The Big Squeeze [Edited]

Performer: Snoop Dogg
Engineer: Chris Jackson
Producer: Soopafly; David Banner; Niggaracci
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: This 20-track live album features in-concert performances, recorded in 2002 and 2003, from the young French dance-pop sensation Lorie. "Pres de Moi," "I Love You," and "Tout Pour Toi" are among the tracks. The set comes with a bonus DVD. Personnel: Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Marlon Williams (guitars); Terrace Martin (keyboards); Uncle Chuck (bass instrument). Fresh off the triumphant success of one of the tightest albums of his career, big Snoop Dogg returns with a collaborative effort that showcases the hottest artists on his own label, Doggystyle Records. THE BIG SQUEEZE also displays Snoop's overlooked talents with beats. As he explains it on the intro, "I wanted to produce this whole (*ahem*) record from start to finish and I wanted to put out all the (*ahem*) artists that I'm (*ahem*) workin' wit. Ya dig?" Over 15 tracks, the Dogg shows and proves himself behind the boards under the alias "Niggaracci," putting together a hard-banging West Coast sound highly influenced by Dr. Dre (lucky for Snoop, he was mentored by one of the best), with traces of the bouncier pop that Snoop has been known to delve into with the likes of Timbaland and the Neptunes. On the whole, THE BIG SQUEEZE is a gangsta party featuring many of the same Cali mainstays who made strong showings on THE BLUE CARPET TREATMENT such as Tha Dogg Pound, Bad Lucc, Western Union, Damani, Azure, and War Zone (the group made of MC Eiht, Goldie Loc, and Kam).

Snoop Doggy Dogg ensured his place in rap history by providing the perfect vocal complement to Dr. Dre's mellow, ominous, West Coast G-funk sound. His distinctively lazy singsong and soft-spoken drawl was first heard on Dre's title cut from the DEEP COVER soundtrack in 1991. Snoop's appearances on Dre's solo album THE CHRONIC shortly thereafter propelled him to almost overnight stardom, and his albums DOGGYSTYLE and the DOGGFATHER both hit the top of the charts. Despite a much-publicized murder trial, and a falling out with Death Row Record's CEO Suge Knight, Snoop Dogg ascended to the highest echelon of rap royalty, and through shrewd marketing, brilliant collaborations, and his smooth pimp persona, he has kept his crown well into the 21st century.

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