Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

The second release following Toronto-based WIDEAwake's purchase of the Death Row catalogue, Snoop Dogg's Lost Sessions Vol. 1 would ostensibly offer a gold mine of unheard rarities cut during the label's 92-96 heyday. Instead it offers a closer look at how quickly Snoop fell off without Dre's serpentine funk and creative direction. Of course, any of the million suckers (myself very much included) that purchased 1996's archetypal sophomore slump, Tha Doggfather, can attest to that fact, but The Lost Sessions confirms it, with the Cadillac strut of Dre's Parliament samples swapped for Snoop's watery [...]

• Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle feat. George Clinton & Jewell
• Snoop Dogg - O.G. (Original Version) feat. Nate Dogg