Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told is the third album by Snoop Dogg, his first for No Limit Records. It is Snoop's first not to be produced by Death Row Records, as well as his first released after his nickname change from Snoop Doggy Dogg. Da Game debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 Album charts selling over 519,000 copies, and stayed on top for the second week also by selling additional 246,000 units according to Soundscan thus was quickly certified double platinum later that year.[1] The album featured mostly No Limit artists and was a departure from Snoop Dogg's first two albums which were strictly West Coast. [edit] Reception Like Snoop Dogg's previous studio album, Tha Doggfather, Da Game received generally moderate reviews. Q gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying "Dogg's vocals can actually verge on the sublime....in glorious slow motion, and the undercurrent vibe is distinctly soulful."[2] The Source gave it 3.5 Mics out of 5, saying "[f]ew MCs from the West have ever gotten as much acceptance and acclaim from outside regions… No Limit's latest soldier isn't trying to rock the boat with his third album… the vibrant vocalist is very happy to be with rap's top squad." [3] Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone gave the album 2 out of 5 stars, saying that Snoop's work lacked the confidence and originality displayed on his earlier albums.[4] [edit] Track listing | # | Title | Producer(s) | Feature guest (s) | Composer(s) | Notes | Length | | 1 | "Snoop World" | KLC | Master P | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Percy Robert Miller Sr., Craig S. Lawson | - | 5:20 | | 2 | "Slow Down"1 | O'Dell | Mia X, O'Dell, Anita Thomas | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Mia Young, O'Dell Vickers, Anita Thomas, J. Eugene, C. McIntosh, S. Nichol | Contains interpolation of "Slow Down" by Loose Ends. | 4:10 | | 3 | "Woof!" | Craig B & Master P | Fiend, Mystikal | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Richard Anthony Jones Jr., Michael Ernest Tyler, Craig Bazile, Percy Robert Miller Sr., George Clinton Jr. | Contains interpolation of "Atomic Dog" by G. Clinton[5] | 4:22 | | 4 | "Gin & Juice II" | Carlos Stephens | | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Carlos Stephens | Tends to be a sequel to Gin and Juice | 3:36 | | 5 | "Show Me Love" | DJ Pooh | Charlie Wilson | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Charles Kent Wilson, Mark Jordan | | 3:53 | | 6 | "Hustle & Ball" | O'Dell | | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, O'Dell Vickers | | 3:26 | | 7 | "Don't Let Go" | DJ Darryl | | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Darryl Anderson | | 3:47 | | 8 | "Tru Tank Doggs" | KLC | Mystikal | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Michael Ernest Tyler, Craig S. Lawson | | 3:55 | | 9 | "Whatcha Gon Do?" | Master P | Master P | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Percy Robert Miller Sr. | | 2:37 | | 10 | "Still a G Thang" | Meech Wells | | Cordazar Calvin broadus, Meech Wells | | 4:20 | | 11 | "20 Dollars to My Name" | Master P | Fiend, Master P Silkk the Shocker, and Soulja Slim | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Richard Anthony Jones, Percy Robert Miller Sr., Vyshonn King Miller, James A'Darryl Tapp | | 4:09 | | 12 | "D.O.G.'s Get Lonely 2" | Meech Wells & Snoop Dogg | Jon B | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Jonathan David Buck, Meech Wells | Samples Jon B.'s "They Don't Know" and "Gigolos Get Lonely Too" by The Time | 3:15 | | 13 | "Ain't Nut'in Personal" | Craig B | C-Murder, Crooked Eye, Silkk The Shocker, | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Corey Miller, Alfonso Sausa, Vyshonn King Miller, Craig Bazile | | 3:37 | | 14 | "Dogg Pound Gangsta" | Craig B | C-Murder, Eddie Griffin | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Corey Miller, Eddie Griffin, Craig Bazile, Steven Ralph Arrington, Leroy Bonner, Charles C. Carter, Buddy Hank, O'Shea B. Jackson, Ralph Middlebrooks, Walter Morrison, Bruce Napier, Andrew Noland, Roger Parker, Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, Mervin Pierce, Greg Webster, Eric Lynn Wright, Andre Romell Young | Reworks N.W.A.'s "Gangsta, Gangsta". Also appears on NWA's 10th anniversary edition as "Gangsta, Gangsta". | 4:53 | | 15 | "Game Of Life" | Carlos Stephens | Steady Mobb'n | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Alfonso Sausa, Carlos Stephens | Contains sample of Whodini's "Five Minutes Of Funk"
also title track for the movie Game of Life. | 3:52 | | 16 | "See Ya When I Get There" | Meech Wells | C-Murder & Mystikal | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Corey Miller, Michael Ernest Tyler, Meech Wells | | 3:20 | | 17 | "Pay For Pussy" | Snoop Dogg | Big Pimpin' Delemond | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Dwight Delemond Williams | | 1:43 | | 18 | "Picture This" | Craig B | Mia X | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Mia Young, Craig Bazile | | 2:31 | | 19 | "Doggz Gonna Get Ya" | KLC | Mac | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, McKinley Phipps, Craig S. Lawson, A. Colandreo, Lawrence Krisna Parker | Interpolates KRS-One's "Love's Gonna Get Ya" | 4:59 | | 20 | "Hoes, Money & Clout" | Soopafly | | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Priest Brooks | Scratches by Daz Dillinger. Unofficial video is compiled in the Game of Life movie directed by Michael Martin. | 3:21 | | 21 | "Get Bout It & Rowdy" | KLC | Master P | Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Percy Robert Miller Sr., Craig S. Lawson | | 4:22 | [edit] Chart performance [edit] Singles - ^ =It was also released as a Mia X single "I Can't Take The Heat" on the B-side of her 12" EP Whatcha Wanna Do. Chart positions represent the EP's entries.
- ^ ="Woof" was also a part of the Who U Wit compilation by No Limit All Stars in 1999.
| Album Charts | | Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Billboard Year-end
album chart 1998 | UK Top 75 Album | Australia Top 100 | Canada Top 100 | RIAA Certification | | Position | 1 | 1 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2X Platinum | | Date | 22.08.1998 | 1998 | 1998 | 15.08.1998 | 22.08.1998 | 15.08.1998 | 22.10.1998 | [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Eric Boehlert (August 20, 1998). "Snoop, Armageddon Dominate Again" (html). Music News (Rollingstone.com, © RealNetworks, Inc. ©Copyright 2008 Rolling Stone). http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5921669/snoop_armageddon_dominate_again. Retrieved 2008-04-24. "Beasties Hold Tight, Liz Phair Debuts"
- ^ Review of Da Game is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, by Snoop Dogg. Q December 1999: p. 130.
- ^ Review of Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, by Snoop Dogg. The Source September 1998: p. 239
- ^ DeCurtis, Anthony. Review of Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told, by Snoop Dogg. Rolling Stone October 14, 1998.
- ^ http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/bridgeport1j.pdf
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