Coolaid
Snoop Dogg's fourteenth studio album, released in 2016.
Coolaid is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg, released on July 1, 2016, by Doggystyle Records and eOne Music. The album features production from Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland, among others, and includes guest appearances by Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort, and Jeremih. It received positive reviews from critics, who highlighted Snoop Dogg's technical rapping and production choices.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Snoop Dogg
- Released
- July 1, 2016
- Recorded
- 2015–16
- Studio
- Doggystyle Studio Records (Diamond Bar, California)
- Genre
- West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap
- Label
- Doggystyle, eOne
Facts from the source article.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legend | Calvin Broadus, Uforo Ebong, Adam "Bruza" Wright-Renellson | 3:47 |
| 2 | Ten Toes Down | Broadus, Carlos "Los" McSwain, Ermias Asghedom | 4:07 |
| 3 | Don't Stop (featuring Too Short) | Broadus, Todd Shaw, Dominick Lamb, Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, Ellis Williams, John Miller, John Robie, Robert Darrell Allen | 3:41 |
| 4 | Super Crip | Broadus, Justin Smith | 3:46 |
| 5 | Coolaid Man | Broadus, Kaseem Dean, Ronald LaTour, Kevin Gomringer, Timothy Gomringer, Brock Korsan | 3:27 |
| 6 | Let Me See Em Up (featuring Swizz Beatz) | Broadus, Dean, Tyrone Johnson, Avery Chambliss | 3:57 |
| 7 | Point Seen Money Gone (featuring Jeremih) | Broadus, Jeremih Felton, Ebong | 4:19 |
| 8 | Oh Na Na (featuring Wiz Khalifa) | Broadus, Cameron Thomaz, Delmar Arnaud, Priest Brooks, Ron Everette | 3:21 |
| 9 | My Carz | Broadus, Gary Webb, James Yancey | 3:37 |
| 10 | Two or More | Broadus, Donald "Lil Half Dead" Smith, L.T. Hutton, Gino Soccio | 3:53 |
| 11 | Affiliated (featuring Trick-Trick) | Broadus, LaTour, Christian Mathis | 4:08 |
| 12 | Feel About Snoop | Broadus, Dana Stinson, Michael Jones | 2:52 |
| 13 | Light It Up (featuring Swizz Beatz) | Broadus, Dean, Johnson, Chambliss, Dale Frashuer, Gary DeCarlo, Paul Leka | 4:32 |
| 14 | Side Piece | Broadus, Dean, Johnson, Chambliss, Kendra Foster | 4:53 |
| 15 | Kush Ups (featuring Wiz Khalifa) | Broadus, Thomaz, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Luther Campbell, Joy Byers, Leon Sylvers III, KJ Conteh | 3:57 |
| 16 | Double Tap (featuring E-40 and Jazze Pha) | Broadus, Earl Stevens, Phalon Alexander, Robert Raya | 3:17 |
| 17 | Got Those | Broadus, Timothy Mosley, Adam "Bruza" Wright-Renellson | 3:31 |
| 18 | Let the Beat Drop (Celebrate) (featuring Swizz Beatz) | Broadus, Dean, Naki "Snagz" Levy, Johnson | 4:24 |
| 19 | What If (featuring Suga Free) | Broadus, Dejuan Walker, Leland "L-Finguz" Jackson | 3:27 |
| 20 | Revolution (featuring October London) | Broadus, Smith, Curtis Mayfield, Jared Samuel Eskrine | 4:12 |
| Total length | 77:09 | ||
Track listing from the source article.
Release and promotion
After releasing a funk solo album, Snoop Dogg returned to rapping with the songs "Back Up" and "I'm from Long Beach". On April 20, 2016, he released the song "Late Nights", produced by Mike WiLL Made-It, in commemoration of 4/20. On May 16, 2016, Snoop announced the album would be released on July 1, 2016. The title Coolaid was revealed on June 2, 2016, during a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that included the songs "Fireworks" and "Legend". The cover art, created by Darryl "Joe Cool" Daniel and Justin Roach, was released the same day and recalled the illustrated style of Doggystyle and Tha Last Meal. The album was made available for streaming on Apple Music on June 29, 2016, released digitally on July 1, 2016, and physically on July 15, 2016.
Singles
The lead single "Kush Ups", featuring Wiz Khalifa and produced by KJ Conteh, was released on June 7, 2016, with its music video uploaded to Snoop's website the same day. The second single "Point Seen Money Gone", produced by Bongo, followed on June 27, 2016. The track "Coolaid Man" was released as a countdown single with the album's pre-order on June 28, 2016, and "Legend" was an instant grat track the same day. "My Carz", produced by J Dilla, was released as an instant grat on June 29, 2016.
Commercial performance
Coolaid entered the US Billboard 200 at number 40, pulling in 10,000 album-equivalent units and securing the week's sixth-highest debut. It also ranked as the eighth best-selling digital album, with 10,000 digital copies moved. Across the Atlantic, the album landed at number 122 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the UK Digital Albums chart. On the UK R&B Chart, it debuted at number 9, marking Snoop's eleventh solo album to crack that chart's top ten. In its second week, Coolaid dropped to number 198 on the Billboard 200, selling 950 additional copies.
Track listing
The album's track "Don't Stop" borrows from "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force. "Oh Na Na" takes its sound from Michael Cooper's "Dinner for Two." "My Carz" pulls from both Gary Numan's "Cars" and J Dilla's "Trucks." Gino Soccio's "Try it Out" appears in "Two Or More." Evelyn "Champagne" King's "I'm in Love" is used in "Feel About Snoop." "Light It Up" samples Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." "Kush Ups" incorporates "I Wanna Rock" by Luke, "That's the Way (I Like It)" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "(No No) I'm Losing You" by Aretha Franklin, and "Wish That I Could Talk To You" by The Sylvers. Finally, "Revolution" samples The Bar-Kays' "I've Been Trying."
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