2002 (Tha Dogg Pound album)

Death Row Presents... Tha Dogg Pound 2002 is the first compilation album by American West Coast hip hop group Tha Dogg Pound.^[1] It was released on July 31, 2001 by Death Row Records and D3 Entertainment.

Death Row Presents... Tha Dogg Pound 2002
Compilation album by Tha Dogg Pound
Released	July 31, 2001
Recorded	1995–1999
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap g-funk
Length	1:10:13
Label	Death Row D3
Producer	Cold 187um Daz Dillinger Fredwreck Soopafly Rick Rock Darren Vegas
Tha Dogg Pound chronology
Dillinger & Young Gotti (2001) Death Row Presents... Tha Dogg Pound 2002 (2001) The Last of Tha Pound (2004)
Singles from 2002
"Just Doggin'" Released: 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C−[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
RapReviews	6.5/10[4]
XXL	M (2/5)[5]

It comprises unreleased material recorded by Tha Dogg Pound while they were signed on to Death Row Records,^[6] remixed and updated by the then-head producer Cold 187um.^[7] Tha Dogg Pound were signed to Daz Dillinger's D.P.G. Recordz and released their own album that year called Dillinger & Young Gotti under DPG alias. The album title is meant to imply it is a sequel or response of sorts to Dr. Dre's 2001.^[8] The album cover has pictures of Daz and Kurupt from the Death Row family picture.

The album's lead single, "Just Doggin'", peaked at number 99 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			1:50
2.	"Roll Wit Us"	Ricardo Brown Delmar Arnaud Marion Knight, Jr.	Cold 187um Darren Vegas	5:11
3.	"Just Doggin'" (featuring Nate Dogg)	Brown Arnaud Nathaniel Hale Knight, Jr.	Cold 187um	4:45
4.	"Smoke" (featuring Snoop Dogg & The Relativez)	Brown Calvin Broadus	Cold 187um Darren Vegas	4:48
5.	"Gangsta Rap" (featuring Crooked I)	Brown Arnaud Dominic Wickliffe	Fredwreck	4:32
6.	"10 Til Midnight" (featuring SKG)	Brown Knight, Jr.	Cold 187um Darren Vegas	5:49
7.	"Living Tha Gangsta Life" (featuring Xzibit)	Brown Arnaud Alvin Joiner	Daz Dillinger	3:45
8.	"Don't Stop" (featuring 2Pac)	Brown Arnaud Tupac Shakur	Daz Dillinger	4:03
9.	"Change the Game (Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek)	Shawn Carter Dwight Grant Stephen Garrett Ricardo Thomas	Rick Rock	4:53
10.	"Crip Wit Us"	Brown Arnaud	Daz Dillinger	3:52
11.	"What Cha About"	Brown Knight, Jr.	Cold 187um Darren Vegas	4:34
12.	"Your Gyrlfriend" (featuring Mac Shawn & Soopafly)	Arnaud DeShawn Dawson Priest Brooks	Daz Dillinger	3:59
13.	"Feels Good"	Brown Arnaud LaToiya Williams	Daz Dillinger	4:46
14.	"Way Too Often" (featuring Soopafly)	Brown Brooks	Soopafly	4:15
15.	"It'z All About That Money"	Arnaud	Daz Dillinger	4:00
16.	"Every Single Day" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Brown Arnaud Broadus	Daz Dillinger	5:10
Total length:				1:10:13

Charts

Chart performance for Death Row Presents... Tha Dogg Pound 2002

Chart (2001)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	78

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Tha Dogg Pound - 2002 Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
2. Serpick, Evan (August 3, 2001). "Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz: Duces 'N Trayz: The Old-Fashioned Way Fashioned Way". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
3. Baker, Soren (August 12, 2001). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
4. Book, John (August 16, 2001). "Tha Dogg Pound :: 2002 – RapReviews". RapReviews. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
5. DJ Rhude (September 2001). "Tha Dogg Pound – Tha Dogg Pound 2002". Critical Breakdown. XXL. Vol. 5, no. 8. New York: Harris Publications. p. 198.
6. "Tha Dogg Pound - Biography | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
7. Reid, Shaheem (July 11, 2001). "Tupac Claims To Be 'Biggie Annihilator,' Snoop Dissed On Death Row Dogg Pound LP - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Archived from the original on August 5, 2002. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
8. "Kurupt Keeps Busy With Two New Albums". Billboard. June 1, 2001. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
9. "Lescharts.com – Tha Dogg Pound – 2002". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

External links

• Tha Dogg Pound 2002 at Discogs (list of releases)