Coolaid | ||||
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Studio album by Snoop Dogg | ||||
Released | July 1, 2016 | |||
Studio | Doggystyle Studio Records (Diamond Bar, California) | |||
Genre | West Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 77:09 | |||
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Metacritic | 68/100 |
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AllMusic | |
Consequence of Sound | B |
The Guardian | |
HipHopDX | 3.9/5 |
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Exclaim! | 6/10 |
Coolaid is the fourteenth studio album by American West Coast hip hop recording artist Snoop Dogg. It was released on July 1, 2016, by Doggystyle Records and eOne Music. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2015 to 2016 at the Doggystyle Studios Records, in Diamond Bar, California. The production on the album was handled by Snoop Dogg and other record producers, including Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. Snoop Dogg also enlisted a variety of guest vocalist such as Too $hort, Swizz Beatz, Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Trick Trick, E-40, Jazze Pha, Suga Free and October London, among others.
The album title was revealed during the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 2, 2016. The lead single "Kush Ups" was released on June 7, 2016. It was followed by the single "Point Seen Money Gone", which was released on June 27. Coolaid is Snoop's first hip hop album in five years and is the follow-up to his thirteenth studio album Bush (2015). The album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised Snoop's technical rapping abilities and production choices.