Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz is the debut album by American gangsta rap group Tha Eastsidaz. It was released on February 1, 2000, on Dogghouse Records and TVT Records. The album was recorded at Dogghouse Studio, Music Grinder & Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, California.

Most of the songs were performed live on Hustler's rap-porn compilation Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle XXX DVD. The executive producer was Snoop Dogg. The rapper's younger brother Bing Worthington, Jr. is also credited as an executive producer of the project.

Critical reception

The album overall received generally positive reviews from music critics.

Commercial performance

Tha Eastsidaz debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200, selling 100,000 copies in its first week. It was certificated Platinum on October 11, 2000.

Music videos

Despite only two songs being released as singles, Tha Eastsidaz did a total of six videos for songs off the album: "Dogghouse" featuring Rappin' 4-Tay & Twinz, "G'd Up" featuring Butch Cassidy (directed by Diane Martel), "Got Beef" featuring Jayo Felony & Sylk-E. Fine (directed by Chris Robinson), "Now We Lay 'Em Down" featuring Kokane, "Tha Eastsidaz", and "The Gangsta in Deee".

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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! scope="row" | Canadian Albums (Billboard)

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! scope="row" |UK R&B Albums (OCC)

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! scope="row" |US Billboard 200

|style="text-align:center;"| 8

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Year-end charts

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! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| style="text-align:center;"|124

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! scope="row"|US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)

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Certifications

References

  • Music.com
  • Top40 charts