Kendrick Lamar recently spoke about the impact of Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, an album that was released November 23, 1993. In an interview with xxlmag.com, Lamar said he was greatly impacted by the album, which he says he heard when he was six years old.
“That’s all they were playing around you as a kid,” Lamar says. “I couldn’t escape it.”
The album has impacted Lamar’s work in various ways, according to the Compton rapper.
“I’m definitely influenced by that album,” Lamar says. “The structure. The cohesiveness. The skits. The flow. The melodies Snoop kicked. The raw raps. There wouldn’t be a Kendrick Lamar without Doggystyle. [What stood out about the album] was its sound. Albums that last that long have their own sound. It was nothing duplicated, that’s why it stood out. It was that G-Funk.”
During a recent GQ interview, Lamar praised Snoop Dogg as one of the rappers who influenced him greatly, along with Tupac, Dr. Dre and Mobb Deep’s Prodigy.
“With the whole ‘Control’ verse, like, I knew it would bring an element of Hip Hop that hasn’t been there in a little while,” Lamar said. “But how much people put the hype on it? That’s the only thing that threw me off. Damn, you all attracted to it this much, but this ain’t nothing no different from what I grew up listening to, from Snoop. So it’s not new to me. I thought it wouldn’t be that much new to you guys too. But I see that it really is a whole ‘nother generation and demographic out there that’s listening. A whole ‘nother mainstream that’s not too familiar. You feel me?”
Lamar is one of several emcees praising Doggystyle’s impact. During a recent interview with MTV, Nipsey Hussle also praised the project, echoing some of Lamar’s sentiments.
“I was young,” Hussle said regarding the release of Doggystyle. “I was a little kid really, but that was one of them albums you couldn’t really escape. You didn’t have to buy it to hear every song. You was kinda surrounded by it. Especially being in L.A. So, he took the streets when that came out. It was like nothing else really that was as dominant in the streets. You heard that out of everybody car. You wake up, aunties was playing it. That’s how I judge the impact of a record. You can pay for radio. You can do a lot of marketing, but when it’s in the world, you drive outside you hear it. Everywhere you go it’s surrounding you. That’s how you know its impact.”
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While Tyga was growing up in the streets of compton, Macklemore was growing up in sesame street.
u mean Kendrick?
You mean while Tyga was growing up in the Valley.
tyga was a rich kid from the burbs. no way a kid like him woulda survived in a place like compton.
tyga’s from compton. kill urself
Tyga a phoney the evidence already came out that he a fact bompton nigga
Tyga grew up in compton with a tough life. K Dot’s the one with a rich life. Tyga’s realer than k dot.
Macklemore grew up making hard choices. Do I drink the six pack then the bottle of wine, or do I drink the 40 ounce and save the keg for later?
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A Chingy troll? Smh, y’all some sad individuals
for real lol at least ja rule had more than 1 hit
Chingy had more than 1 hit, too. Right Thurr, Holidae In, One Call Away, Balla Baby, Pullin Me Back, Fly Like Me. Shit, Jackpot had the earliest guest appearance of 2 Chainz when he was known as Tity Boi. Act like you know, bitches. #FullDekk
Is Chingy some Chinese rapper or something? I’ve never heard of him.
We are signing Chingy to young money as we speak.
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“Chingy had more than 1 hit, too. Right Thurr, Holidae In, One Call Away, Balla Baby, Pullin Me Back, Fly Like Me. Shit, Jackpot had the earliest guest appearance of 2 Chainz when he was known as Tity Boi. Act like you know, bitches. #FullDekk”
Right Thurr is the only one of those I can recall
it must explain why both are classic
DOGGYSTYLE BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME
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HE’S RIGHT,DUMBO ACTUALLY GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME.IF HIS MAMA WASN’T FUCKED DOGGYSTYLE HE WOULD NOT BE HERE ON EARTH PERIOD.AND WE WOULD HAVE BLAND ASS WATERED DOWN NIGGAS LIKE ME.I LOVE THAT HIP HOP IS CONTROLLED BY JEWS AND 12 YEAR OLD WHITE GIRLS…..HIP HOP IS NOW USED TO BRAINWASH DUMB PEOPLE TO BY MY NEW SHIT,I’LL ADMIT IT.THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME IS REDHEAD KINGPIN…..CHAMPAGNE POPI BABY!!!! YMCMB…SUCKIN DICKS AND CASHIN CHECKS!!!
yeahhh ‘DOGGYSTYLE’, like ‘THE CHRONIC’…is classic.
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It’s one of the greatest albums of all time no doubt, but Kurupt was still a tighter MC on Dogg Food.
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Kendrick was what, 6 when Snoop dropped this album? Come on kid. Stop cheerleading every West Coast vet just because they had a distinct sound and you don’t.
so what? i was 8 when that shit came out and i knew every word. and i’m a white guy from canada.
ur fuckin retarded dude MMLP came out 13 years ago and eminem show came out 11 years ago and people are still jamming to it, same with Illmatic which is 19 yrs old and doggystyle even today which is 20 yrs old now. Just because he was 6 when it came out doesn’t mean that he didn’t grow up listening to it again and again.
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6 year olds don’t tend to recite rap lyrics, but apparently you broke the mold at 8. Congrats.
Illmatic, ready to die, doggystyle, 36 chambers, the chronic
The five greatest hip hop albums of all time.
Midnight Maurauders would be my #1. But good list.
Illmatic sounds boring and dated. Ready To Die has maybe 3 good songs. 36 Chambers should be alot better than people make it out be. Doggystyle is ok, but Chronic stills hold up well.
Good joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJlrdRsjARU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyfEk7YEj1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpe1QieFGBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEu1q3L4e20
“MMLP came out 13 years ago and eminem show came out 11 years ago and people are still jamming to it”
The point retardo was most of the people who heard those early Eminem albums weren’t 6 at the time, so naturally they could listen to them again today and still like them. Once again your emotions show.
And how would you know that? Your point is stupid as hell. And how do emotions show in typed comments? Retard.
He’s right tho.. No matter where you were in the world.. you couldn’t escape doggystle.. it is still the best cross over hip hop album ever… I believe
So what your trying to say is a 6 year old listens to the lyrics of every rap song and can recite them back, all while explaining the influence of said artist? You sir are a fucking imbecile and should be shot on sight. George, where are you?
You’re the real idiot for not believing it.
Yo