Ego Trippin'

Ego Trippin' is the ninth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on March 11, 2008 by Doggystyle Records and Geffen Records.[1] The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, selling 137,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics.

Ego Trippin'
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released	March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:17:43
Label	Doggystyle, Geffen
Producer	Scoop DeVille Snoop Dogg Polow da Don Everlast Ron Fair Frequency Hit-Boy Khao Terrace Martin The Neptunes Nottz Bobby Ozuna DJ Quik Rick Rock Raphael Saadiq Teddy Riley
Snoop Dogg chronology
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006) Ego Trippin' (2008) Malice n Wonderland (2009)
Singles from Ego Trippin'
"Sensual Seduction" Released: November 20, 2007 "Neva Have 2 Worry" Released: February 19, 2008 "Life of da Party" Released: March 11, 2008 "My Medicine" Released: June 14, 2008 "Those Gurlz" Released: July 22, 2008

Background

The album was originally set to feature no guests and showcase Snoop Dogg only, hence the title "Ego Trippin'".[2] However, Snoop Dogg proved this concept untrue as he scheduled tracks with the likes of Charlie Wilson, among others.[3] All of the photography was taken at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Snoop's high school.

Snoop Dogg originally confirmed that Pharrell, Nelly and Charlie Wilson would appear on a track entitled "Feet Don't Fail Me Now", and that he also would like to work with Bono, Madonna and Mick Jagger as well. However, "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" and none of the collaborations would make the final album cut except for Charlie Wilson's features. Collaborations with DJ Quik, Raphael Saadiq, Teddy Riley and Too Short were also scheduled for the album.[4] Snoop Dogg formed a production supergroup for the album called "QDT" (Quik-Dogg-Teddy).

Snoop Dogg spoke on working with Everlast for a country song called "Johnny Cash".[5] However, the track's title was changed to "My Medicine" with Everlast playing the guitar. Another track with Charlie Wilson and The Gap Band called "Can't Say Goodbye" was also confirmed for the album.[5] Snoop Dogg reminisced on the track stating, "This song makes me want to cry every time I hear it. It is a reflection of my life and how I have grown as not only an artist but also a man - it is about me staying true to where I came from while having to accept where I am in my life today, it's deep".[5]

Snoop Dogg and Charlie Wilson both performed 'Can't Say Goodbye' on American Idol's 'Idol Gives Back' Charity Performance. On July 29, 2008 BET's 106 & Park premiered Snoop Dogg's video for "Those Gurlz".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100)[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[7]
Robert Christgau	B−[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B[9]
IGN	(8.4/10)[10]
Los Angeles Times	[11]
Okayplayer	(83/100)[12]
Pitchfork Media	(6.6/10)[13]
PopMatters	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
USA Today	[16]

Rolling Stone said, "[H]is languorous rapping has a way of inspiring inventively freaky sounds from producers... Result: the best Snoop disc in years."[15]

Entertainment Weekly said, "All of Snoop's personalities make appearances on his ninth CD, Ego Trippin'....It's sentimental, it's fun... Maybe this old Dogg doesn't need any new tricks."[9] Vibe said, "Lead single 'Sensual Seduction' is an undeniable masterpiece of throwback funk."[17]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 137,000 copies in its first week.[18] In its second week the album fell to number seven on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 57,000 copies, for a two-week total of 194,000 copies.[19] Ego Trippin' was the tenth best selling hip hop album of the year. As of 2011, the album has sold 401,000 copies in the United States.[20]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[21]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A Word Witchya! (Intro)"	Calvin Broadus, Elijah Molina, Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Sandra Greene	Scoop DeVille	1:20
2.	"Press Play" (featuring Kurupt)	C. Broadus, Ricardo Brown, David Blake, Terrace Martin, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper	DJ Quik	3:48
3.	"SD Is Out" (featuring Charlie Wilson)	C. Broadus, Dejanee Riley, Teddy Riley, Priest Brooks	Teddy Riley	3:49
4.	"Gangsta Like Me" (featuring Jamie Foxx)	C. Broadus, D. Riley, T. Riley, Jamie Foxx, Glenda Proby	Teddy Riley	4:26
5.	"Neva Have 2 Worry" (featuring Terrace Martin & Uncle Chucc)	C. Broadus, T. Riley, Charles "Uncle Chucc" Hamilton, Larrance Dopson, Russell Redeaux	Snoop Dogg, Terrace Martin	4:18
6.	"Sexual Eruption (Sensual Seduction)"	C. Broadus, Seneca Lovejoy, Demetrius Stewart	Shawty Redd	4:00
7.	"Life of da Party" (featuring Too Short & Mistah F.A.B.)	C. Broadus, E. Molina, Todd Shaw, Stanley P. Cox	Scoop DeVille	4:23
8.	"Waste of Time" (featuring Raphael Saadiq)	C. Broadus, Dave Young, Bobby Ozuna, Raphael Saadiq	Raphael Saadiq, Bobby Ozuna	3:33
9.	"Cool"	Prince Rogers Nelson, Dez Dickerson	Teddy Riley	4:02
10.	"Sets Up" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	C. Broadus, Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes	3:44
11.	"Deez Hollywood Nights"	C. Broadus, Dominick Lamb, Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson	Nottz	4:39
12.	"Whateva U Do"	C. Broadus, Kevin "Khao" Cates, Marc Coleman	Khao, Marc Coleman	3:46
13.	"Staxxx in My Jeans"	C. Broadus, Thomas Jackson, Ricardo Thomas	Rick Rock	3:49
14.	"Been Around tha World"	C. Broadus, T. Martin, R. Redeaux, Latonya "Tone Treasure" Givens	Snoop Dogg, Terrace Martin	3:36
15.	"Let It Out"	C. Broadus, T. Riley, D. Riley, T. Martin	Teddy Riley	2:38
16.	"My Medicine" (featuring Willie Nelson & Whitey Ford)	C. Broadus, Erik Schrody	Whitey Ford	2:40
17.	"Ridin' in My Chevy"	C. Broadus, E. Molina	Scoop DeVille	3:15
18.	"Those Gurlz" (featuring Brandon Winbush)	C. Broadus, T. Riley, D. Blake, E. Molina	Teddy Riley, DJ Quik	4:00
19.	"One Chance (Make It Good)"	C. Broadus, Bryan Fryzel, Prince Phillip Mitchell	Frequency	3:33
20.	"Why Did You Leave Me" (featuring Chilly Chil)	C. Broadus, Devon Reed, Jamal Jones, Chauncey Hollis	Polow da Don, Hit-Boy	4:07
21.	"Can't Say Goodbye" (featuring Charlie Wilson)	C. Broadus, T. Riley, D. Riley, G. Proby, Joseph Bereal, Bruce Hornsby	Teddy Riley	4:07

Notes

• "A Word Witchya!" samples "Distant Lover" performed by Marvin Gaye
• "Press Play" samples "Voyage to Atlantis" performed by The Isley Brothers
• "Cool" is a cover of The Time's song "Cool"
• "Sets Up" samples "Hola' Hovito" performed by Jay-Z
• "Deez Hollywood Nights" samples "Hollywood Knights" performed by Brooklyn Dreams
• "My Medicine" samples the traditional nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble"
• "Those Girls" samples "Too Much Heaven" performed by The Bee Gees
• "One Chance (Make it Good)" samples "Make It Good" performed by Prince Philip Mitchell
• "Why Did You Leave Me" samples "Celtic Rain" performed by Mike Oldfield
• "Can't Say Goodbye" samples "The Way It Is" performed by Bruce Hornsby & The Range

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's Liner Notes[21] and Allmusic.[22]

Snoop Dogg – vocals (5-7, 10, 13, 16-17, 20, lead on (1-4, 8-9, 11-12, 14-15, 18-19, 21), background vocals (15) J. Black – background vocals (14) Mike Bozzi – mastering assistant Chuck Brungardt – engineer Chilly Chil - vocals (20) Ted Chung – A&R Marcus Coleman – producer Erick "Baby Jesus" Coomes – bass guitar (18) Aaron Dahl – assistant engineer Larrance Dopson – keyboards (5) Scott Elgin – engineer Ron Fair – arranger (6) Whitey Ford – producer Jamie Foxx – additional lead vocals (4) Latonya "Tone Treasure" Givens - background vocals (2, 12, 14) Andrew Gouche - bass guitar (1) Daniel Groover - guitar (20) Tescia Harris - background vocals (4) John Hart - upright bass (16) Tasha Hayward – hair stylist Mike Hogue – assistant engineer Erika Jerry – background vocals (9) Brian Kennedy - keyboards (20) Justin Kirk - trombone (2) Kurupt – additional lead vocals (2) Lady G - background vocals (3) Trevor Lawrence Jr. – drums (16) Terrace Martin - vocals (5, background on 15), additional music arranger (1-2, 7, 11-12, 17, 19), grand piano (19), keyboards (1, 8, 11-12, 14, 17), synthesizer (5), alto sax (2, 5), percussion (1, 12)

Andrew Mezzi – mixing assistant Mistah F.A.B. – vocals (7) Peter Mokran – mixing Richard Niles – engineer Bobby Ozuna - drums, percussion (8) Neil Pogue – mixing Omar Reyna – engineer Teddy Riley - background vocals (3-4, 15) April Roomet – stylist Raphael Saadiq – guitar, bass guitar, Hammond organ, vocals (8) Fareed Salamah – assistant Alexis Seton – mixing assistant Corey Stocker – engineer James Tanksley – assistant engineer, engineer Too Short – vocals (7) Uncle Chucc - vocals (5, background on 9), bass guitar (5, 17) Javier Valverde – assistant Franklin Rivers Vasquez – engineer Liam Ward – layout design Kamasi Washington – tenor sax (2) Calthomeesh West - background vocals (2, 15) Whitey Ford – guitar (16) Marlon Williams – guitar (1, 5, 11, 19) Meelah Williams – background vocals (9) Pharrell Williams - additional vocals (10) Charlie Wilson – additional lead vocals (3, 21) Brandon Winbush - additional vocals (18) Dante Winslow - trumpet (2) Dave Young – background vocals (8)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[23] 42 Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 29 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 27 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 70 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 3 Croatia (TOTS)[28] 34 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[29] 40 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] 34 French Albums (SNEP)[31] 19 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 29 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[33] 26 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 24 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 9 UK Albums (OCC)[36] 23 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[37] 4 US Billboard 200[38] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[39] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200[40] 115 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[41] 33 US Top Rap Albums[42] 11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF)[43]	Gold	10,000^*
United States (Nielsen SoundScan)	—	400,000[20]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date
Germany[44]	March 7, 2008
United States[1]	March 11, 2008
United Kingdom[45]	March 31, 2008

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External links

• Ego Trippin' at Metacritic