Tha Doggfather Cat No. - DROW117 (All tracks are streamed in Real Audio)

Track listing 1. Intro 2. Doggfather 3. Ride 4 Me 4. Up Jump Tha Boogie 5. Freestyle Conversation 6. When I Grow Up 7. Snoop Bounce 8. Gold Rush 9. Me & My Doggz (Tear 'Em Off) 10. You Thought 11. Vapors 12. Groupie 13. 2001 14. Sixx Minutes 15. Wake Up, (O.J.) 16. Snoop's Upside Ya Head 17. Blueberry 18. Traffic Jam 19. Doggyland 20. Downtown's Assassins 21. Outro

Featuring Warren G, Nate Dogg, Teena Marie, Charlie Wilson, Tha Dogg Pound, Raphael Saadiq, Too Short and the L.B.C. Crew.

Tha Doggfather was first released in November 1996 and has multi-platinum status.
This album was released just after Tupac's death and Dr Dre’s departure from Death Row and was not produced by Dre as Doggystyle had been, which meant that Snoop had to deal with the production himself. It contains some old-school hip/hop and the same G-Funk that made Snoop the West Coast rapper he is known as today.

Entertainment Weekly – "Even without Dr. Dre behind the board, Snoop and his studio team concoct an intoxicating blend of old-school funk and gangsta cool..."

AMG Expert Review – Stephen Thomas – "A lot happened to Snoop Doggy Dogg between his debut Doggystyle and this second album. Dre's departure from Death Row meant that Snoop had to handle the production duties and the differences between the two records are immediately apparent. Though it works the same G-funk territory, all of the music on Tha Doggfather reworks the funk and soul of the late 70’s and early 80’s, without updating it too much – there’s not that much difference between "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" and "Oops Up Side Your Head". Though the music isn’t original, and the lyrics break no new territory, the execution is strong – Snoop's rapping and rhyming continue to improve, while the bass-heavy funk is often intoxicating. At over 70 minutes, if you ignore the fillers, the album is a fine follow-up to one of the most successful hip-hop albums in history."