The second chapter of Snoop, the quiet ambition that inherited the crown.
Though often overshadowed by his debut, Doggystyle, Tha Doggfather was an important album that showed Snoop Dogg as an independent artist and an evolution of gangsta rap.
This album, released amid the collapse of Death Row and without the production of Dr. Dre, did not have the same impact as his previous work, but it is being reevaluated as a work that celebrates Snoop's more mature musicality and the mellow atmosphere of post-G-Funk. The smooth flow and rough beat of "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" and the relaxed gangster image of "Doggfather" symbolize the transitional period in which West Coast hip-hop was reconstructed between "violence" and "entertainment."
