''Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz'' is the

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Tha Eastsidaz Tha Eastsidaz is a hip hop duo consisting of Tray Deee and Goldie Loc put together by Snoop Dogg, who often featured on their songs. Their first appearance was on Tommy Boy Records ''Ride'' soundtrack with Crooked Eye Q on a Battlecat-produce ...

. It was released on February 1, 2000, on Dogghouse Records and

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. The album was recorded at Dogghouse Studio, Music Grinder & Skip Saylor Recording,

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. Most of the songs were performed live on Hustler's rap-porn compilation ''

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'' XXX DVD. The album was executive produced by Snoop Dogg. The rapper's younger brother Bing Worthington, Jr. is 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

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), " 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

Year-end charts

Certifications

External links

Music.com

Top40 charts

References

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