''Coolaid'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper

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. It was released on July 1, 2016, by Doggystyle Records and

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. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2015 to 2016 at the Doggystyle Studios Records, in

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. The production on the album was handled by Snoop Dogg and other record producers, including

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and

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. Snoop Dogg also enlisted a variety of guest vocalists such as

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, Trick Trick,

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, Suga Free and October London, among others. The album title was revealed during the

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'' on June 2, 2016. The

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" Kush Ups" was released on June 7, 2016. It was followed by the single " Point Seen Money Gone", which was released on June 27, 2016. The album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised Snoop's technical rapping abilities and production choices.

Background

On March 5, 2016, the ''

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'' magazine released an interview, in which a producer

, said that he was working on the new Snoop project. In May 2016, Snoop Dogg announced that his album would be released during the summer of 2016.

Release and promotion

After releasing a funk solo album, Snoop Dogg returned to

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with the songs " Back Up" and "

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". On April 20, 2016, Snoop released the song, called "

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", which was released in commemoration of 4/20. The song was produced by Mike WiLL Made-It. On May 16, 2016, Snoop announced that the new album will be released on July 1, 2016. On June 2, 2016, Snoop Dogg announced the title to the album, ''Coolaid'', while performing the songs "

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" and "Legend" on ''

''. The artwork created by frequent Snoop collaborator, Darryl "Joe Cool" Daniel and Justin Roach, was released on the same day. The cover art for ''Coolaid'', harkens back to the illustrated stylings of his previous releases ''

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'' (1993) and ''

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'' (2000). ''Coolaid'' was made available for

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on Apple Music on June 29, 2016. The album was released for digital download on July 1, 2016. The physical version was released July 15, 2016.

Singles

" Kush Ups" was released as the album's lead single on June 7, 2016. The song features

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from Snoop's longtime collaborator

, with the production that was provided by KJ Conteh. The music video for the song was uploaded on Snoop's official website on June 7. " Point Seen Money Gone" was released as the album's second single on June 27, 2016. The track was produced by Bongo.

Other songs

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

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Critical reception

''Coolaid'' received positive reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an

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score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 8 reviews. Writing for ''

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'', Calum Slingerland called it "a welcome return to the style the rapper helped pioneer".

Commercial performance

In the United States of America "Coolaid" debuted at No. 40 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 10,000

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, marking the 6th highest debut of the week. It was the 8th best-selling digital album of the week, selling 10,000 digital copies. In the

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, the album debuted at No. 122 on the

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and No. 30 on the

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. ''Coolaid'' was the 11th Snoop solo album to debut at top-ten on the

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, reached No. 9. In its 2nd week, ''Coolaid'' fell at number 198 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 950 more copies sold.

Track listing

Credits were adapted from the album's liner notes. Notes * signifies a co-producer *"Don't Stop" contains a sample of "

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", performed by

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and Soulsonic Force. *"Oh Na Na" contains a sample of "Dinner for Two", by Michael Cooper. * "My Carz" contains samples of "

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", performed by

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; and "Trucks", performed by

. * "Two Or More" contains a sample of "Try it Out", performed by Gino Soccio. * "Feel About Snoop" contains a sample of " I'm in Love", performed by

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. * "Light It Up" contains a sample of "

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", performed by

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. * "Kush Ups" contains samples of "I Wanna Rock", performed by

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; and " That's the Way (I Like It)", performed by

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. * "Kush Ups" also contains samples of "(No No) I'm Losing You", by

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; and "Wish That I Could Talk To You", by

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. * "Revolution" contains a sample of "I've Been Trying", performed by

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Personnel

Performance *

– vocals (7, 9, 11, 16, lead on 1–6, 8, 10, 12–15, 17–20), recording engineer (20) *Avenue Beatz – drum machine (6, 13–14) *Bruza – additional background vocals (1, 17) *

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– guitar (10) * Kendra Foster – additional vocals (14) *

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– additional vocals (10) *Tanya Jones – additional vocals (18) *Shon Lawon – additional background vocals (5, 8), recording engineer (2, 4, 7–8, 10–12, 15–17, 19–20), audio mixing (2, 4–5, 7, 9–10, 15–17, 19) *Lil' Half Dead – additional vocals (2, 10) *Lea Lorien – additional vocals (13) *

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– talkbox (2) *Musicman Ty – piano (13–14, 18), synth (6, 13–14), organ played by (6, 18), bass played by (6, 13–14, 18) *October London – additional vocals (10, 20), recording engineer (20) *

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– intro voices performed by (2) *Kelli Pyle – additional vocals (13) *Snagz – drum machine (18) *Adia Stinson – additional vocals (12) *Frances Stinson – additional vocals (12) *

– additional lead vocals (5–6, 13, 18) Additional technical *Masaniai M. Ali – audio mixing (12) *Garnett "G" Flynn – recording engineer (2–3), audio mixing (2) *Stanley Greene – audio mixing (7) * Ken "Duro" Ifill – audio mixing (6, 13–14, 18) *

– recording engineer (4), audio mixing (4, 20) *Sean Klein – assistant recording engineer (4–5, 7, 13–14, 18) *Migui Maloles – recording engineer (16) *Travis "Shaggy" Marshall – recording engineer (6, 10, 16–17), audio mixing (17) *Zeke Mishanec – recording engineer (4–7, 13–14, 18), assistant audio mixing (6, 14, 18) *FredWreck Nassar – recording engineer (10) *Zach Nichols – audio mixing (1) *Kyle "Don" Resto – recording engineer (9) *

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– audio mixing (3, 8, 11) *Frank Tatick – assistant recording engineer (6) *Frank Vasquez – recording engineer (1, 7) *Pat Viala – audio mixing (12) *Christopher Walton – assistant recording engineer (9) *Andrew Wright – audio mixing (4, 20)

Charts

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Release history

References

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Background

Release and promotion

Singles

Other songs

Critical reception

Commercial performance

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

See also

References