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. It was released on February 1, 2000, on

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. The album was recorded at Dogghouse Studio, Music Grinder & Skip Saylor Recording,

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. Most of the songs were performed live on

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'' XXX DVD. The album was executive produced by Snoop Dogg.

Critical reception

The album overall received generally positive reviews from music critics.

Commercial performance

''Tha Eastsidaz'' debuted at number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 100,000 copies in its first week. It was certificated Platinum on October 11, 2000.

Music Videos

Despite only 2 songs being released as singles, Tha Eastsidaz did a total of 6 videos altogether off the album: "Dogghouse" f/Rappin' 4-Tay & Twinz; "

G'd Up "G'd Up" is a song by American Gangsta rap group Tha Eastsidaz, featuring vocals from American singer Butch Cassidy. was released on December 7, 1999 as the first single of his self-titled debut album, with the record labels; Doggystyle Records an ...

" f/Butch Cassidy (directed by

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Got Beef '' Got Beef ''is a song from American hip hop ensemble Tha Eastsidaz, released on April 3, 2000 as the second single from studio album '' Tha Eastsidaz''. Track listing # "Got Beef" (with Jayo Felony & Sylk-E. Fyne) - 4:11 # "Got Beef" (vid ...

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); "Now We Lay 'Em Down" f/Kokane; "Tha Eastsidaz" & "The Gangsta In Deee"

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

External links

Music.com

Top40 charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eastsidaz 2000 debut albums Snoop Dogg albums Tray Deee albums Albums produced by Battlecat (producer) Albums produced by JellyRoll Albums produced by L.T. Hutton Albums produced by Soopafly Albums produced by Warren G Albums produced by Keith Clizark Tha Eastsidaz albums Collaborative albums