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Music CD - Snoop Dogg: Ego Trippin'
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Music CD: Ego Trippin'
Artist: Snoop Dogg
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $8.96
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Manufacturer: Geffen Records
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Tracks:
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1. A Word Witchya! (Intro)
2. Press Play
3. Sd is Out
4. Gangsta Like Me
5. Neva Have 2 Worry
6. Sexual Eruption
7. Life of Da Party
8. Waste of Time
9. Cool
10. Sets Up
11. Deez Hollywood Nights
12. Whateva U Do
13. Staxx In My Jeans
14. Been Around the World
15. Let It Out
16. My Medicine
17. Ridin' In My Chevy
18. Those Gurlz
19. One Chance (Make It Good)
20. Why Did You Leave Me
21. Can't Say Goodbye
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517629745
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Geffen Records
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Geffen Records
Release Date: 2008-03-11
Studio: Geffen Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Here Kitty kitty kitty
Comment: Painfully lame... 'fame and celebrity' have clearly blunted the Dogg's edge. Snoops grappling the thin edge of the wedge with this buzzless hive of watered down jive. Virtually all filla and no killa,(save for Sets Up and My Medicine). Over-indulgent (album title is point blank accurate) in the XTREME and lacking a core, 'ET' is testament to an artist who needs to call home quick for inspiration. There's next to no fire left in this kittens wire. Sad to say but Snoop seems like he's down for the count. You're a certifiable chump if you buy this Dogg's gooey, fly-blown lump.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not as Good as THA BLUE CARPET TREATMENT; 3 ½ Stars
Comment: First things first, EGO TRIPPIN' isn't as good as Snoop's last album, THA BLUE CARPET TREATMENT. Also, it isn't a bad album by any means either - just a flawed album. Sure, "Sensual (Sexual) Seduction" gave Snoop his first top-ten hit since 2004's ubiquitous Neptunes helmed "Drop It Like It's Hot" reached #1 (not counting Akon's #1 with Snoop, "I Wanna F**k You"), but "Sensual Seduction" isn't enough to make EGO TRIPPIN', which is pretty good, a truly great or innovative album. Sure, Snoop rocks the vocoder out on "Sensual Seduction", but a vocoder doesn't make up for some of EGO TRIPPIN' laxer moments.
The album starts with the typical forgettable interlude, then follows with "Press Play", which is ultimately forgettable as well. Snoop ignites the flame with "SD is Out", an undeniably catchy track in which you feel Snoop is at least somewhat in his element. Sure, it isn't the second coming by any means, but it works. "Gangsta Like Me" follows in the same boat as "SD is Out" - it is catchy, though not as great as some of the best songs appearing on 2006's THA BLUE CARPET TREATMENT. Similarly still, "Never Have 2 Worry" is solid, though not earth shattering. The background vocals are fantastic here and Snoop does still sound "relevant" if not 100% fresh this round. Finally, "Sexual Eruption" (or "Sensual" depending on the version), comes and revives some sense of true, inspired vitality within EGO TRIPPIN'. It is followed by another excellent track, "Life of Da Party" which features inspired guest turns from several rappers, with the standout being Too $hort. Snoop sounds like he has salvaged his image on this track more so than the earlier tracks. This track compares to the catchy nature that "Candy Drippin'" possessed on THA BLUE CARPET TREATMENT, which makes this one of the best tracks of EGO TRIPPIN'.
"Waste of Time" is decent as well, if not as strong as say 2006's "That's That Sh**". Either way, Raphael Saadiq sounds particularly strong and soulful here. "Cool", a remake of a Morris Day and the Time hit, is good, even if it seems like it shouldn't appear on this album. But then again, EGO TRIPPIN' lacks the cohesiveness of Snoop's best, as later shown by the laughable country turn Snoop makes on the horrific "Medicine Man". Aside from semi-standouts from "Been Around the World", "Make It Good", and the celtic sampling "Why Did You Leave Me", the rest of EGO TRIPPIN' is merely average. "Sets Up" features excellent production from the Neptunes, but it doesn't allure one like the very best Neptunes hit would (in this case 2004's "Drop It Like It's Hot"). "Deez Hollywood Nights" is completely catchy, though utterly rediculous in which Snoop states that "Leonardo Di Caprio keeps a bad h*" - honestly, what? "Staxx in My Jeans" and "Ridin' In My Chevy" also disappoint hardcore Snoop fans. It makes you question if Snoop really is still "relevant".
Overall, I don't know if I'd spend $15 again to buy EGO TRIPPIN'. Sure, it has its good moments, but it is much more flawed than most of Snoop's other albums. I guess even a great recording artist like Snoop is allowed one slip-up, but my advice to S.D. would be to get The Neptunes as well as the producers from THA BLUE CARPET TREATMENT to produce your next album as opposed to mostly Teddy Riley. Not knocking the production work, but I think Snoop has worked better with different collaborators. 3 - 3 ½ Stars.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WORST ALBUM!
Comment: R & G was the best. Blue Carpet was bangin. Ego Trippin has to be good. That's what I thought. E T is an experimental mess, Snoop sings on eight tracks, and has weird funk beats on 6 others. This CD is painful to listen to. I want to throw it away.
Customer Rating:
Summary: swagger jacker
Comment: snoop is garbage and his latest master piece of sh@t reflects that. this album is mostly for junior high kids and older chicks. what happen to the snoop from doggystyle and doggfather...snoop is no longer that rapper from deepcover, he's that old creepy guy at the club, tryn to act like he 21.
p.s. snoop stop try'n to be MAC DRE, be yourself!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointing to say the least
Comment: I felt obligated to buy this CD just based on all the great things Snoop has done in the past, but as much as I hate to say it, I think he starting to slip. I mean, I really, really tried to like this CD but even after listening to it start to finish countless times, I have to say, its really not that good. There's a few decent songs on here, but for the most part they're pretty bad. The beats are kind of slow and boring, and theyre not even catchy or anything. I think it would have helped a good bit if he'd saved some room for more guest appearances.
Anyways, its not a 'bad' CD per se, but I really expected more. Maybe he really is "Ego Trippin"
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Editorial Reviews:
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AS A MEGA-SUCCESSFUL RECORDING ARTIST, PRODUCER AND ACTOR, SNOOP DOGG HAS CARVED OUT A PERMANENT PLACE IN POP CULTURE AND MUSICAL HISTORY AS HIP HOP'S ULTIMATE WORDSMITH AND MOST COMPELLING SUPERSTAR. THE HIP HOP LEGEND AND MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST RETURNS WITH HIS NINTH SOLO LP, EGO TRIPPIN'. "EGO TRIPPIN'" PRODUCTION BY TEDDY RILEY, PHARRELL AND MORE!
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