Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

by Snoop Dogg

Overview

You can look at the hard-hitting Tha Blue Carpet Treatment as a reaction to the crossover-minded R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, an album that featured Justin Timberlake and the mega-single "Drop It Like It's Hot." Since that polished -- some would say "watered-down" -- effort put him over the top (again), Snoop was seen shilling for Chrysler and Orbit gum when he used to rep Girls Gone Wild: Doggy Style videos and that green sticky-icky you can only get on the West Coast. The time to buy street cred would be now, right? Well, Snoop's been doing some amazing things under most folks' radar, and this album is the natural outcome. While the title is a little poke at the Crip/Blood, blue/red dichotomy, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment feels like the G-funk soundtrack to Snoop's 2005 West Coast peace summit and all the positive hood moves he's made since then, like squashing all West Coast beefs and throwing some love to Cali's often-ignored Latin hip-hop community with his intentionally leaked "My Peoples" freestyle. It's the latter relationship that's responsible for the excellent "Vato," and while special guest B Real might be way bigger than 2Mex or most of the other names mentioned in "My Peoples," the Cypress Hill sideman needs Snoop in 2006 much more than vice versa. Polished efforts like the pimping "That's That S***" with R. Kelly and the strip club anthem "I Wanna F*** You" with Akon fall between Doggystyle-d gangsta throwbacks like the slinky "Crazy" with Nate Dogg and "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)," which features E-40 and Tha Dogg Pound next to lesser-known vets Goldie Loc and MC Eiht. Juggling "Candy"'s guests would be hard enough for lesser Gs, but it's a testament to Snoop that he can, and more so that he manages a full album that touches upon just about every ghetto flavor. Banger after banger, produced by everyone from Timbaland to the Neptunes, leads to a couple numbers that almost throw the album off-track: "Psst!," where Jamie Foxx woefully pretends he's Prince, and the pee-wee football anthem "Beat Up on Yo Pads," which is just out of place. Then there's the dream number "Imagine," a duet between Dr. Dre and Snoop that ponders a hood life not blessed with hip-hop, a life where the two would have never gotten "out from under." As the album exits on the positive "Conversations" with Stevie Wonder, memories of Rhythm & Gangsta's grandest moments return, and it becomes obvious Tha Blue Carpet Treatment isn't so much a reaction to that album as it is a house party celebrating Snoop's whole career. With heaping helpings of G-funk and Left Coast attitude, there's no reason any West Coast-loving hip-hopper should miss this party. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2006
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602517133921
Rank:	51821

Tracks

1. Intrology
2. Think About It
3. Crazy
4. Vato
5. That's That
6. Candy (Drippin' Like Water)
7. Get a Light
8. Gangbang 101
9. Boss Life
10. Lax
11. 10 Lil' Crips
12. Round Here
13. A B**** I Knew
14. Like This
15. Which One of You
16. I Wanna Love You
17. Psst!
18. Beat up on Yo Pads
19. Don't Stop
20. Imagine
21. Conversations

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Rap,Vocals
Kam   Primary Artist
MC Eiht   Primary Artist,Rap
Kurupt   Primary Artist,Rap
Goldie Loc   Primary Artist,Rap
Raul Midon   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Mouth Trumpet
D'Angelo   Primary Artist,Vocals
LaToiya Williams   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ice Cube   Primary Artist,Rap
Damian Marley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Akon   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Game   Primary Artist,Rap
Nine Inch Dick   Primary Artist
George Clinton   Primary Artist
Nate Dogg   Primary Artist,Vocals
Western Union   Primary Artist,Rap
Jamie Foxx   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stevie Wonder   Primary Artist
Dr. Dre   Primary Artist,Rap
B-Real   Primary Artist,Rap
R. Kelly   Primary Artist,Vocals
War Zone   Primary Artist,Rap
E-40   Primary Artist,Rap
Soopafly   Primary Artist,Vocals
Daz Dillinger   Primary Artist,Rap
Nine Inch Dix   Primary Artist,Vocals
Damani   Primary Artist
Bad Lucc   Primary Artist
Dawaun Parker   Keyboards
Marlon Williams   Guitar
Lamar Edwards   Guitar (Bass)
Chris Starr   Vocals (Background)
Barbara Wilson   Vocals
Erick Coomes   Bongos
Sean Cruse   Bass
Mark Batson   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Jayceon Taylor   Composer
P. Herman   Composer
Terrace Martin   Composer,Producer
Jason "Pooh Bear" Boyd   Composer
Stanley Benton   Composer
Ricardo Thomas   Composer
C. Wallace   Composer
Donald Smith   Composer
Frederick Nassar   Composer
Earl Stephens   Composer
Maryanne Vieira   Composer
S. Benton   Composer
Osten Harvey   Composer
Chris Goodman   Producer
Raul Miaon   Featured Artist
Ainsworth Prasad   Composer
Trevor Smith   Composer
Craig Miller   Composer
Frequency   Producer
Jason Boyd   Composer
Bryan Fryzel   Composer
Terence Harden   Composer
R.S. Thomas   Composer
Goldie Loc   Featured Artist
Danja   Producer
Damani Washington   Composer
Nine Inch Dix   Performer,Featured Artist
Damani   Featured Artist
Chris "THX" Goodman   Composer
Jeff Meeks   Assistant
Ted Chung   A&R,Engineer,Marketing
David Camon   Composer
Larrance Dopson   Composer
Orlando Rashid   Engineer
Chris Soper   Engineer
D. Camon   Composer
D. Parker   Composer
Dawaun Parker   Composer
Robert "Roomio" Reyes   Assistant
J. Peter Robinson   Design,Art Direction
Mauricio Iragorri   Mixing,Engineer
Aaron Tyler   Composer
Kevin Gilliam   Composer
Christopher Wallace   Composer
DJ Battlecat   Producer
Mark Jordan   Composer
Nathan Walton   Composer
Delmar Arnaud   Composer
Alexis Seton   Mixing
Kevin Mann   Composer
Mike Chav   Engineer
"Fredwreck" Farid Nassar   Producer
Dominick Lamb   Composer
O'Shea Jackson   Composer
Roy Ayers   Composer
Richard Huredia   Mixing
Rick Rock   Producer
Nate Dogg   Featured Artist
Rhythm D.   Producer
The Neptunes   Producer
Raul Midon   Featured Artist
Nile Rodgers   Composer
Lamar Edwards   Composer
Josh Houghkirk   Assistant
George Clinton   Composer,Featured Artist
C. Miller   Composer
Bad Lucc   Featured Artist
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Timbaland   Producer
Stevie Wonder   Composer,Producer,Featured Artist
Brotha Lynch Hung   Featured Artist
Akon   Producer,Featured Artist
Calvin Broadus   Composer
Damian Marley   Composer,Featured Artist
Ice Cube   Featured Artist
Fredwreck Nassar   Producer
Kurupt   Featured Artist
Larry Blackmon   Composer
Craig Irving   Composer
Leslie Brathwaite   Mixing
Aliaume Thiam   Composer,Engineer,Producer
L. Williams   Composer
D'Angelo   Featured Artist
LaToiya Williams   Composer,Featured Artist
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Farid Nassar   Composer
E-40   Featured Artist
F. Nassar   Composer
War Zone   Featured Artist
Shon Don   Engineer
Shawn Carter   Composer
David Weldon   Composer
Nathaniel Hale   Composer
Anthony Mandler   Design,Photography,Art Direction
1500   Producer
M. Batson   Composer
N8   Producer
DJ DDT   Producer
Tasha Hayward   Hair Stylist
Thomas Jenkins   Composer
D. Washington   Composer
Mike Bozzi   Assistant
Deborah Mannis-Gardner   Sample Clearance
Paul Bruski   Engineer
Calvin Hardaway   Composer
April Roomet   Stylist
Ricardo Brown   Composer
Tracy Curry   Composer
Julio G.   Interlude,Guest Artist
Roger   Composer
N. Walton   Composer
R. Kelly   Composer,Featured Artist
Denaun Porter   Composer
DJ Pooh   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Rick DeVarona   Assistant
T. Jenkins   Composer
B-Real   Featured Artist
Ishmael Butler   Composer
Dr. Dre   Producer,Featured Artist
Dido Armstrong   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing
Priest "Supafly" Brooks   Composer
Nottz   Producer
Demacio Castellon   Mixing,Engineer
Abel Garibaldi   Engineer
Andre Young   Composer
Soopafly   Producer,Featured Artist
The Game   Featured Artist
Keiwan Spillman   Composer
Daz Dillinger   Featured Artist
Jamie Foxx   Composer,Producer,Featured Artist
M. Jordan   Composer
MC Eiht   Featured Artist
MC Brainz   Producer
Ian Mereness   Engineer
Western Union   Featured Artist
Roger Troutman   Composer
Pharrell Williams   Composer
Mark Batson   Composer,Producer
Brian Gardner   Mastering
Paul Herman   Composer
Snoop Dogg   Composer,Executive Producer