Coolaid

This article is about the Snoop Dogg album. For other uses, see Cool Aid (disambiguation).
Coolaid
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)
Studio Doggystyle Studio Records (Diamond Bar, California)
Genre West Coast hip hop
Length 77:09
Label
Producer
Snoop Dogg chronology
Bush
(2015)		 Coolaid
(2016)
Singles from Coolaid
  1. "Kush Ups"
    Released: June 2, 2016
  2. "Point Seen Money Gone"
    Released: June 27, 2016

Coolaid is the fourteenth studio album by American West Coast hip hop recording artist Snoop Dogg. It was released on July 1, 2016, by Doggystyle Records and eOne Music. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2015 to 2016 at the Doggystyle Studios Records, in Diamond Bar, California. The production on the album was handled by Snoop Dogg and other record producers, including Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. Snoop Dogg also enlisted a variety of guest vocalist such as Too $hort, Swizz Beatz, Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Trick Trick, E-40, Jazze Pha, Suga Free and October London, among others.

The album title was revealed during the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 2, 2016. The lead single "Kush Ups" was released on June 7, 2016. It was followed by the single "Point Seen Money Gone", which was released on June 27. Coolaid is Snoop's first hip hop album in five years and is the follow-up to his thirteenth studio album Bush (2015). The album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised Snoop's technical rapping abilities and production choices.

Background

On March 5, 2016, the Billboard magazine released an interview, in which a producer Just Blaze, said that he was working on the new Snoop project.[1] In May 2016, Snoop Dogg announced that his album would be released during the summer of 2016.[2]

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".[3] On April 20, 2016, Snoop released the song, called "Late Nights", which was released in commemoration of 4/20.[4] The song was produced by Mike WiLL Made-It.[5] On May 16, 2016, Snoop announced that the new album will be released on July 1, 2016.[6] On June 2, 2016, Snoop Dogg announced the title to the album, Coolaid, while performing the songs "Fireworks" and "Legend" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[7] The artwork created by frequent Snoop collaborator, Darryl "Joe Cool" Daniel and Justin Roach, was released on the same day.[8] The cover art for Coolaid, harkens back to the illustrated stylings of his previous releases Doggystyle (1993) and Tha Last Meal (2000).[9] Coolaid was made available for streaming on Apple Music on June 29, 2016.[10] The album was released for digital download on July 1, 2016. The physical version was released July 15, 2016.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Consequence of SoundB[14]
The Guardian[15]
HipHopDX3.9/5[16]
XXL[17]
Exclaim!6/10[18]

Coolaid received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews.[12] Writing for Exclaim!, Calum Slingerland called it "a welcome return to the style the rapper helped pioneer". Consequence of sound gave album a B stating "that this is the best we have heard from snoop in over a decade, classic rhymes an production is a A+, the first half of album is amazing sum filler at end but all in all a great project an a welcome home to raps biggest artist".[18]

Commercial performance

In his home country of United States, Coolaid debuted at number 40 on the Billboard 200, with 11,000 album-equivalent units, marking the sixth highest debut of the week.[19] It was the eighth best-selling digital album of the week, selling 8,000 digital copies.[20] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 122 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the UK Digital Albums.[21][22] Coolaid was the eleventh Snoop's solo album to debut at top-ten on the UK R&B Chart, reached number 9.[23] In its second week, Coolaid fell at number 198 on the Billboard 200, with 950 more copies sold.

Singles

"Kush Ups" was released as the album's lead single on June 7, 2016.[24] The song features guest vocals from Snoop's longtime collaborator Wiz Khalifa, with the production that was provided by KJ Conteh.[25] The music video for the song was uploaded on Snoop's official website on June 7.[26]

"Point Seen Money Gone" was released as the album's second single on June 27, 2016.[27] The track was produced by Bongo.[28]

Other songs

The track "Coolaid Man" was released as a countdown single, with the pre-order of the album on June 28, 2016.[29] The track "Legend" was released as an instant grat with pre-orders on June 28, 2016.[30] On June 29, 2016, the track "My Carz" was released as an instant grat with pre-orders.[31] The production on this track is credited to J Dilla.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Legend"  
Bongo 3:47
2. "Ten Toes Down"  
Los 4:07
3. "Don't Stop" (featuring Too $hort)
Nottz 3:41
4. "Super Crip"  
Just Blaze 3:46
5. "Coolaid Man"  
 3:27
6. "Let Me See Em Up" (featuring Swizz Beatz)
  • Swizz Beatz
  • Musicman Ty[a]
  • Avenue Beatz[a]
 3:57
7. "Point Seen Money Gone" (featuring Jeremih)
Bongo 4:19
8. "Oh Na Na" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
 3:21
9. "My Carz"  
J Dilla 3:37
10. "Two or More"  
Niggarachi 3:53
11. "Affiliated" (featuring Trick Trick)
Cardo 4:08
12. "Feel About Snoop"  
Rockwilder 2:52
13. "Light It Up" (featuring Swizz Beatz)
  • Broadus
  • Dean
  • Johnson
  • Chambliss
  • Dale Frashuer
  • Gary DeCarlo
  • Paul Leka
  • Swizz Beatz
  • Musicman Ty[a]
  • Avenue Beatz[a]
 4:32
14. "Side Piece"  
  • Broadus
  • Dean
  • Johnson
  • Chambliss
  • Kendra Foster
  • Swizz Beatz
  • Musicman Ty[a]
  • Avenue Beatz[a]
 4:53
15. "Kush Ups" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
KJ Conteh 3:57
16. "Double Tap" (featuring E-40 and Jazze Pha)
  • Jazze Pha
  • Powered By Raw B[a]
 3:17
17. "Got Those"  
Timbaland 3:31
18. "Let the Beat Drop (Celebrate)" (featuring Swizz Beatz)
  • Broadus
  • Dean
  • Naki Levy
  • Johnson
  • Swizz Beatz
  • Snagz[a]
  • Musicman Ty[a]
 4:24
19. "What If" (featuring Suga Free)
L-Finguz 3:27
20. "Revolution" (featuring October London)
Just Blaze 4:12
Total length:
 1:17:09
Notes

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[32] 51
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[33] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34] 122
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[35] 164
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[36] 82
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)[37] 27
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[38] 37
French Albums (SNEP)[39] 106
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[40] 67
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 122
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[23] 9
US Billboard 200[42] 40
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[43] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[44] 5

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various July 1, 2016 Digital download

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United States July 15, 2016 CD

[46]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Snoop Dogg announces new album coming this summer". NME. May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Snoop Dogg & LBC Movement - Beach City". hotnewhiphop. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hear a smokey collab from Snoop Dogg and Mike WiLL Made-It called "Late Nights."". hotnewhiphop. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "New Music: Snoop Dogg – 'Late Nights' - Rap-Up". rap-up. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Snoop Dogg's New Album Is On Its Way". hiphopdx. May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Reveals New Album 'COOLAID,' Teams With De La Soul for 'Pain'". Billboard. June 3, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
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  12. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for COOLAID". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
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  14. ↑ Eustice, Kyle. "Snoop Dogg – Coolaid: West Coast legend continues to do whatever he wants, and finds mostly solid footing". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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  17. ↑ Glaysher, Scott. "Snoop Dogg Takes It Back to the Basics on 'Coolaid'". XXL. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  18. 1 2 Slingerland, Calum (July 20, 2016). "Snoop Dogg - Coolaid". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Drake Bounced From Top Spot Of Billboard Album Chart". Hip Hop DX. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
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  22. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/20160708/7003/
  23. 1 2 "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
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  26. ↑ "Snoop Dogg Premieres New Song "Kush Ups" Off Upcoming Album with Music Video". Merry Jane. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Snoop Dogg and Jeremih join forces on "Point Seen Money Gone."". hotnewhiphop. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Snoop Dogg and Jeremih take fans to the West Coast with their Coolaid collaboration "Point Seen Money Gone."". rap-up. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
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  30. ↑ "Snoop Dogg asserts his "Legend" status on a "COOLAID" cut.". hotnewhiphop. June 28, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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