Snoop (Doggy) Dogg
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Snoop Doggy Dog and Dr Dre: Every Dogg Has His Dre
Report and Interview by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 14 May 1994
They called him an "evil bastard", said he shouldn't be allowed in the country, that there would be riots outside his hotel and gigs. But ...
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Interview by Steven Daly, Rock's Backpages Audio, 22 December 1993
A month after his debut album topped the Billboard charts, Calvin Broadus Jr. talks about his Compton youth; about the influence of his mother and the music he grew up hearing; about his criminal youth and the difference between the penitentiary and the county jail; and about the society he grew up in, then and now. He also addresses the subject of gangsta rap and his somewhat misogynistic lyrics.
File format: mp3; file size: 41.6mb, interview length: 43' 19" sound quality: **½
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Dr. Dre: The Chronic (Death Row/Interscope Records 257128; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 20 June 1993
AS HOMAGES to male bonding go, it would be hard to beat 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang', the hit single from The Chronic, the latest ...
New Waves — The insider's guide to the Next Big Thing: Snoop Doggy Dogg
Comment by David Toop, The Times, 29 October 1993
SOMETIMES A musician is so obviously the next big thing that hailing the fact in advance seems like cheating. Only a small sample of Snoop ...
Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 3 December 1993
Must we fling this filth at our pop kids? ...
Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 3 December 1993
TWO DIFFERENT versions of the art of gangsta rap. Twenty-one-year-old Los Angeleno Snoop Doggy Dogg is about to make history by having his debut album ...
Muttley Crude: Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle (East West)
Review by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 4 December 1993
CULTURE ALIENATION, boredom and despair: such are the imperatives of Snoop Doggy Dogg's world. ...
Dr. Dre On How To Make An Album Doggystyle
Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, February 1994
DR. DRE ISN'T a good advertisement for music school. "With all these players out here, why should I waste this much time learning how to ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: A Dogg's Tale
Interview by Steven Daly, The Face, February 1994
Snoop Doggy Dogg is currently America's top rap star. He's also due to be tried later this year as an accessory to murder. In his ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Ruff Justice
Interview by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 5 February 1994
SNOOP DOGGY DOGG is America's most controversial performer, taking the street-tuff credentials of previous gangsta rappers to new extremes of 4 Realness. His album, Doggystyle, ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Cocking a Leg at Society
Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 12 February 1994
To Snoop Doggy Dogg, the hard man of rap, women are 'bitches' and 'niggaz with attitude' like him pack a pistol. CAROLINE SULLIVAN talked to ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: The Equinox, London
Live Review by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 19 February 1994
SNOOP IS in the house, and so are we, finally. The pre-match build-up is a work of art, a triumph of modern mythology and marketing. ...
Report by Kodwo Eshun, The Wire, March 1994
Three of Hip Hop's major stars — Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2 Pac and Flavor Flav — are preparing to face various charges of attempted murder ...
Interview by Robert Sandall, Q, April 1994
Who's a busy homeboy then? His CV already bulges with a prison sentence, a US Number 1 LP and a still-fresh murder charge. Now, gangster ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: What's Your Problem? Absent fathers
Interview by Lisa Verrico, Vox, April 1994
SNOOP DOGGY Dogg, born Calvin Broadus, was brought up by his mother in the working-class suburb of Long Beach, Los Angeles. From early adolescence, when ...
Now Is Not The Time To Talk To Snoop Doggy Dogg.
Interview by Angus Batey, unpublished, May 1994
Originally written for the NME, this article was not published ...
Bark without bite — Snoop Doggy Dogg & Dr. Dre: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 2 May 1994
Snoop Doggy Dogg comes over like a pup at the Brixton Academy ...
Afro American: Snoop Doggy Dogg: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 14 May 1994
THEORY HAS IT that an artist gets the audience he deserves. So what the f*** the theory would make of Snoop Doggy Dogg at Brixton ...
Paw Coarse Men Of The Apocalypse: Doctor Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 14 May 1994
A HOT South London night. The air is a heady mix of sweat, liquor, perfume… and bomb-ass skunk. Inside the Academy, a veritable ceremony is ...
Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Rage — The Chronic Tour: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Angus Batey, Hip-Hop Connection, June 1994
WHEN YOU think about it, the very fact that this gig took place at all seems more than a little miraculous. With one of the ...
Various Artists: Murder Was The Case (Death Row/lnterscope 6544-92484-2 15 tks/74 mins/FP)
Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 12 November 1994
HOMIE-CIDAL MANY ACTS A new Snoop Doggy Dogg record? Yes and no and a whole lot more. Murder Was The Case is an extremely violent 18-minute ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Watch Out, Beagle's About
Interview by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 26 November 1994
SIMON PRICE meets SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, the Most Famous Rapper On Earth, whose murder trial comes up in three months, and asks him about Life ...
Report by Sonia Poulton, Muzik, December 1995
Following the release of Mike Tyson and the acquittal of DJ Simpson the media circus is now focussing its attention on the spate of R&B ...
Biggie, Tupac et al: Hollywood or Bust-up
Report and Interview by William Shaw, The Observer, 7 July 1996
New York can lay claim to having invented rap, but LA has violently rewritten the rules. William Shaw charts an increasingly bitter rivalry ...
Profile and Interview by David Bennun, The Guardian, November 1996
"I'M GONNA live forever," says the man slumped in the chair opposite, his voice so soft it's barely more than a mumble. Nobody has ever ...
Review by David Bennun, Melody Maker, 16 November 1996
Snoop's poised defiance and masterful Gangsta cool, posthumous crap from 2Pac ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Tha Doggfather (Death Row/Interscope INTD- 90038 £13.49)
Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 22 November 1996
DEDICATED "in loving memory" of rap star Tupac Shakur, shot dead in September, Tha Doggfather is another loathsome celebration of the black American thug lifestyle ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Blackstreet, SWV: Super Jam 1, Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Paul Sexton, The Times, 6 December 1996
Beauty and the beast ...
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Blackstreet: Nynex, Manchester
Live Review by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 14 December 1996
IN THA DOGG HOUSE ...
Lollapalooza: Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, Florida
Live Review by Will Hermes, Spin, September 1997
"DO YOU WANNA see the first band, or do you wanna see me jump to my death?" a paunchy MC bellowed from a perch atop ...
Mack 10, Kool Keith: House of Blues, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 9 January 1998
Mack 10 Delivers Gangsta Rap With a Smile and a Surprise ...
Report by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 1998
Rap hasn't merely survived the shocking deaths of hip-hop leaders Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. It's thriving now, thanks to a fresh infusion from today's ...
Snoop Dogg: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (No Limit)
Review by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 1 August 1998
Snoop Dogg Retains His Bite ...
Snoop Dogg: Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told (No Limit)
Review by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 29 August 1998
IT'S ONE OF THE most depressing stories in pop music. ...
Allez G!: Snoop Dogg: Top Dogg (Virgin)
Review by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 29 May 1999
WHEN SNOOP DOGG released his Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told album last autumn, more than just the Doggy part of ...
Report by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 5 August 2000
His rise and his fall has been a story of violence, pig-headed machismo and ruthless determination. Currently biding his time in jail, Death Row boss ...
Interview by Erik Himmelsbach, Revolver, Winter 2000
Snoop finds time for big business, Doggystyle ...
Dr Dre/Snoop Dogg/Eminem/Ice Cube: The Up In Smoke Tour (Eagle Vision)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Ian MacDonald, Uncut, March 2001
IN WHICH THE meanest mf-ers in contemporary hip hop, now wallowing in a gargantuan trough of dollars, give themselves 10 times more than enough rope, ...
Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 15 September 2001
INCARCERATION, CORRUPT LA COPS, FEUDS WITH DRE AND SNOOP, DEATH ROW RECORDS, GOD AND POLITICS: THE GODFATHER OF GANGSTA RAP SUGE KNIGHT IS OUT OF ...
Gangsters: Snoop Dogg and Michael Imperioli
Report and Interview by Amy Linden, Complex, 2004
"What is it about the gangster mythology...that grabs those of us, especially men outside 'the life'? What is about guys like (the late) John Gotti, ...
Snoop Dogg: The Dogg's Still Hot
Report and Interview by Chris Campion, Daily Telegraph, 2 December 2004
HIGH IN THE Hollywood Hills, at a barbecue held to celebrate the release of his latest album, Snoop Dogg is deep in conference with his ...
Snoop Dogg: Hammersmith Apollo, W6
Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 14 February 2005
"YOU GOTTA love Snoop," a teenage boy in a backwards baseball cap told me as we waited for the rap star Snoop Dogg to show ...
Snoop Dogg: Cardiff International Arena
Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 6 July 2005
HE MAY have caused a minor rumpus with his expletive-laden lyrics at Live 8, but the dapper rapper Snoop Dogg was in unruffled mood on ...
Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 13 July 2005
SEARCHING AUDIENCE MEMBERS with metal detectors as they file in suggests the authorities are expecting trouble. But the rapper who was once up on a ...
P. Diddy and Snoop Dogg at Wembley: A Preview
Report by John Lewis, So London, March 2007
RATHER LIKE the Iran-Iraq war, or the Schleswig-Holstein Question, no one can quite remember the origins of the 1990s "rap wars". It was a rivalry ...
Snoop Dogg: Malice N Wonderland (Priority Records)
Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, December 2009
A fine X to mark this spot in Snoop's always interesting career. ...
The new mellow Snoop Dogg still has bite
Interview by Sophie Heawood, The Times, 4 December 2009
Snoop Dogg: "Now that I'm more concerned and caring and a father and a husband — it seems the less respect I get" ...
Live Review by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 18 May 2011
LIKE LAW & ORDER stalwart Ice-T and Are We There Yet? star Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg is proof that one generation's corrupter of morals is ...
Blunted On Reality: A Journalist Recalls Smoking With Snoop Dogg, Biggie, Cypress Hill & More
Memoir by Michael A. Gonzales, Complex, 20 April 2012
"Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, jazz musicians, and entertainers, Their satanic music is driven by marijuana."— Harry J. Anslinger, America's First Drug Czar ...
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