![]() The deal with Master P was a marriage of business convenience, not natural musical stylings. And while Dre was known as a sonic perfectionist, No Limit proudly offered “Beats By the Pound” along with a sprawling catalog of artists you’d never heard of releasing overstuffed albums you’d never purchase (or purchase and sell back after dubbing the four good songs). No Limit Records launched out of Richmond, and did start off offering a facsimile West Coast sound-but one that was already bending towards Master P’s hometown New Orleans bounce. These were, after all, albums recorded in the wake of the underwhelming (although arguably slightly underrated) Doggfather, which left many listeners… well, at least skeptical about Snoop’s merit as a solo artist without Dr. This poor reception shouldn’t have been surprising. I may have even made a comparison to “Bowie’s Berlin trilogy” in my fervor.Īlas, the response was muted-which is to say I never even received an autofill “Thanks for sharing!” reply. From monitoring the “Friend Activity” sidebar on Spotify, I knew that this group regularly revisited The Chronic, Doggystyle, and 2001 and I was sure they’d be thrilled to dive into this carefully curated mix from the same period (or at least the back half of it). ![]() Pete Hunt gets no rap with that tore up khaki suit.Ī few years back, I excitedly emailed some colleagues to announce I’d created a playlist featuring the best songs from Snoop Dogg’s No Limit albums. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. ![]()
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