Today is the 20 year anniversary of Snoop Dogg's debut album, Doggystyle. Along with albums like N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, and 2Pac's All Eyez On Me, it remains a West Coast classic and one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart by selling a whopping 802,858 copies in its first week and would go on to sell over five million copies. By the time the album came out, Snoop Doggy Dogg (his moniker at the time) was already a star—he had established himself as the main voice of Dre's masterpiece The Chronic the year before—but with Doggystyle Snoop was well on his way to become the legend he is today.
However, the album didn't just change Snoop's life. It changed the lives of hip-hop fans everywhere, but especially hip-hop fans on the West Coast. To celebrate the anniversary of the album, we spoke with 13 West Coast rappers—from veterans like B-Real of Cypress Hill to younger acts like Casey Veggies and Iamsu!—about what their favorite song was off the album. So light one up and pour out some gin and juice because it's a celebration bitches! G's up and—well you know the rest...
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