Snoop Dogg’s DEBUT Album ‘Doggystyle’ turns 27 today!

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I still remember the day. It was Christmas break and I was visiting my aunt and uncle’s house for the weekend and was going through my cousins Neeyata & Samata rooms’ being a nosy little kid.

They were teenagers at the time and I definitely looked up to them (and still do) I would try on their sneakers, admire all the cool posters they had hanging up on their walls, and read all of their magazines they had scattered around.

I came across this cassette that had a cartoon dog on it. “Snoop Doggy Dogg.” I popped it into the tape player.. and my life was pretty much changed FOREVER!

Snoop’s Doggystyle was the FIRST hip hop album and album in general I EVER listened to and have been a music fan ever since.. so I guess this explains my career choice?

I thought it was cool that the album even had a mock radio DJ narrating throughout the recording. I was HOOKED after track 3:

It’s crazy to think this album is almost THIRTY years old. Back in the 90’s, it was a big deal to get '5 mics' from The Source magazine. Snoop's debut album got lots of praise by critics, but only received 4 mics from The Source, because a staff writer felt like the album was 'rushed.'

There’s lots of other classics on it too- like Who Am I, Murder Was The Case, Ain't No Fun, and Lodi Dodi- which the latter made me unknowingly a fan of Slick Rick and had to learn about him next.

It’s been fun to have watched Snoop’s career over the years. I think I have probably seen him live in concert the most out of any other artist (6) and every time I go, it just brings back memories to that one weekend at my cousins’.

Read that original article about Snoop in The Source from ‘93 here.

Do you remember the FIRST album you ever listened to? Tweet me your stories @RadioVijay!