Ego Trippin
| Snoop Dogg
Ego Trippin
Ego Trippin' is the ninth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on March 11, 2008 by Doggystyle Records and Geffen Records. The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, selling 137,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics.-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Snoop continues to deliver more of the same MOR, easy-on-the-ears stuff: His sing-song purr sinking deep into lush, smooth, low-key tracks.
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IGN
Snoop has the Dogg Pound back in full force plus he has joined forces with DJ Quik and Teddy Riley, resulting in a more cohesive.
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AV Club
Largely justifies the new-model Snoop hype.
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Slant Magazine
Snoop tries to reconcile his past with his newfound family-man status.
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All Music
Snoop's transition from hungry gangster to laid-back celebrity and idea man is going much better than expected.
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BBC
It just goes to show you can't keep a good Dogg down, especially when he’s still got more to offer.
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Pandora
Snoop crafting a hooky bedroom track using both a smirk and a throwback Zapp feel.
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Rap Reviews
Rare is the artist who can write for multiple audiences and please nearly all of them. Somehow Snoop Dogg does it time after time.
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Pop Matters
Testament to Calvin Broadus Jr.'s unrivalled ability to inspire strange new sounds without ever raising his voice.
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Byron Crawford
With a few amusing gimmicks that really are pretty funny... the first few times you hear them. I doubt they'll stand up to repeat listens though.
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Hip Hop RnB Soul
Keep in mind that this album steps forward musically and follows the path of an artist in love with music.
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Exclaim
Reduce it by half and this could easily have been a fairly tight offering.
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Common Sense Media
But, some of the songs are actually sweet (yes, sweet!) and Snoop has brought on some great talent, both musically and vocally.
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People
Snoop reveals that while he may have gone Hollywood, his heart is never far from the hood.
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Music OMH
So when he deals with maturing alongside hip-hop, with great song productions behind him, it has a real impact.
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Hip Hop Injesmoel
Ego Trippin is without a doubt an upgrade compared to his previous albums.
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Humo
You'll be keeping an hour of entertaining and excellently manufactured doggy style doll. Fo shizzle!
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Manchester Evening News
For several tracks things don’t really ignite and the pace is pedestrian. Its only mid-point with Cool that the party starts - thanks to a nifty Prince type groove.
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Review Fix
The style’s familiar, but there’s something else in here, something new. It could be his voice.
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Vindy
Leave it to Snoop Dogg to breathe new life (and a few laughs) into a borderline-overused urban music trend.
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Telegraph
Ego Trippin' has glitter-balls of steel.
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CS Indy
We know we can't go back, but you're making going forward even harder.
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Bol
The CD is very good, Snoop Dogg succeeds again with surprising material.
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Hip Hop DX
Fortunately, the meat of the album is incredibly enjoyable stuff with one of Hip Hop’s all-time great characters in rare form.
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Bullz-Eye
The album could use a good edit, but at this point in his career, too many songs is not a bad problem to have.
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Slacker
Where the nostalgia is plentiful and perfectly chosen.
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NPR
His personality and willingness to have fun in a genre reputed for serious posturing will carry yet another Snoop album into the popular consciousness.
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Nappy Afro
This is who is he is, good or bad, dude is happy and thankful for his career and makes some of the best music to chill to.
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Gigwise
The odd listen here and there will in no way, shape or form help you grasp how good an album this actually is.
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Metro Times
A slew of different voices and sounds swarm around the rapper, masking his personality behind everything else happening behind him.
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Pop Dose
Some of the most swaggering tracks feel like they’ve been done before, either by Snoop Dogg himself or someone else.
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EW
Maybe this old Dogg doesn’t need any new tricks.
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