Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$

Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Publication (s)	November 26, 2002
Label (s)	Doggystyle, Priority, Capitol
Format (s)	CD, DVD, download
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	21st
running time	78:59
production	Snoop Dogg Jelly rolls The Neptunes
chronology Tha Last Meal (2000) Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$ R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004)
Single releases October 15, 2002 From tha Chuuuch to da Palace January 28, 2003 Beautiful

Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$ is the sixth studio album by US rapper Snoop Dogg . It was released on November 26, 2002 on Priority and Capitol Records as well as on his label Doggystyle Records. The album was sold over 1.3 million times worldwide.

Track list

No.	title	Producers	length
1.	Don Doggy		0:42
2.	Da Bo $$ Would Like to See You	E-Swift	1:59
3.	Stoplight	JellyRoll	4:26
4th	From tha Chuuuch to da Palace ( feat.Pharrell Williams )	The Neptunes	4:40
5.	I Believe in You (feat.Latoiya Williams)	Hi-Tek	4:34
6th	Lollipop (feat.Jay -Z , Soopafly & Nate Dogg )	Just Blaze	3:48
7th	Ballin ' (feat. The Dramatics & Lil' ½ Dead)	Battlecat	5:19
8th.	Beautiful (feat. Pharrell Williams & Charlie Wilson )	The Neptunes	4:58
9.	Paper'd Up (feat. Kokane & Traci Nelson)	Fredwreck	3:50
10.	Wasn't Your Fault (feat. Ginuwine )	LT Hutton	4:30
11.	Bo $$ Playa	Fredwreck	5:53
12.	Hourglass (feat. Kokane & Goldie Loc )	Jelly roll	4:20
13.	The One and Only	DJ premier	3:49
14th	I Miss That Bitch (feat. E-White)	Hi-Tek	3:12
15th	From Long Beach 2 Brick City (feat.Redman & Nate Dogg)	Fredwreck	3:43
16.	Suited N Booted	Meech Wells, Keith Clizark	3:16
17th	You Got What I Want (feat.Charlie Wilson, Goldie Loc & Ludacris )	Jelly roll	3:36
18th	Batman & Robin (feat. The Lady of Rage & RBX )	DJ premier	5:03
19th	A Message 2 Fat Cuzz		1:40
20th	Pimp Slapp'd	Josef Laimberg	5:42
21st	Mission Cleopatra (feat. Jamel Debbouze )	Daz Dillinger	3:51

reception

Overall, the album received generally positive reviews. In the overall rating of Metacritic , the album received 76 out of 100 points. John Bush, from Allmusic , awarded the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, whereas the album by Anthony Bozza, from Rolling Stone , only got three out of five stars. Entertainment Weekly's Jon Caramanica gave the album an A- and wrote: "Snoop is born again, a grandfather in recession".

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	76 out of 100
reviews
source	rating
Allmusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	A−
Los Angeles Times
RapReviews
Rolling Stone
Stylus	A−
Vibe

Commercial win

In the US Billboard 200 , the album reached number 12 in the US charts. With over a million copies sold, the album also went platinum in the United States . The album reached position 64 in the British album charts. In Germany and Switzerland, the album reached positions 46 and 48 on the album charts, respectively. The album reached number 27 in the Danish and New Zealand charts. In France, the album debuted at number 17 on the album charts and stayed there for another 23 weeks.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	46 (12 weeks)	12
Switzerland (IFPI)	48 (15 weeks)	15th
United Kingdom (OCC)	64 (16 weeks)	16
United States (Billboard)	12 (36 weeks)	36

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	1,250,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Paid tha Cost to Be Da Bo $$ - Review ( English ) Allmusic . Retrieved October 26, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Snoop Dogg - Album Reviews ( English ) Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Music Review - Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$ (2002) ( English ) Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 26, 2012.
4. ↑ Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss - Snoop Dogg ( English ) Metacritic . Retrieved October 26, 2012.
5. ↑ Blender Review ( English ) Blender. Accessed on October 26, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Snoop Dogg has his day once again ( English ) Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 26, 2012.
7. ↑ Snoop Dogg :: Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Bo $$ :: Priority Records ( English ) RapReviews. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
8. ↑ Snoop Dogg - Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$ ( English ) Stylus. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
9. ↑ Vibe review ( English ) Vibe. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE CH UK US
11. ^ Les Disques D'or ( French ) snepmusique.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2012. 
12. ↑ Gold & Platinum ( English ) cria.ca. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2012. 
13. ↑ Gold & Platinum Database ( English ) RIAA . Retrieved October 26, 2012.
14. ↑ Certified Awards Search ( English ) bpi.co.uk. Retrieved October 26, 2012.