Tha Doggfather
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| Studio album by Snoop Doggy Dogg | ||||
| Released | November 12, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | February – October 1996 | |||
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| Length | 74:13 | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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| The New York Times | favorable |
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Tha Doggfather is the second studio album by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released on November 12, 1996, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. After the success of his debut album Doggystyle (1993), Snoop was charged with murder and in 1995, spent time preparing for the case that went to trial. In February 1996, he was cleared of all charges and began working on his second album without Dr. Dre providing work as a record producer. This was Snoop's final album on Death Row Records under his name of Snoop Doggy Dogg. Recording sessions took place from February 1996 to October 1996, with Suge Knight filling in as the executive producer on the album, alongside the additional production from several record producers such as DJ Pooh, Daz Dillinger, Soopafly and L.T. Hutton; as well as guest appearances from Charlie Wilson, Kurupt tha Kingpin, Tray Dee and Warren G, among others.
The album debuted at number one during the week of November 12, 1996, selling 479,000 copies, but it failed to match the commercial success of Doggystyle and 2Pac's album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996). In 1996, 2Pac became friends with Snoop, and then died weeks before the release of Tha Doggfather. Dr. Dre left Death Row to his partner Suge Knight, who was indicted for racketeering by the end of 1996. Consequently, Snoop's second album stalled at sales of two million copies. It was released only one week, after another Death Row release, the first posthumous album by slain Makaveli, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, which debuted at number one. The illustration on the back cover of the CD was done by Joe Cool, the same artist, who did the front cover of Snoop's previous album Doggystyle.
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