![]() ![]() Dre nor his protégés have found a way to expand on his groundbreaking work. Three years after The Chronic, neither Dr. Tha Dogg Pound roster included numerous Death Row members. But they're not - they're monotonous and predictable, never once breathing life into the material. What Would You Do was among the first singles released for Tha Dogg Pounds debut album: Dogg Food. Not only is the music numbingly familiar, the lyrics are pedestrian as well, chronicling the typical complaints and fantasies of gangsta rap, which would have been fine if Dat Nigga Daz and Kurupt were compelling rappers with a distinctive style of their own. Dre is only listed as an executive producer, his influence is all over the album, as Dat Nigga Daz faithfully reproduces all of the elements of Dre's trademark G-funk style - slow, loping beats, deep, elastic rhythms, the occasional wail from a female singer, and layers of cheap, whiny synthesizers. Dre's The Chronic, following Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle and the Murder Was the Case soundtrack. Essentially, Dogg Food is the third rewrite of Dr. It's ironic that Dogg Food caused so much controversy, because, musically, the album is a very conservative piece of gangsta rap. Of course, that didn't stop the album from being released - Interscope signed a distribution deal with Priority Records. Not only did the company agree, it also sold off all of its interests in Interscope Records. Before the release of tha Dogg Pound's debut album, Dogg Food, various conservative organizations attacked the record for being exceedingly violent and vulgar, pressuring Warner Bros. ![]()
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