Snoop Doggy Dogg – Tha Doggfather [2× Vinyl LP]

Snoop Doggy Dogg – Tha Doggfather [2× Vinyl LP]

Details

• Format: 2× Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold, Stereo, Explicit
• Catalogue Number: DRR-LP-63588
• Barcode: 850079803053
• Genre: Hip-Hop / West Coast Rap / G-Funk
• Label: DRR / gamma.
• Originally Released: 12 November 1996
• Reissue Released: 19 December 2025
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

Tha Doggfather is the second studio album by Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on 12 November 1996 via Death Row Records and Interscope. It arrived in circumstances that were anything but routine: Dr. Dre — the architect of Snoop's debut Doggystyle — had departed Death Row earlier that year to found Aftermath Entertainment, leaving a production void that was filled largely by Snoop's first cousin Daz Dillinger and the versatile DJ Pooh. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 479,000 copies in its first week, and marked the last time Snoop would record under the "Doggy Dogg" moniker before shortening his name to Snoop Dogg.

Recording sessions ran from February to October 1996 — a turbulent period that included Snoop's acquittal on murder charges in February of that year and, in September, the fatal shooting of his close friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur. The emotional weight of that loss is felt throughout the album, and Tupac appears on the closing track "Outro" under his posthumous alias Makaveli, one of the last recordings committed to vinyl before his death. The album also features contributions from Charlie Wilson, Warren G, Kurupt, Tray Dee, and Nate Dogg.

Musically, Tha Doggfather is a deliberate step away from the raw gangsta energy of Doggystyle — smoother, more introspective, and in places genuinely reflective. Snoop himself described it as a rebirth: a record about fatherhood, maturity and attempting to live more positively. Stand-out tracks include the cinematic title track "Doggfather", the funk-laced "Snoop Bounce" (interpolating Zapp & Roger's "More Bounce to the Ounce"), the melodic "When I Grow Up", and the groove-driven closer "Traffic Jam". The album samples a remarkable range of classic material, from Run-DMC and The Gap Band to Biz Markie and Doug E. Fresh.

This 2025 reissue on DRR/gamma — the label helmed by Snoop himself following his 2022 acquisition of the Death Row trademarks — presents the album across 2× black vinyl LP in a gatefold sleeve, making it newly accessible to a generation of collectors for whom original pressings have become increasingly scarce. Issued alongside a simultaneous reissue of the Tha Dogg Pound classic Dogg Food.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Intro
2. Doggfather
3. Ride 4 Me
4. Up Jump Tha Boogie
5. Freestyle Conversation
6. When I Grow Up
7. Snoop Bounce

Side B

1. Gold Rush
2. (Tear 'Em Off) Me and My Doggz
3. You Thought
4. Vapors

Side C

1. Groupie
2. 2001
3. Sixx Minutes
4. (O.J.) Wake Up

Side D

1. Snoop's Upside Ya Head
2. Blueberry
3. Traffic Jam
4. Doggyland
5. Downtown Assassins
6. Outro (ft. Makaveli)

Credits

• Snoop Doggy Dogg – Vocals, Executive Producer
• DJ Pooh – Producer
• Daz Dillinger – Producer
• Soopafly – Producer
• L.T. Hutton – Producer
• Suge Knight – Executive Producer
• Charlie Wilson, Warren G, Kurupt, Tray Dee, Nate Dogg, Makaveli (Tupac Shakur) – Featured Artists
• Label – DRR / gamma.