''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment'' is the eighth studio album by

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Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

. It was released on November 21, 2006, by Doggystyle Records and

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. It is also the final album to have

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featured on it during his lifetime. Recording sessions took place from November 2005 to September 2006 in several recording studios and artists such as

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, DJ Battlecat,

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, Danja,

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, and

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appear on the album, among others. The album debuted at number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 264,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, ''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album was promoted with '' Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape'', which was released a few days before the official album release.

Background

The title of the album, ''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment'' is a reference to the

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traditionally present at formal events. The blue color refers to Snoop Dogg's affiliation with the gang of Crips, who often wear blue (as opposed to the primary color, red, of their rival gang, the

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). The album cover underwent several revisions. In August 2006, the first concept art was revealed on Snoop Dogg's website. It features a cartoon dog (representing Snoop Dogg) displaying Crip

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s, while standing on a blue carpet patterned-like

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. The design has been used, which would have been the third of Snoop Dogg's album covers to use the cartoon for likeness of the rapper that was designed by his cousin Darryl Daniel. The updated version of his cover artwork was shown on the ''

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's'' 13th Anniversary Special on August 30, 2006, and that cover artwork features a parody of the famous

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, that reads "LONG BEACH". It has changed to its current version. Geffen posted this as the final cover for the album on their website. Snoop Dogg directed to take the

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back to its gangsta roots. The rapper told MTV.com about embracing his true nature to the album; stating, "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".

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said that 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

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s at Los Angeles, California and call for racial unity. Snoop Dogg would teamed up with well-known DJs from the West, to the East, and to the South by releasing ''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape'', which was hosted by DJ Skee,

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and

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. 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. "Think About It" was composed by

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in his dorm room one and a half years prior to the album, while

was a student in Virginia. The material was passed to Mike Chavez of Geffen Records, who gave it to Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg uses the track to show his older son—who had not chosen him as the favorite hip-hop artist when being asked—that he can still be an old school gangster rapper regarding his style if he wants to. The track, titled "Imagine" was slated to be featured on

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' album ''

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''. Busta Rhymes stated in several interviews, before the release of ''The Big Bang'', that the sample for "Imagine" was still trying to be cleared. Busta Rhymes stated that he was not sure that the sample would be cleared on time for his album's release, so it had to be excluded from his album. With the sample not being cleared at the time, and it is presumable that the song was given to Snoop Dogg for his album. It was recorded with verses by Kam and Snoop Dogg (in different from the album version) while playing during TBCT Listening party. Although Busta Rhymes released the remix to "Imagine", it is presumable that his "remix" when it was actually the intended original version which did not make it on the release of ''The Big Bang''. Artists such as

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and

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each did their freestyles on this track.

Music

"Which One of You" was recorded during the album sessions at its process, with the group called N.V. The song was run by the production team

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. "Round Here" contains the same sample on the song "

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" performed by Dido, in which became the same sample that it was used by a fellow American

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for his track Stan. Therefore, Snoop Dogg was wasn't aware about this matter when he was making that record during its recording sessions. "L.A.X." contains a sample of "More Bounce to the Ounce" performed by Zapp, in which Snoop Dogg already have used this sample of a song once on one of his earlier track, "Snoop Bounce", in which was included from his album ''

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'' (1996). All three songs – "That's That Shit", "Boss' Life" and "Imagine" – has lyrics ghostwritten from a former

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artists such as

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(Benton, S.) and The D.O.C. (Curry, T.).

Recording

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 on the biggest song on the album, titled "

That's That "That's That" (explicitly titled "That's That Shit") is the second single by Snoop Dogg from the album '' Tha Blue Carpet Treatment''. The song was the first single taken from the album in the United Kingdom, however the single only achieved nota ...

" produced by

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and other featured on the album

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Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P ...

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(of

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) and even

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. He also confirmed that

had a big input on this album, producing several tracks and even rapping a verse on the track, "Imagine". Dr. Dre hadn't produced any Snoop Dogg tracks since 2000. He also did I Wanna Fuck You with Akon but had to release a cleaned up version for radio play called I Wanna Love You. Other songs recorded for this album didn't make the final cut, including "Wannabes" featuring

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and

; produced by

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, "Smokin' Smokin' Weed" featuring

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and Nate Dogg, and "Put This Thang on You" featuring

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, only two of these ( except on You Put This Thang ) are released in disc two that is, in the disc of bonus tracks.

Critical reception

''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment'' received generally positive reviews from

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. The album maintained generally positive reviews with IGN calling it "one of Snoop's strongest efforts in a long time, with the beats, rhymes, and guests all complimenting the Doggfather with grand immediacy." It received a 4 out of 5 from Allhiphop.com,

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and

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. Ryan Dombal for ''

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'' wrote that "Blue Carpet finds him refocused and reunited with

on four tracks. The two get nostalgic on standout 'Imagine'." – Grade: B+ ''Vibe'' magazine wrote that "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment stands as a strong statement from a veteran still pushing his artistic boundaries." ''

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'' wrote that the album is "A throwback to his trunk-rattling G-funk heyday." – Grade: 3.5 out of five stars. ''XXL'' wrote that "Snoop's lyrical fire seems resurrected, as he delivers arguably his most consistently scorching work post-''

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''." Christian Hoard for ''

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'' wrote that Snoop's eighth LP doesn't do much to break the trend. The production is pretty hot, with high-def beats that range from tricked-out funk (

's "Boss's Life") to dark, tense bounce (the excellent Neptunes-produced "Vato"). The radio-friendly ups—the R. Kelly feature "That's That Shit"—balance out brawny head-nodders like "Gangbangin 101." Snoop sounds great dropping streams of consonants on "Think About It," and few rappers could make a minimalist "

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"-style cut like "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" sound so singular. Nathan Rabin for '' The A.V. Club'' reviewed the album and wrote that "Snoop has always been able to knock out infectious radio singles, but his albums generally strand a few knockout songs amid oceans of lazy filler, opportunist trend-hopping, and derivative, second-rate G-funk. Sleepy, anticlimactic recent reunion albums from Dogg Pound and 213 (Snoop, Warren G, and Nate Dogg) failed to rouse Snoop out of his longstanding professional funk. So why does Snoop's shockingly good Tha Blue Carpet Treatment sound more like a loose, revitalized follow-up to

? Dr. Dre's reappearance certainly doesn't hurt. Dre has always brought out the best in Snoop, and his presence seems to have reignited Snoop's passion and hunger. No track better exemplifies the disc's ethos of delirious excess than " Candy (Drippin' Like Water)", an insanely catchy candy-coated R&B song with clever nods to hyphy (

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and producer

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) and retro jazz-rap (check out that crazy Digable Planets sample!), plus guest raps from a small army of past-their-prime gangstas. When faced with a choice, Snoop here inevitably chooses all of the above. So Treatment gives listeners

and

, The Game and

, red-hot polygamy enthusiast

and old standby

, George Clinton and

, gangsta shit, pimp shit, and at least one song encouraging pee-wee football players to go hard or go home. With his lush Blue Carpet Treatment, Snoop Dogg finally seems intent on building and expanding his musical legacy, rather than merely coasting on it.

Commercial performance

''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment'' debuted at number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 264,000 copies in its first week. On the

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annual "Best Sellers Top 100" rankings, the album 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 were accumulated for only one and a half months. As of June 2018, the album had sales 1,503,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Bonus tracks

;Notes *¹ On the single version, Akon's guest vocals were replaced by vocals from

. ;Sample credits *"Intrology" samples "

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" performed by

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. *"Think About It" samples "I Need You" performed by

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. *"Crazy" contains interpolations of "She's Strange" performed by Cameo. *"

That's That Shit "That's That" (explicitly titled "That's That Shit") is the second single by Snoop Dogg from the album ''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment''. The song was the first single taken from the album in the United Kingdom, however the single only achieved not ...

samples " The Bath" performed by

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. *" Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" samples "9th Wonder (Blackploitism)" performed by

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, and contains an interpolations of "

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" performed by Cameo. *" Boss' Life" samples "If Tomorrow Never Comes" performed by The Controllers, and "Everybody Rise" performed by

. *"LAX" samples " Going Back to Cali" performed by

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, and "More Bounce to the Ounce" performed by

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. *"Round Here" samples "

" performed by Dido. *"Like This" samples "Coffy Sauna" performed by

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. *"Conversations" samples "Have a Talk with God" performed by

Personnel

Credits adapted from

. *

– vocals, engineer, producer * B Real – vocals *

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– vocals *

– keyboards, producer * Mike Bozzi – assistant * Leslie Brathwaite – mixing * Paul Bruski – engineer * Mike Chav – engineer * Ted Chung – A&R, engineer, marketing * George Clinton – vocals * Erik "Baby Jesus" Coomes – bongos * Sean Cruse – bass * Damani – vocals * Rick DeVarona – assistant * DJ DDT – producer *

– engineer, mixing, producer, vocal engineer *

– vocals, producer, mixing *

– vocals * Shon Don – engineer *

– vocals * Lamar Edwards – bass guitar *

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– vocals, producer * The Game – vocals * Abel Garibaldi – engineer * Tasha Hayward – hair stylist * Josh Houghkirk – assistant * Richard Huredia – mixing *

– vocals * Mauricio Iragorri – engineer, mixing * Julio G – vocals, interlude *

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– vocals * R. Kelly – vocals *

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– vocals *

Anthony Mandler Anthony Mandler (born April 18, 1973) is an American film director, music video director, television commercial director and photographer. As a music video director, his most notable and frequent collaborator is Rihanna. The two have worked on s ...

– art direction, design, photography * Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearance *

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– vocals *

MC Eiht Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1971), better known by his stage name MC Eiht (pronounced MC eight), is an American rapper and actor. Many of his songs are based on his life in Compton. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's nam ...

– vocals * Jeff Meeks – assistant * Ian Mereness – engineer *

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– guitar, trumpet *

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– producer * 9 Inch Dix – vocals *

Dawaun Parker Dawaun Parker (born May 9, 1984) is an American record producer and rapper. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2005, he became a producer for Dr. Dre’s record label Aftermath Entertainment. He received his first formal credit ...

– keyboards * Orlando Rashid – engineer * Robert "Roomio" Reyes – assistant * J. Peter Robinson – art direction, design * April Roomet – stylist * Alexis Seton – mixing *

– primary artist *

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– vocals, producer * Chris Soper – engineer * Chris Starr – background vocals *

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– mixing *

– producer * Warzone – vocals * LaToiya Williams – vocals * Marlon Williams – guitar * Barbara Wilson – vocals *

– vocals, producer *

– vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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