As the Death Row ship was sinking, Snoop Dogg bailed, heading over to the new bastion of street cred, No Limit Records.
Master P had worked his way to the top of the charts by giving the people what they wanted -- straight-up gangsta, with no frills, creativity, or substance.
It was all a little rawer (actually, just cheaper) than Death Row's productions, but there was no denying that they knew what sold, and it seemed as if Snoop was making No Limit legitimate in the eyes of the mainstream world.
Master P is a master marketer, and he knows how to reshape everyone on his roster into good No Limit soldiers.
And that's precisely what Snoop Dogg is on Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, his third album proper and first for No Limit.
There are a few concessions to G-funk scattered throughout the record, but by and large, Beats by the Pound and P give Snoop a set of standard No Limit backing tracks and have him do the No Limit dance -- record a long-winded, monotonous album, filled with "interpolations" of '80s soul and rap songs, and loaded with No Limit cameos.
But there's one crucial difference: unlike most of Master P's grunts, Snoop has style, miles and miles of style.
His loose, languid delivery is positively enthralling, which makes it all the more frustrating when No Limit hacks interrupt the flow.
That happens on almost all of the tracks -- only a handful are Snoop alone, and those illustrate that he can, on occasion, turn bland music into something interesting.
Still, they can't excuse the banality of Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told.
Signing to No Limit might have preserved Snoop Dogg's street cred, but it ruined his creativity.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snoop WorldSnoop Dogg, Master P | Snoop Dogg, Master P | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 2 | Woof!Snoop Dogg, Fiend, Mystikal | Snoop Dogg, Fiend, Mystikal | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | Show Me LoveSnoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Don't Let GoSnoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | Tru Tank DogsSnoop Dogg, Mystikal | Snoop Dogg, Mystikal | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | Still a G ThangSnoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 7 | 20 Dollars to My NameSnoop Dogg, Fiend, Silkk the Shocker, Soulja Slim | Snoop Dogg, Fiend, Silkk the Shocker, Soulja Slim | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | D.O.G.'s Get Lonely 2Snoop Dogg, Master P, Silkk the Shocker | Snoop Dogg, Master P, Silkk the Shocker | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 9 | Ain't Nut'in PersonalC-Murder, Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker | Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | DP GangstaC-Murder, Snoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg, C-Murder | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 11 | Game of LifeSnoop Dogg, Steady Mobb'n | Snoop Dogg, Steady Mobb'n | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 12 | See Ya When I Get ThereC-Murder, Snoop Dogg, Mystikal | Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Mystikal | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 13 | Picture ThisSnoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 14 | Doggz Gonna Get YaSnoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg, Mac | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 15 | I Can't Take The Heat | Snoop Dogg, O'Dell, Mia X, Anita Thomas | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 16 | Gin And Juice II | Snoop Dogg | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 17 | Hustle And Ball | Snoop Dogg | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 18 | Whatcha Gon Do | Snoop Dogg, Master P | Play | 02:36 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 19 | Pay For Pussy | Snoop Dogg, Big Pimpin' Delemond | Play | 01:43 | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| 20 | Hoes, Money And Clout | Snoop Dogg | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 21 | Get Bout It And Rowdy | Snoop Dogg, Master P | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 79 mins | 182 MB | |||||
| 79 mins | 523 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig B. | Producer |
| 2 | Big Pokey | Vocals |
| 3 | C-Murder | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Crooked Eye Q | Vocals |
| 5 | Daz Dillinger | Scratching |
| 6 | DJ Daryl | Producer |
| 7 | DJ Pooh | Producer |
| 8 | Fiend | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 9 | Eddie Griffin | Vocals |
| 10 | KLC | Producer |
| 11 | KRS-One | Vocals |
| 12 | Loose Ends | Vocals |
| 13 | Mac | Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| 14 | Master P | Composer, Executive Producer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 15 | Mia X | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 16 | MP | Producer |
| 17 | Mystikal | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 18 | O'Dell | Producer, Vocals |
| 19 | Silkk the Shocker | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 20 | Snoop Dogg | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 21 | Soulja Slim | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 22 | Steady Mobb'n | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 23 | Carlos Stephens | Producer |
| 24 | Anita Thomas | Vocals |
| 25 | Meech Wells | Producer |
| 26 | Whodini | Vocals |
| 27 | Charlie Wilson | Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |