R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece

by Snoop Dogg

Overview

Internet leakers caused the release of R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece to be pushed up a week, but that just means the world got to bask in the excitement of Snoop's great return for seven extra days. Upon its release, the ultrahot production team the Neptunes' contribution to the killer lead single "Drop It Like It's Hot" had been duly noted, but lost in all the chatter was how inspired and on-fire Snoop sounds. Any fan keeping up with his street-level mixtape series Welcome to the Chuuch could tell you something new and fresh was brewing, and 2002's Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ was excellent, but Snoop's let his fans down before and two years off could mean trouble. Not to be, since Rhythm & Gangsta is right up there with his best while being riskier than anything before it. New sounds like tongue clicks, smooth jazz guitars, and a bit of Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle" give Snoop a brand-new sonic palette to work with, and he's more than ready for it. The up-tempo "Signs" with Justin Timberlake is glittery disco fun, but it ain't gonna keep Snoop from being himself. He's hardcore throughout the album, an album that's got plenty of street and commercial appeal and all the difficulties that comes with it. The numerous youngsters who can't stop singing "Drop It Like It's Hot" are going to freak their parents out with this one. "Can You Control Yo Hoe" is a tough stunner with an inescapable, loopy hook, but Snoop's challenge to the homies is rather disturbing. "If she won't do what you say, why aren't you slapping her?" is the song's direct message that can't be easily brushed off as metaphor, and it's the one that's gonna send mom and dad back to the record store, fuming! Recommending such an album that gets viciously misogynistic -- elsewhere too -- is difficult, but Snoop is fierce throughout Rhythm & Gangsta and putting "Masterpiece" in the title isn't hyperbole. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2019
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602577982415
Rank:	32720

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Love to Give You Light (Intro)
2. Bang Out
3. Drop It Like It's Hot
4. Can I Get a Flicc Witchu
5. Ups & Downs
6. The Bidness
7. Snoop D.O. Double G
8. Let's Get Blown
9. Step Yo Game Up
10. Perfect

Disc 2

11. WBallz (Interlude)
12. Fresh Pair of Panties On
13. Promise I
14. Oh No
15. Can You Control Yo Hoe
16. Signs
17. I'm Threw Witchu
18. Pass It Pass It
19. Girl Like U
20. No Thang on Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Rap
Justin Timberlake   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Trina   Primary Artist
Charlie Wilson   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Bee Gees   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Soopafly   Primary Artist,Vocals
50 Cent   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Nelly   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Lil Jon   Primary Artist
Pharrell Williams   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Bootsy Collins   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Treasure   Vocals
Keyshia Cole   Vocals
L.T. Hutton   Vocals
Craig Love   Guitar
Daz Dillinger   Vocals
Ricky Harris   Vocals
Ron Browz   Keyboards
DJ Pooh   Vocals
Kamasi Washington   Horn Section
J.A. Black   Vocals
Shon Don   Vocals
Quaze   Congas,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Anthony Donelson   Guitar
Mike Chav   Guitar

Technical Credits

L.T. Hutton   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Soopafly   Audio Production,Producer,Horn Arrangements
Warryn Campbell   Audio Production,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
The Neptunes   Audio Production
The Alchemist   Audio Production,Producer
Patrick Viala   Mixing
Steve Arrington   Composer
Snoop Dogg   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Andrae Crouch   Composer
Black Jeruz   Producer
J. Simmons   Composer
Charlie Wilson   Composer
J. Lopez   Composer
Bootsy Collins   Composer
Lawrence Smith   Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
D. Webster   Composer
Chad Hugo   Composer
Jonathon "Lil' Jon" Smith   Producer
Darryl McDaniels   Composer
Joseph Simmons   Composer
Pharrell Williams   Composer
Denaun Porter   Composer
R. Turner   Composer
Ron Browz   Producer
J.C. Lopez   Composer
John Frye   Mixing
Dave Aron   Mixing
Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor   Composer
C. Wilson   Composer
Cam Wilson   Composer
Barry Gibb   Composer
D. Reeves   Composer
Bruce Buechner   Engineer
Freddie Perren   Composer
M. Jones   Composer
Sade Adu   Composer
Robin Gibb   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing
K. Walker   Composer
Priest "Supafly" Brooks   Composer
R. Middlebrooks   Composer
Maurice Gibb   Composer
C. Jackson   Composer
Calvin Broadus   Composer
Sha Money XL   Mixing,Producer
B. Collins   Composer
J.A. Black   Composer
J. Peter Robinson   Design,Art Direction
Shon Don   Mixing,Engineer
W. Campbell   Composer
Anthony Mandler   Design,Photography,Art Direction
K. Taylor   Composer
R. Simmons   Composer
Tasha Hayward   Hair Stylist
James Moore   Composer,Composer
L. Jane Givens   Composer
Josef Leimberg   Composer
Mike Bozzi   Assistant
Sandra Campbell   Project Coordinator
April Roomet   Stylist
Nate Oberman   Mixing,Engineer
James Todd Smith   Composer
Mike "Dat Nigga Chav" Chavarria   Composer
Mister Cartoon   Logo Illustration
Mike Chav   Mixing,Engineer
Mike Nemirovsky   Assistant
Raymond St. John   Composer
Terrace Martin   Composer
C. Haynes   Composer
Steve "B" Baughman   Engineer
Jonathan Rotem   Composer
Michael Clervoix   Composer
N.P. Napier   Composer
Leroy Bonner   Composer
Alan Maman   Composer
Sean Cooper   Sound Design