Snoop Dogg "Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss"

Posted on 11.26.2002

Snoop Dogg
Album : Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss
Release Date : Nov 26, 2002
Label : Priority Records

Review :

Despite the middling quality of his previous two albums, Snoop Dogg’s sixth full-length effort firmly places this "professor of G-ology" back on top of the game. Snoop comes off surprisingly spry on Paid tha Cost, offering one of his best-balanced albums in years. His pimpalistic style is still draped in silk and fur, especially on "Bo$$ Playa," "Suited ’n’ Booted," and "Ballin’." But "I Believe in You" is an unexpectedly sensitive, irony-free love ballad, while Snoop’s pairings with the Neptunes and Gang Starr’s DJ Premier result in two of his hardest hitting cuts ever, "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" and "The One and Only" respectively. Combine this with his unfettered attack on Suge Knight ("Pimp Slapp’d") and this is a Snoop Dogg charging forward rather than lazily leaning back. Taking the helm at the dawn of the new decade, this old Dogg still has some new tricks.

Track Listings :
1. Don Doggy
2. Da Bo$$ Would Like To See You
3. Stoplight
4. From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace (featuring Pharrell)
5. I Believe In You (featuring Latoiya Williams)
6. Lollipop (featuring Jay-Z, Soopafly, Nate Dogg)
7. Ballin’ (featuring The Dramatics, Lil’ Half Dead)
8. Beautiful (featuring Pharrell, Uncle Charlie Wilson)
9. Paper’d Up (featuring Mr. Kane, Traci Nelson)
10. Wasn’t Your Fault
11. Bo$$ Playa
12. Hourglass (featuring Mr. Kane, Goldie Loc)
13. The One And Only
14. I Miss That Bitch (featuring E-White)
15. From Long Beach 2 Brick City (featuring Redman, Nate Dogg, Warren G)
16. Suited N Booted
17. You Got What I Want (featuring Ludacris, Goldie Loc, Uncle Charlie Wilson)
18. Batman & Robin (featuring Lady Of Rage, RBX)
19. A Message 2 Fat Cuzz
20. Pimp Slapp’d