:45
15. "Keep It Real" (featuring Bad Azz, Kurupt, Mack 10, Techniec and Threat, previously unreleased) Soopafly 5:00
16. "Snoop Bounce" (Roc N Roll Remix featuring Charlie Wilson and Rage Against the Machine, previously unreleased) Terry Date 5:35
Total length:
1:13:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 86
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[3] 19
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[4] 89
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 80
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 90
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[9] 13
US Billboard 200[10] 28
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
New Zealand (RMNZ)[12] Gold 7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 60,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. Rolling Stone Album Guide review
  2. "Australiancharts.com – Snoop Dogg – Death Row's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  3. "Snoop Dogg – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Snoop Dogg – Death Row's Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  5. "Lescharts.com – Snoop Dogg – Death Row's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  6. "Charts.org.nz – Snoop Dogg – Death Row's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  7. "Swisscharts.com – Snoop Dogg – Death Row's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  8. "Snoop Dogg | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  9. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  10. "Snoop Dogg – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  11. "Snoop Dogg – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Snoop Dogg. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
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