Neva Left

{{Infobox album

| name = Neva Left

| type = studio

| artist = Snoop Dogg

| cover = Snoop Dogg Neva Left.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = May 19, 2017

| recorded = 2016–17 (1996 for Vapors DJ Battlecat Remix)

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|gangsta rap|G-funk{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/05/stream-snoop-dogg-neva-left-album/ |title=Stream Snoop Dogg's 'Neva Left' Album - XXL |publisher=Xxlmag.com |access-date=2019-07-19}}}}

| length = {{Duration|m=61|s=17}}

| label = {{hlist|Doggy Style|Empire}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

}}

| prev_title = Coolaid

| prev_year = 2016

| next_title = Make America Crip Again

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Neva Left

| type = studio

| single1 = Promise You This

| single1date = March 1, 2017

| single2 = Lavender (Nightfall Remix)

| single2date = March 12, 2017

| single3 = Mount Kushmore

| single3date = April 25, 2017

| single4 = Swivel

| single4date = May 15, 2017

}}

}}

{{Music ratings| noprose = yes

| MC = 71/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/neva-left/snoop-dogg |title=Critic Reviews for Neva Left |access-date=July 6, 2017 |publisher=Metacritic}}

| rev1 = XXL Magazine

| rev1score = 7/10 {{cite web|url=http://cultmontreal.com/2017/06/neva-left-snoop-dogg/|title=REVIEW: Snoop Dogg's "Neva Left"|date=19 June 2017}}

| rev2 = AllHipHop

| rev2score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3score = {{rating|2.5|5}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 7.0/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23320-neva-left/|title=Snoop Dogg: Neva Left Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-01}}

| rev5=Exclaim!

| rev5score=6/10{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/snoop_dogg-neva_left |publisher=Exclaim! |date=May 22, 2017 |access-date=July 25, 2017 |last=Mullin |first=Kyle|title=Snoop Dogg Neva Left | Exclaim! }}

}}

Neva Left is the fifteenth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on May 19, 2017, for digital download and July 7, 2017, for purchase on CD, by Doggystyle Records and Empire Distribution. Snoop Dogg enlisted a variety of guest vocalists including Redman, Method Man, B-Real, KRS-One, and frequent collaborators Charlie Wilson and Wiz Khalifa, among others. Meanwhile, production was handled by Dr. Evo, DJ Battlecat, Musik MajorX, League of Starz, and Rick Rock, among others.

Background

The album's release date and artwork was unveiled on April 24, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7768216/snoop-dogg-neva-left-release-date-cover-art |title=Snoop Dogg Shares Album Art for 15th Solo Album 'Neva Left' |publisher=Billboard |date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017}} The cover features a 1992 photograph of Snoop Dogg standing beside a California State Route 187 road sign.{{cite web|url=https://2dopeboyz.com/2017/04/24/snoop-dogg-vintage-neva-left-artwork/ |title=Snoop Dogg Unveils Vintage "Neva Left" Artwork, Drops "Mt. Kushmore" with Redman, Method Man & B-Real |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017}} This is a reference to the California penal code.

Promotion

=Singles=

"Promise You This" was released on March 1, 2017, as the first single.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2017/03/02/new-music-snoop-dogg-promise-you-this/ |title=NEW MUSIC: SNOOP DOGG – 'PROMISE YOU THIS' |publisher=Rap-Up |date=March 2, 2017 |access-date=July 24, 2017}} "Lavender (Nightfall Remix)", a remix of "Lavender" by BADBADNOTGOOD also featuring Kaytranada, followed as the second single on March 12, 2017, with an accompanying music video.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/03/12/watch-snoop-dogg-badbadnotgood-video-lavender |title=Watch Snoop Dogg In BADBADNOTGOOD's New Video For "Lavender" |publisher=The FADER |date=March 12, 2017 |access-date=July 24, 2017}}

"Mount Kushmore" featuring Redman, Method Man, and B-Real, was made available for purchase as the third single on April 25, 2017, along with the pre-order of the album.{{cite web|url=http://hiphop-n-more.com/2017/04/snoop-dogg-neva-left-album-cover/ |title=Snoop Dogg Unveils Artwork For Upcoming Album 'Neva Left'; Shares New Single 'Mount Kushmore' |publisher=HipHopNMore |date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017}} A music video for 'Moment I Feared' was released on June 21, 2017.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-snoop-doggs-tongue-in-cheek-moment-i-feared-video-194559/|title=Watch Snoop Dogg’s Tongue-In-Cheek ‘Moment I Feared’ Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 21, 2017}}

Commercial performance

Neva Left debuted at number 54 on the Billboard 200, with over 11,000 album-equivalent units.{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.43601/title.hip-hop-album-sales-snoop-dogg-faith-evans-david-banner-limp-onto-billboard-200#|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Snoop Dogg, Faith Evans & David Banner Limp Onto Billboard 200|date=29 May 2017|publisher=Hip Hop DX|access-date=June 12, 2017}} It was the 13th best-selling digital album of the week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-albums/2017-06-10|title=Digital Albums Chart {{!}} Billboard|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 13, 2017}}

Track listing

Credits, Samples and Notes all adapted from the booklet.

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = Neva Left{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/neva-left/1229792933|title=Neva Left by Snoop Dogg|work=iTunes|access-date=April 24, 2017}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Neva Left

| writer1 = {{hlist|Calvin Broadus|Michael Cox, Jr.|John Groover, Jr.|David Porter|Isaac Hayes}}

| length1 = 5:06

| extra1 = Mike & Keys

| title2 = Moment I Feared

| note2 = featuring Rick Rock

| length2 = 2:27

| writer2 = {{hlist|Broadus|Ricardo Thomas}}

| extra2 = Rick Rock

| title3 = Bacc in da Dayz

| note3 = featuring Big Tray Deee

| length3 = 3:49

| writer3 = {{hlist|Broadus|J.Massey|Tracy Davis|Roger Ball|Malcolm Duncan|Kamaal Ibn John Fareed|Steve Ferrone|Alan Gorrie|Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad|Owen McIntyre|Minnie Riperton|Richard Rudolph|James Stuart|Malik Izaak Taylor|Leon Ware}}

| extra3 = J-Massive

| title4 = Promise You This

| length4 = 2:53

| writer4 = {{hlist|Broadus|Regis Bell}}

| extra4 = Dupri of League of Starz

| title5 = Trash Bags

| note5 = featuring K Camp

| length5 = 3:27

| writer5 = {{hlist|Broadus|Kristopher Campbell|Quinton Cook|Tim Wells, Jr.}}

| extra5 = Musik MajorX

| title6 = Swivel

| note6 = featuring Stresmatic

| length6 = 4:16

| writer6 = {{hlist|Broadus|Thomas Jackson|Thomas}}

| extra6 = Rick Rock

| title7 = Go On

| note7 = featuring October London

| length7 = 3:10

| writer7 = {{hlist|Broadus|Jared Samuel Eskrine|Christopher Brody Brown}}

| extra7 = Brody Brown

| title8 = Big Mouth

| length8 = 4:01

| writer8 = {{hlist|Broadus|Kevin Gilliam}}

| extra8 = DJ Battlecat

| title9 = Toss It

| note9 = featuring Too $hort and Nef the Pharaoh

| length9 = 3:14

| writer9 = {{hlist|Broadus|Todd Shaw|Tonee Hayes|Donté Blacksher}}

| extra9 = DNYC3 of League of Starz

| title10 = 420 (Blaze Up)

| note10 = featuring Devin the Dude, Wiz Khalifa, and DJ Battlecat

| length10 = 4:25

| writer10 = {{hlist|Broadus|Devin Copeland|Cameron Thomaz|Gilliam|Lamar Edwards}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|DJ Battlecat|Mars}}

| title11 = Lavender (Nightfall Remix)

| note11 = featuring BadBadNotGood and Kaytranada

| length11 = 3:15

| writer11 = {{hlist|Broadus|Louis Celestin|Chester Hansen|Alex Sowinski|Matthew Tavares|Leland Whitty}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|BadBadNotGood|Kaytranada}}

| title12 = Let Us Begin

| note12 = featuring KRS-One

| length12 = 3:42

| writer12 = {{hlist|Broadus|Lawrence Parker|Gilliam|R. S. Lewis}}

| extra12 = DJ Battlecat

| title13 = Mount Kushmore

| note13 = featuring Method Man, Redman, and B-Real

| length13 = 3:48

| writer13 = {{hlist|Broadus|Reginald Noble|Louis Freese|Clifford Smith|J. Stella}}

| extra13 = Dr. Evo

| title14 = Vapors (DJ Battlecat Remix)

| note14 = featuring Charlie Wilson and Teena Marie

| length14 = 6:49

| writer14 = {{hlist|Antonio Hardy|Marlon Williams|Marcel Hall}}

| extra14 = DJ Battlecat

| title15 = Still Here

| length15 = 3:32

| writer15 = {{hlist|Broadus|Gilliam|Cliff Curry}}

| extra15 = DJ Battlecat

| title16 = Love Around the World

| note16 = featuring Big Bub

| length16 = 3:23

| writer16 = {{hlist|Broadus|Lee Drakeford|Larry Mizell}}

| extra16 = Big Bub

| total_length = 61:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Physical copy bonus track

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title17 = Transition

| length17 = 3:47

| writer17 =

| extra17 = Jahlil Beats

}}

Notes

  • "420 (Blaze Up)" contains additional vocals by Shon Lawon
  • "Let Us Begin" contains additional vocals by Janice Freeman
  • "Mount Kushmore" features vocals by Steven J. Collins using a Talk box
  • "Vapors (DJ Battlecat Remix)" features vocals by FatBoy SSE
  • "I'm Still Here" features vocals by Kendrick Lamar

Sample credits

  • "Neva Left" contains samples of "As Long As I've Got You"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp9uZjPaB4w |title=The Charmels - As Long As I'Ve Got You |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-07-07 |access-date=2017-05-25}} performed by The Charmels, written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes.
  • "Bacc in da Dayz" contains a portion of the composition and samples of "Check the Rhime"{{cite web|author=Published on May 15, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QWEPdgS3As |title=A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime |publisher=YouTube |date=2014-05-15 |access-date=2017-05-25}} performed by A Tribe Called Quest, written by Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Leon Ware, Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Owen Mcintyre, Malcolm Duncan, Roger Ball, James Stuart, Steve Ferrone and Alan Gorrie.
  • "Let Us Begin" contains interpolations from "My Philosophy"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1vKOchATXs |title=Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy |publisher=YouTube |date=2013-06-20 |access-date=2017-05-25}} performed by KRS-One, written by Lawrence Parker.
  • "Vapors (DJ Battlecat Remix)" embodies the composition "Vapors"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv3sAFe1FCM |title=Biz Markie - Vapors |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-10-27 |access-date=2017-05-25}} performed by Biz Markie, written by Antonio Hardy, Marlon Williams and Marcel Hall.
  • "Still Here" contains samples of "I'm Still Here"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUrP0Nllaoo |title=The Notations - I'm Still Here |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-04-19 |access-date=2017-05-25}} performed by The Notations, written by Cliff Curry.
  • "Love Around the World" contains a sample from the recording of "When I'm with You"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDNoi6x8Ags |title=Brenda Lee Eager When I'M With You |publisher=YouTube |date=2014-05-02 |access-date=2017-05-25}} performed by Brenda Lee Eager, written by Larry Mizell.

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/05/aria-chart-watch-422/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #422|publisher=auspOp|date=May 27, 2017|access-date=May 27, 2017}}

| 94

{{album chart|Flanders|78|artist=Snoop Dogg|album=Neva Left|rowheader=true|access-date=May 26, 2017}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|148|artist=Snoop Dogg|album=Neva Left|rowheader=true|access-date=May 26, 2017}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|39|M|url=http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/05/28/charts-may-28-2017|title=On The Charts: May 28, 2017|publisher=FYIMusicNews|artist=Snoop Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=May 30, 2017}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|51|artist=Snoop Dogg|album=Neva Left|rowheader=true|access-date=May 26, 2017}}
{{album chart|France|96|M|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2017&we=21|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 21, 2017)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Snoop Dogg|album=Neva Left|rowheader=true|access-date=May 30, 2017}}
scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-05-26|title=NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=May 29, 2017|access-date=May 26, 2017}}

| 4

{{album chart|UKR&B|6|date=2017-05-28|rowheader=true|access-date=May 27, 2017|refname="UKR&B"}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|54|artist=Snoop Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2017}}
{{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|31|artist=Ice Cube|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|6|artist=Snoop Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=April 10, 2018|refname="USind"}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|26|artist=Snoop Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2017}}

See also

References