Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Studio album by Snoop Dogg

Publication
(s)

11/21/2006

Label (s) Geffen Records

Format (s)

CD, CD / DVD, download

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

21st

running time

77:50

production

chronology
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Ego Trippin '
Single releases
August 15, 2006 Vato
September 14, 2006 I wanna fuck you
October 10, 2006 That's that shit
December 12, 2006 Candy (Drippin 'Like Water)
April 10, 2007 Boss' Life

Tha Blue Carpet Treatment is the eighth studio album by the US rapper Snoop Dogg . It was released on November 21, 2006 by Geffen Records .

background

In the period before the album was released, Snoop Dogg made headlines mostly related to violence, drugs and weapons. He and five people around him were arrested in April 2006 at London Heathrow Airport after a fight. He was arrested in September at John Wayne Airport in Orange County for carrying a cutting weapon, in September at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank for suspected possession of a gun and marijuana, and in early December, again in Burbank, on suspicion of further violations related to guns and drugs Drugs and possession of cocaine .

Track list

  1. Intrology ( feat. George Clinton ) - 1:59 ( T. Mosley )
  2. Think About It - 3:37 (Snoop Dogg)
  3. Crazy ( feat.Nate Dogg ) - 4:26 (N. Hale)
  4. Vato (feat. B-Real ) - 4:44
  5. That's That Shit ( feat.R. Kelly ) - 4:17 (Snoop Dogg)
  6. Candy (Drippin 'Like Water) (feat. MC Eiht , Ricardo Brown , Broadus Jr., Delmar Arnaud , Keiwan Spillman , Earl Stevens , Ricardo Thomas , Aaron Tyler ) - 4:48 (RS Thomas, A. Tyler)
  7. Get a Light (feat. Damian "Junior Gong" Marley ) - 3:41 (T. Mosley)
  8. Gangbangin '101 (featuring The Game ) - 4:01 (T. Martin)
  9. Boss' Life - 3:22 ( A. Young )
  10. LAX (feat. Ice Cube ) - 3:21 (OB Jackson, R. Troutman)
  11. 10 Lil 'Crips - 3:15 ( Pharrell Williams )
  12. Round Here - 3:42 (D. Armstrong, A. Young)
  13. A Bitch I Knew - 4:23
  14. Like This ( feat.Damani, Bad Lucc, Soopafly , Western Union, LaToiya Williams) - 3:56 (D. Washington)
  15. Which One of You (feat. 9 Inch Dix) - 3:32
  16. I Wanna Fuck You (featuring Akon ) - 2:59
  17. Psst! (feat. Jamie Foxx ) - 2:59
  18. Beat Up on Yo Pads - 2:57
  19. Don't Stop (feat. MC Eiht, Kam, Kurupt, War Zone) - 3:22 (A. Tyler)
  20. Imagine (featuring Dr. Dre and D'Angelo ) - 4:42 (M. Batson, A. Young)
  21. Conversations (feat. Stevie Wonder ) - 3:38

criticism

source rating
Allmusic
About.com
Pitchfork
XXL

Tha Blue Carpet Treatment received mostly positive reviews.

David Jeffries reviewed for the music database Allmusic and sees the album only superficially as a reaction to the crossover of its predecessor R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece . The title alludes to Snoop Dogg's gang past and the associated dichotomy (Crip = blue / Blood = red) of the Westcoast rapper, in order to give him street credibility again. In the end, however, it becomes obvious that Dogg celebrates his entire career on the album.

Sean Fennessey of the online independent music magazine Pitchfork Media doesn't think the album is so much a rejection of pop either. Rather, it is a conscious attempt to integrate gangsta rap with accessibility, as in the collaborations with R. Kelly and Akon . Because Snoop Dogg has little to offer thematically and intellectually, his selection of the perfect collaboration partners creates variety. The combination of partners is sometimes obvious and sometimes stimulating.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 41 (7 weeks) 7th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 48 (4 weeks) 4th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 12 (11 weeks) 11
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 47 (5 weeks) 5
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 5 (21 weeks) 21st

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacqueline Maley: Snoop Doggy Dogg held by police after Heathrow brawl. In: guardian.co.uk. April 28, 2006, accessed January 5, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Geoff Boucher, Chris Lee (LA Times): Snoop Dogg's image taking more bad raps. In: chicagotribune.com. December 6, 2006, accessed January 5, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b David Jefferies: Review of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment at Allmusic (English)
  4. ^ Marc Edward Nero: Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment - Preview. In: rap.about.com. Retrieved January 3, 2013 .
  5. ↑ a b Sean Fennessey: Snoop Dogg: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment | Album Reviews | Pitchfork. In: pitchfork.com. November 21, 2006, accessed January 3, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Matt Barone: Snoop Dogg Tha Blue Carpet Treatment | XXL. In: xxlmag.com. November 2, 2006, accessed January 3, 2013 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US


Albums by Snoop Dogg


Studio albums

Doggystyle • Tha Doggfather • Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told • No Limit Top Dogg • Tha Last Meal • Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $$ • R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece • Tha Blue Carpet Treatment • Ego Trippin ' • Malice n Wonderland • Doggumentary • Reincarnated • Bush • Coolaid • Neva Left • Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love • I Wanna Thank Me