Furthermore, for every straight-ahead gangsta rap song here, there's an unexpected venture into rap-soul such as "So Low," where there's more singing than rapping. But it's the in-house talent that steals the show on Duces, in particular newcomer LaToiya Williams and the ubiquitous Kokane, two vocalists who offset the gruff rapping in nearly every one of the album's 20 songs with their singing. In practically every way, Duces is a noticeably stronger album than its predecessor - beats, rhymes, hooks, songwriting - and it features even more talent with unlikely contributions from Mobb Deep, Hi-Tek, Lil' Mo, and Swizz Beatz.
Duces 'n Trays finds this sure-fire team of Cali crips returning a year and a half later, far more experienced and with a noticeably greater sense of camaraderie. The debut Eastsidaz album didn't exactly set the charts on fire, but it did garner some respectable sales and, more importantly, it set the precedent for Snoop's post-No Limit sound: Battlecat and Meech Wells laid down the beats Kokane, Nate Dogg, and Butch Cassidy sung the hooks Snoop loomed above with his sticky-icky ad-libbing and Goldie Loc and Tray Deee dropped the gangsta rhymes. Yet despite the odds, everything worked out for Snoop. After all, his reputation wasn't exactly on solid ground at the time, and his timing wasn't exactly ideal either - West Coast rap in general had faltered ever since 2Pac's death. Recording Industry Association of America.Dogghouse records and its flagship act, tha Eastsidaz, at first admittedly seemed like a questionable venture on the part of Snoop Dogg back in 1999.
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"Tha Mac Bible: Chapter 2:11 Verse 187" (skit) "Tha G In Deee" ( Big Tray Deee solo featuring Snoop Dogg) "Take It Back to '85" (Snoop Dogg solo featuring Kurupt and Butch Cassidy) "How You Livin '" (Snoop Dogg solo featuring Butch Cassidy) "Be Thankful" (featuring Kam, Pretty Tony and Warren G) "Big Bang Theory" (featuring Xzibit, Kurupt, CPO and Pinky) "Ghetto" (featuring Kokane, Kam and Nate Dogg) " Got Beef" (featuring Jayo Felony, Sylk-E. "Give It 2 'Em Dogg" (featuring Bugsy Siegel)
"Dogghouse" (featuring Twinz and Rappin' 4-Tay) Fine (directed by Chris Robinson (director)) "Now We Lay 'Em Down" f/Kokane "Tha Eastsidaz" & "The Gangsta In Deee" It was certificated Platinum on October 11, 2000.ĭespite only 2 songs being released as singles, Tha Eastsidaz did a total of 6 videos altogether off the album: "Dogghouse" f/Rappin' 4-Tay & Twinz " G'd Up" f/Butch Cassidy (directed by Diane Martel) " Got Beef" f/Jayo Felony & Sylk-E.
Tha Eastsidaz debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200, selling 100,000 copies in its first week. The album overall received generally positive reviews from music critics.
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