Snoop’s 'Coolaid' follows the familiar formula of his later albums by offering a mix of styles to please everyone, but not enough lands. The standout tracks are easily ‘Super Crip’ and ‘Kush Ups’, which hit hard with a focused, banging energy. 'Revolution' and ‘What If’ come next, even if the latter has a cheesy intro. After the first six tracks, though, the album loses steam, with too much of the rest feeling disjointed and largely skippable. One of his weaker efforts.
Beats: ★★★
Rapping/Bars: ★★★
Hooks: ★★☆
Best Tracks: Super Crip, Kush Ups, What If, Revolution
1. Legend
Tries to be a hard banger to kick off the album but it doesn't work to a high level. Bongo's production isn't a complete winner. The background vocals and some additional production elements as the song progresses are important to make it decent.
2. Ten Toes Down
Borrows from Juvenile's 'Ha', like so many other songs have. Not bad. Decent hook.
3. Don't Stop
Samples the electro, 'Planet Rock' by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force. Head bopping stuff.
4. Super Crip
Banger. I've loved this since I first heard it. It makes you wanna crip dance. This one went straight into the Best of Snoop playlist.
5. Coolaid Man
"The reason that I say that I'm the Coolaid/Look at all the flavor that I gave to the gizzame/Just add water, it don't get no hotter/You got your whole get-down from the Doggy Dogg father." Backed by a decent laid back kind of beat, Snoop brags about his legacy and helps to explain the album title.
6. Let Me See Em Up
I'm not a Swizz fan, but his beat here is decently bangin'. However, he has provided some weak hooks in his time where he just puts himself on it, and here is another example of that. The verses aren't bad though. Snoop spits with lots of energy. Unfortunately the song does peter out.
7. Point Seen Money Gone
Ehh. There isn't much likeable here. Snoop rapping with autotune and a weak mumbly hook from Jeremih too.
8. Oh Na Na
Has lush vibes. Given it's the only Daz contribution, it's a bit disappointing. Comes and goes but not bad.
9. My Carz
This is basically Snoop over Gary Numan's 'Cars' instrumentation and you can guess what it's about from the title. It doesn't work.
10. Two or More
Borrows heavily from 'Try It Out' by Gino Soccio. The song sounds like it would've fitted on 'Bush' and could've been a Neptunes produced song.
11. Affiliated
A return to some more gangster shi*.
12. Feel About Snoop
Boring hook. A very forgettable song with Snoop bigging himself up for what he's done. It has weird production that some may dig.
13. Light It Up
Another Swizz produced song and another hook with him. There is slightly more effort, but it's still not great. It sounds poorly mixed too. This is a positive song thematically, but again, it doesn't go beyond being just okay.
14. Side Piece
The third of four Swizz beats and the only one without him is the best complete song of the four. The instrumentation is fairly simple but the rich deep keys sound great, and with a female vocalist on the hook instead of Swizz, it makes it better.
15. Kush Ups
As mentioned in the introductory write-up, this is a high energy banger. The second best song here.
16. Double Tap
"Slide off in your DM"... no thanks. The usual Jazze Pha funk and soul but the lyrics of the hook are unlikeable.
17. Got Those
Timbaland provides a fun beat. Average hook where there isn't enough contrast instrumentally between the verses and chorus.
18. Let the Beat Drop (Celebrate)
Snoop let Swizz rides his hooks like he has R. Kelly producing for him. Four Swizz Beatz songs and all three with him on the hook are hurt by it. This one lasts longer than the verses. It feels like a 'Light It Up' part II. Yawn.
19. What If
Suga Free should feature more often. He is a highlight. After the last song, this feels like the most bangin' song you'll ever here.
20. Revolution
Snoop gets conscious/political here calling for social change without a lot of depth. There isn't a lot new here by way of sound either, but it sounds good. It samples Bar-Kays' 'I've Been Trying' that I feel has been sampled a lot more than whosampled.com indicates.
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