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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment is the eighth solo album released by rapper Snoop Dogg. Producers for the album include Pharrell Williams and Dr. Dre. It was released on November 21, 2006 on Geffen Records.
The title of the album is related to his Crip gang affiliation, as blue is the color associated with the Crips. The album cover has undergone several revisions. The first concept, revealed in August 2006 on SnoopDogg.com, featured a cartoon dog (representing Snoop Dogg) standing on a blue carpet that looks like a big blue bandana. Had this design been used, it would have been the third of Snoop Dogg's album covers to use the cartoon likeness of the rapper that was designed by his cousin Darryl Daniel. An updated version was shown on the Late Show with David Letterman 13th Anniversary Special on August 30, 2006 that substituted a parody of the famous Hollywood Sign which read "LONG BEACH" with an image of the actual sign. It was then changed to its current version. Geffen posted this as the final cover for the album on their website. Snoop Dogg told Billboard that he was working on this album, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, for nine months. He has collaborated with the likes of R. Kelly, Ice Cube, Pharrell Williams, D'Angelo, Akon, B-Real of Cypress Hill, and even Stevie Wonder. He also confirmed that Dr. Dre had a big input on this album, producing several tracks and even laying down a verse on a track called "Imagine". Snoop Dogg's new album takes the Long Beach, California native back to his gangsta roots. The rapper told MTV.com the album has allowed him to embrace his true nature. "I went right back to the 'hood", he said of his album's production. "I took it back to the basics. I've been making a lot of pop songs, lot of R&B songs. Songs that may have made my fans feel like I wavered from what I was naturally accustomed to doing. But I'm an entertainer and I entertain people and that's what I was feeling at the time. But right now, I'm feeling like going right back to the 'hood". Pharrell Williams said the rapper's music video, "Vato" will not only show his gangsta side, but will also tackle the issue of violence between African Americans and Hispanics in Los Angeles and call for racial unity. Snoop Dogg, teamed up with known DJs from the West, East, and the South and released Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape, which was hosted by DJ Skee, DJ Whoo Kid, and DJ Drama. It contained all the rumoured tracks that had been cut from the final track listing of his studio album. It was released a few weeks before the official album came out. As of November 11, 2006 the album had leaked to the internet and file sharing networks in full. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard charts, with over 264,000 copies sold in its first week in stores. On the Nielsen SoundScan annual Best Sellers Top 100 rankings it was listed 97th with the 2006 year-end catalog closing sales number of 637,000 copies despite having been released in mid-November and its sales data is accumulated for only one and a half months. Track listing: 1 "Intrology" 1:59 2 "Think About It" 3:37 3 "Crazy" 4:26 4 "Vato" 4:44 5 That's That Shit 4:17 6 "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" 4:48 7 "Get a Light" 3:41 8 "Gangbangin' 101" 5:27 9 "Boss' Life" 3:22 10 "L.A.X." 3:21 11 "10 Lil' Crips" 3:15 12 "'Round Here" 3:42 13 "A Bitch I Knew" 4:32 14 "Like This" 3:56 15 "Which One of You" 3:32 16 "I Wanna Fuck You" 4:23 17 "Psst!" 2:59 18 "Beat Up on Yo' Pads" 2:57 19 "Don't Stop" 3:22 20 "Imagine" 4:42 21 "Conversations" 3:38 + "My Peoples" (bonus track) 5:40 + "Real Talk (R.I.P. Tookie)" (bonus track) | |||||||||||||||
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*Tayacia Gathers | 2008-01-09 18:03:20 - 37375 |
GO Boy | |
do yo thang snoop. just tell yo son i said holla at me | |
*nicole | 2007-08-18 16:11:05 - 31236 |
hello | |
u look so nice with akon yh text bk man |