SceneDL.com : Hand Picked Group Rip Downloads: Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin [JP Retail] - 2008

Artist: Snoop Dogg
Album: Ego Trippin [JP Retail]
Year: 2008
Genre: Rap
Label: Doggy Style / Geffen / Universal Int'l
Quality: VBR V2 / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
Encoder: Lame 3.97
Group: VAG
Rel Date: 03-19-2008
Rip Date: 07-10-2008

Tracklist:
| 01 - 01:20 - A Word Witchya! (Intro) (Produced By Scoop Deville)
| 02 - 03:48 - Press Play (Produced By DJ Quik)
| 03 - 03:50 - SD Is Out (Produced By Teddy Riley)
| 04 - 04:26 - Gangsta Like Me (Produced By Teddy Riley)
| 05 - 04:18 - Neva Have 2 Worry (Produced By Snoop Dogg & Terrace Martin)
| 06 - 04:00 - Sexual Eruption (Produced By Shawty Redd)
| 07 - 04:23 - Life Of Da Party (Feat. Too $hort & Mistah F.A.B.) (Produced By Scoop Deville)
| 08 - 03:33 - Waste Of Time (Feat. Raphael Saadiq) (Produced By Raphael Saadiq)
| 09 - 04:01 - Cool (Produced By Teddy Riley)
| 10 - 03:26 - Sets Up (Produced By The Neptunes)
| 11 - 03:57 - Deez Hollywood Nights (Produced By Nottz)
| 12 - 03:46 - Whateva U Do (Produced By Khao)
| 13 - 03:49 - Staxxx In My Jeans (Produced By Rick Rock)
| 14 - 03:10 - Been Around Tha World (Produced By Snoop Dogg & Terrace Martin)
| 15 - 02:37 - Let It Out (Produced By Teddy Riley)
| 16 - 02:40 - My Medicine (Produced By Whitey Ford)
| 17 - 03:15 - Ridin' In My Chevy (Produced By Scoop Deville)
| 18 - 04:00 - Those Gurlz (Produced By Teddy Riley & DJ Quik)
| 19 - 03:33 - One Chance (Make It Good) (Produced By Frequency)
| 20 - 03:58 - Why Did You Leave Me (Produced By Polow Da Don)
| 21 - 04:07 - Can't Say Goodbye (Feat. Charlie Wilson) (Produced By Teddy Riley)
| 22 - 03:40 - Shoot 'Em Up (JP Bonus Track) (Produced By Snoop Dogg & Terrace Martin)
Playtime: 01:19:37 min
Size: 113.2 MB

Notes:
| Props to the other group for putting out the regular edition, here is the
| Japanese Retail with an extra bonus track. Enjoy!
|
| The original idea behind what Snoop Dogg considers his ninth album --
| ignoring all those pesky and shoddy fringe releases -- was that the title
| represented a truly solo effort with no guest shots. As the street date grew
| closer, the rapper flipped the script and decided that Ego Trippin' referred
| to how he "let" people write songs for the album, songs Snoop could rap and
| sometimes, shockingly, sing. The leadoff good-time single "Sensual Seduction"
| -- or "Sexual Eruption" on the explicit album -- proved the latter wasn't a
| bad idea at all, with Snoop crafting a hooky bedroom track using both a smirk
| and a throwback Zapp feel. It was a perfect flagship release for an album
| that tries numerous things but never tries too hard, plus one where the
| nostalgia is plentiful and perfectly chosen. At the heart of it all are the
| "overseers" of the album, QDT Muzic, a production crew formed by Snoop along
| with new jack swing legend Teddy Riley and West Coast hero DJ Quik. This
| fascinating mix of veterans somehow handles everything from the crooked,
| crip-walking "Gangsta Like Me" to an unbelievably faithful and fun cover of
| the Time's "Cool" with Snoop singing and strutting just like Morris Day.
| Throwaway moments like the country song -- for real -- "My Medicine" are
| balanced by rich and honest moments like "Been Around tha World," where the
| rapper reminds listeners he's actually married and delivers a heartfelt "I'll
| be home soon" number. It's the one time his words are the focus, and while
| it's never clear how much Snoop actually wrote, the ghostwriters he's
| admitted to hiring have the thug script down and rarely disappoint. What is
| disappointing is the woefully long track list, the redundant numbers, and the
| trimming required to keep from drifting off before the majestic closer,
| "Can't Say Goodbye" with the Gap Band's Charlie Wilson, rolls around. Put a
| quarter of this loose, hangout session to the side and you've got a great
| argument that Snoop's transition from hungry gangster to laid-back celebrity
| and idea man is going much better than expected.
|
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