Tha Dogg Pound "Dogg Food "
Death Row / Interscope Records
Reviewed by Heroin

Overall Album Rating: 4/5

1. Intro
2. Dogg Pound Gangstaz - Tha Dogg Pound 3/5
3. Respect Tha Dogg Pound feat. Nancy Fletcher, Big Pimpin' Delemond & Prince Ital Joe 5/5
4. New York, New York - Kurupt feat Snoop Doggy Dogg 4.5/5
5. Smooth - Snoop Doggy, Dogg, Kurupt, Val Young, Kevin "Slo Jammin' James & Ricky Harris 4/5
6. Cyco-Lic-No - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Mr Malik 4/5
7. Ridin', Slipin', And Slidin' - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Mz. South 'Sentral 3/5
8. Big Pimpin' 2 - Big Pimpin' Delemond
9. Let's Play House - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Michel'le, Big Simon & Nate Dogg 3.5/5
10. I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Nate Dogg
11. Do What I Feel - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Tha Lady of Rage 4/5
12. If We All Fuc - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg 3.5/5
13. Some Bomb Az Pussy - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Big C-Style & Joe Cool 4/5
14. A Doggz Day Afternoon - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Nate Dogg & Snoop Doggy Dogg 5/5
15. Reality - Tha Dogg Pound feat. Tray Deee 4/5
16. One By One (Subtracting Sucka Azz Niggaz From The Face Of The Earth) - Tha Dogg Pound 3.5/5
17. Sooo Much Style - Tha Dogg Pound 5/5

The album kicks off with the Warm Welcoming To Tha Dogg Pound and Deathrow Intro. Letting you know like they always do about this time. The track rolls into "Dogg Pound Gangstaz". This is avergae track but Kurupt's rhymes are a little iffy because some of them are good and some of them are a little basic. Although Kurupt's Bone Thugs diss and Snoop's vocals make up for that. While the track cloese up with DJ Eazy Dick. "Respect" is one of the several singles released on vinyl to promote Dogg Food. The song has a good hypnotyzing slow beat by Daz with some deep & dope lyrics from Tha Pound and some hypnotyzing vocals as well. New York, New York was another hit single for the album. This track put Kurupt on the spot as the new hit MC. This track also let eastcoast people know westcoast MCing is here. Kurupt spits fire along with Snoop's catchy hooks. While you could say "Smooth" is just a smooth track. This song is very laid back if you & the boys are smoking or something. It's a good song to kick back to. Now for all you Malik (Hershey-Loc) fans yous should like "Cyco-Lic-No". A Very gangsta track with raw lyrics & a catchy chorus. While Mr. Malik spits heat through most of the song. "Ridin', Slipin' And Slidin'" is one of the more slower tracks of the album. It's more layed back with Mz. South Snetral's beautiful vocals. It's basically a track for riding. The album then slows it down a notch into a interlude lead by Big Pimpin' Delemond with "Big Pimpin' 2". Where he discusses his pimp tales & lessons. Moving on, the third single from the album with Nate Dogg & Michel'le which is "Let's Play House". A track for the pimps, players & ballers. While the original version featured Warren G, the song could of been better if they added Snoop's vocals, made the song longer and little more grimey, & kept Warren G. Now for anyone who likes Daz more than Kurupt then you'll dig "I Don't Like To Dream ABout Gettin' Paid". Daz spits most of the rhymes on the track with Nate Dogg's untouchable vocals on this track for the ballers. A short Kurupt verse is squeezed into the end while Daz gets the rest. "Do What I Feel" is another one of those good lyrical tracks since it includes Tha Lady of Rage on the mic. Rage spits straight heat but Kurupt & Daz's rhymes could of been better. I hear this track was rumored to be underground single though. Then the Dogg Food album starts to enter a more grimier genre of music. With "If We All Fuc" is track for the hoes but got kind of a party vibe with its pimped out lyrics to it but it's a weird track though. It has Tha Dogg Pound & Snoop just sreaming the 'f' word over & over so it's disturbing and gets old. Then going onto "Some Bomb Azz Pussy" which is slowed down and puts you in a zone with the dazed, weird & strange vocals & beat. Although this track is no different it is better because they don't scream the f-word over & over and they slow it down a notch. "Doggz Day Afternoon" is lyrically the best Dogg Food track. There's no chorus, Kurupt spits heat, even Daz spits heat & there's some cool vocalson this gangsta'd out beat. "Reality" is a deep, slow & raw track wit Tha Eastsida "Tray-Deee". In the track they mention how there's no escape from from reality or life for that matter. The vocals are really cool & take a scary rhythm. WHile Kurupt compares his sanity to, if he was to lose it to the late Nirvana's Kurt Cobane. Towards the end of the album, Soopafly & Overdose handle production instead of Daz, Pooh & Dre. While they do this they do a good job. "One By One" is a pretty good track but not Tha Pound's best. A good track to ride around & smoke to though. Tha Pound does drop some good rhymes but some of it don't flow right. Now "Sooo Much Style" is a good track to end the album with. The beat & lyrics are all laid back. While Daz speaks on how him, Kurupt Snoop, Tha Pound, Tha Lady of Rage & Deathrow got sooo much style. This is just a good track to kick back to. Overall, this album is very dope. It's almost like a compiliation. Introducing Kurupt as a solo-artist, Daz's production, Mr. Malik, Tray-Deee, Nate Dogg and such you know. This album packs gangsta'd out songs, laid-back songs, riding songs & part songs. It's just a dogg gone album.