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by American

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recording artist

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. It was released on March 29, 2011 on the

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. The album was produced by Battlecat,

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, THX,

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, Mike Dean,

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, Meech Wells,

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, Rick Rude,

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, DJ Reflex, among others. It was supported by the singles " Wet" and " Boom". ''Doggumentary'' received mixed reviews from most critics. The album debuted at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The album serves as the follow-up to Snoop's tenth studio album ''

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'' (2009).

Background

Snoop Dogg first announced that he was working on a sequel to his 1993 debut album ''

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'' during a studio session with

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and

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. The two stated they knocked out eighteen tracks and Snoop ended the video out saying he gave him some gangsta tracks, some R&B tracks and some Hip Hop tracks. Snoop Dogg called off plans to release the sequel to his classic debut

, instead opting for the title Doggumentary Music for his 11th studio album, set for release in March 2011 on Priority/

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. "I have been in the game for so long and still have the same passion I did when I first started. I want my fans to ride with me on this one and know that I am so focused on bringing good music to them," explained the veteran MC. "It's called Doggumentary Music because this is my life and I want to share my music, and my process of making it, with the fans."

Recording

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reported that Snoop Dogg has recorded with

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on a track, titled “This Weed Iz Mine.” The smokers’ anthem is scheduled to appear on Snoop's 11th studio album Doggumentary Music, along with the

-produced lead single “

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and with other songs including “Rollin’ in My Malibu,” “Oh Boy,” and collaborations with

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and

. The rapper announced plans to work with

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again after the pair's number one single "

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" stating, "We're trying to get together and do something on my new album...so 'mdefinitely in contact with her." Snoop told ''

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'' magazine about Perry, "She's a sweet girl, and I had fun making the record with her. Like I said, I'm looking forward to her being on my record as well." Snoop Dogg also recorded with

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's animated

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group

. The song is reportedly left over from the ''

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'' sessions, in which Snoop collaborated on the track " Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach" Snoop said about the collaboration: "We did that record in

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, England at their studio. The track made me wanna' sing & have fun & what not I don't give a fuck, it's like maybe I can smoke witchu' maybe I can't, you know what I'm saying?" Snoop Dogg revealed to

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that he was looking to get a

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duet for the album. On November 27, 2010 Snoop Dogg was in the studio with producer

who produced two beats for him. On December 8, 2010, Snoop Dogg reported to ''

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'' magazine that featured artists will include

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Too Short Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on ...

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Kokane Jerry Buddy Long Jr. (born March 10, 1969), better known by his stage name Kokane, is an American recording artist best known for his distinctive vocal style and numerous guest appearances, such as on Snoop Dogg's '' Tha Last Meal''. Early lif ...

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, Marty James, Pilot,

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, and

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with production on the album from

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, Gorillaz,

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, Meech Wells,

, Black Mob, Trylogy, and Rick Rude. However, on February 9, 2011, EMI released a poster that announced some of the guests, which included

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, T-Pain,

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, and more. The producers include Kanye West,

, Battlecat,

, and more.

Release and promotion

Snoop Dogg announced via Twitter that he would be joining the ranks of emcees

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, and the many prior who released weekly songs in preparation for upcoming projects. Dubbed "Puff Puff Pass Tuesdays," Snoop plans to release a new song each week starting January 11, 2011 (with song "El Lay"), until the release of his album.

Reception

''Doggumentary'' received mixed reviews from most

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s.Doggumentary Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic

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. Retrieved on 2011-03-30. At

, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 58, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Rave Magazine gave it two-and-a-half stars.

Commercial performance

''Doggumentary'' debuted at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 50,000 copies in its first week, marking the fourth highest debut of the week. It serves as Snoop Dogg's eleventh top-ten album in the United States. The album dropped to the number 35 in its second week, selling an additional 14,000 units. In its third week, the album selling 7,800 copies, for a third-week total of 72,000 units.

Singles

" was the first official promotional single released from ''Doggumentary'', it was released on November 5, 2010, on the

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. The track peaked on the

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at number 66. The song features American singer and songwriter

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and is produced by

, producer of Snoop's 2009 single "

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". It did not however make the final cut of the album. " Wet" the first official lead single from the album. The song was recorded specifically for

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's bachelor's party. Snoop's spokespeople bill the song as a sequel to 2007's "

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." Produced by

of Far East Movement fame, Snoop spoke of the gift “When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something." He continued, “’Wet’ is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin’." The song was released on

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on December 17, 2010. The edited version, entitled "Sweat" will be released to US urban radio stations on January 11, 2011. The single entered the

at number 57, it charted at number 25 on the

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chart. The official remix, featuring

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and

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, was released on February 8, 2011 as a part of Snoop Dogg's ''Puff Puff Pass Tuesdays'' giveaway. " Gangbang Rookie" was the second official promotional single from the album. The track features rapper Pilot and was released to the

on January 14, 2011. The single was produced by

. "

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" was the third official promotional single from the album. The track features singer

and was released to the

on February 22, 2011. The single was produced by

. Snoop Dogg revealed to

about the collaboration "I think me and Kells understand who we are and what we do to make each other better," Snoop said. "He has a deep love for music, and sometimes he goes over the head of the people that's listening just like myself, because we're too in-depth with music. We don't just listen to our genre. We find ourselves enjoying all walks of music." The song, however, almost didn't make the final cut, as Snoop had finished up recording the album. Snoop's friend previewed the Lex Luger track for the rapper, which impressed him enough to jot down a few bars. After sending his sketch to Kelly, the crooner replied with his own rough demo, leading the pair to finally complete the record. " Boom" featuring singer T-Pain is the second official lead single from the album. Produced by

the song features samples from 1980s’ hit Situation by Yazoo. The song was released in the

on March 8, 2011, with the video set for release that same day. The single entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 76. Snoop Dogg has filmed seven more music videos for the album. The seven include one with guest rappers

and

for "My Fuckin' House", a video with singer/producer

, the producer and featured artist for the song "My Own Way", one with rapper Pilot for "Gangbang Rookie", another with rapper

for "This Weed Iz Mine", one for "El Lay" featuring

, an animated video for "Take U Home", featuring

, and

, and a video for Snoop's song "The Way Life Used to Be".

Track listing

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. * "The Way Life Used to Be" contains samples of " Why You Treat Me So Bad" written by Jay King, Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster and performed by Club Nouveau; "Bad Boy (Having a Party)" written by

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and

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; " Reflections" written by

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, and performed by

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; and features excerpts of "The Way Life Used to Be" performed by Luther Vandross * "Wonder What It Do" contains interpolations of "Oh Honey" written by Ken Gold and Michael Lawrence Denne; " Lowdown" written by

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and William Scaggs and performed by

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; and "Heart Beat" written by Kenton Nix. * "Peer Pressure" contains interpolations of " Street Life" written by Will Jennings and Leslie Sample. * "Boom" contains interpolations of " Situation" written by Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet and Vincent John Martin, and performed by Yazoo. * "We Rest N Cali" contains samples of "Heartbreaker" written by

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, and performed by Zapp. * "This Weed Iz Mine" contains samples of "This Beat Is Mine" written by Andre Booth, and performed by Vicky D. * "Eyez Closed" contains samples of "Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)", written by James Bromley Spicer and

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, and performed by

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Personnel

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Musicians

* Bad Lucc – vocals * Calvin Broadus – composer *

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– bass * Antone "Chooky" Caldwell – bass * George Clinton – composer * Sam Cooke – composer * Matthew Desantis, Jr. – vocals * Dev – vocals *

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– vocals * Lamont Dozier – composer * Mamie Gunn – vocals * Will Hamm – vocals * Brian Holland – composer * Eddie Holland – composer * R. Kelly – composer * Belinda Lipscomb – vocals * Mickey Raphael – harmonica * Amber Sibbett – vocals * Larry Troutman – composer * Roger Troutman – composer * Luther Vandross – composer * Kayla Waggoner – vocals * LaToiya Williams – vocals

Technical personnel

* Deegan Mack Adams – engineer * Tony Allen – drums * David Banner – producer * Dave Benck – assistant engineer *

– keyboards * Big Jerm – engineer * Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – producer * The Cataracs – producer * Mike Chav – engineer * Ted Chung – engineer * Bootsy Collins – drums, engineer, vocal arrangement * Todd Cooper – engineer * Devin Copeland – engineer * Jason Cox – engineer * Armond "Bamm" Davis – keyboards * Andrew Dawson – engineer * Daz – engineer * Mike Dean – engineer, mixing * Hector Delgado – engineer * Scoop DeVille – producer * DJ Battlecat – keyboards, mixing, percussion, producer, sound effects, talk box * DJ Khalil – producer * DJ Quik – mixing * DJ Reflex – producer * Toby Donohue – engineer * Abel Garibaldi – engineer * Noah Goldstein – engineer * Gordon Groothedde – engineer * Gorillaz – producer * Richard Huredia – mixing * Chris Jackson – mixing * Tony "56" Jackson – keyboards * Jake One – producer * Danny Keyz – keyboards * Anthony Kilhoffer – engineer * Aaron "Lefty" Kimmerer – engineer * Dennis Krinjen – assistant engineer * Shon Lawon – engineer * Sven Lens – engineer * Ari Levine – mixing * Lexus "Lex Luger" Lewis – producer * David "Dizmix" Lopez – engineer * Fabian Marasciullo – mixing * Travis "Shaggy" Marshall – engineer * Kenny McCloud – mixing * Ian Mereness – engineer * Alex Merzin – mixing * Morris Mingo – keyboards * Mr. Porter – mixing, producer * "Fredwreck" Farid Nassar – guitar, keyboards, mixing, moog synthesizer, producer * Willie Nelson – guitar * Matt Price – engineer * Khalil Abdul Rahman – drum programming, engineer, keyboards * Erik "Mr. E." Ramos – engineer * Erik Reichers – mixing * James Reynolds – mixing * Rick Rock – mixing, producer * Ric Rude – engineer, producer * Jason Schweitzer – mixing * Stephen Sedgwick – engineer * Snoop Dogg – executive producer * Nico Solis – engineer * Soopafly – mixing * Scott Storch – producer * THX – producer * Truck Turner – engineer * Javier Valverde – engineer * Roel Verberk – engineer * Vic Wainstein – engineer * Meech Wells – producer * Soul Mechanix – producer * Kanye West – composer, producer * Zoe A. Young – production coordinator * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – Mastering Engineer * The Water Boyz - Remix

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doggumentary Music 2011 albums Snoop Dogg albums Priority Records albums Doggystyle Records albums Albums produced by Battlecat (producer) Albums produced by Damon Albarn Albums produced by David Banner Albums produced by David Guetta Albums produced by Mr. Porter Albums produced by DJ Khalil Albums produced by Fredwreck Albums produced by Jake One Albums produced by Jeff Bhasker Albums produced by Kanye West Albums produced by Lex Luger Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer) Albums produced by Rick Rock Albums produced by Scoop DeVille Albums produced by Scott Storch Albums produced by the Cataracs Albums produced by Warryn Campbell