Coolaid

This article is about the Snoop Dogg album. For other uses, see Cool Aid (disambiguation).

Coolaid is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper 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 vocalists such as Too $hort, Swizz Beatz, Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Trick Trick, E-40, Jazze Pha, Suga Free and October London, among others.

Coolaid
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released	July 1, 2016
Recorded	2015–16
Studio	Doggystyle Studio Records (Diamond Bar, California)
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	77:09
Label	Doggystyle eOne
Producer	Snoop Dogg (also exec.) Avenue Beatz Bongo Cardo Cubeatz Daz Dillinger Dazmin J Dilla Jazze Pha Just Blaze KJ Conteh Los L-Finguz Musicman Ty Nottz Powered By Raw B Rockwilder Shon Lawon Snagz Soopafly Swizz Beatz Timbaland
Snoop Dogg chronology
Cuzznz (2016) Coolaid (2016) Neva Left (2017)
Singles from Coolaid
"Kush Ups" Released: June 2, 2016 "Point Seen Money Gone" Released: June 27, 2016

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, 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 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]

Singles

"Kush Ups" was released as the album's lead single on June 7, 2016.^[12] The song features guest vocals from Snoop's longtime collaborator Wiz Khalifa, with the production that was provided by KJ Conteh.^[13] The music video for the song was uploaded on Snoop's official website on June 7.^[14]

"Point Seen Money Gone" was released as the album's second single on June 27, 2016.^[15] The track was produced by Bongo.^[16]

Other songs

The track "Coolaid Man" was released as a countdown single, with the pre-order of the album on June 28, 2016.^[17] The track "Legend" was released as an instant grat with pre-orders on June 28, 2016.^[18] On June 29, 2016, the track "My Carz" was released as an instant grat with pre-orders.^[19] The production on this track is credited to J Dilla.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100^[20]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[21]
Consequence of Sound	B^[22]
The Guardian	^[23]
HipHopDX	3.9/5^[24]
XXL	^[25]
Exclaim!	6/10^[26]

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 8 reviews.^[20] Writing for Exclaim!, Calum Slingerland called it "a welcome return to the style the rapper helped pioneer".^[26]

Commercial performance

In the United States of America "Coolaid" debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200, with 10,000 album-equivalent units, marking the 6th highest debut of the week.^[27] It was the 8th best-selling digital album of the week, selling 10,000 digital copies.^[28] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at No. 122 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 30 on the UK Digital Albums.^[29][30] Coolaid was the 11th Snoop solo album to debut at top-ten on the UK R&B Chart, reached No. 9.^[31] 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.^[32]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Legend"	Calvin Broadus Uforo Ebong Adam "Bruza" Wright-Renellson	Bongo	3:47
2.	"Ten Toes Down"	Broadus Carlos "Los" McSwain Ermias Asghedom	Los	4:07
3.	"Don't Stop" (featuring Too Short)	Broadus Todd Shaw Dominick Lamb Afrika Bambaataa Arthur Baker Ellis Williams John Miller John Robie Robert Darrell Allen	Nottz Soopafly	3:41
4.	"Super Crip"	Broadus Justin Smith	Just Blaze	3:46
5.	"Coolaid Man"	Broadus Kaseem Dean Ronald LaTour Kevin Gomringer Timothy Gomringer Brock Korsan	Cardo Cubeatz	3:27
6.	"Let Me See Em Up" (featuring Swizz Beatz)	Broadus Dean Tyrone Johnson Avery Chambliss	Swizz Beatz Musicman Ty^[a] Avenue Beatz^[a]	3:57
7.	"Point Seen Money Gone" (featuring Jeremih)	Broadus Jeremih Felton Ebong	Bongo	4:19
8.	"Oh Na Na" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)	Broadus Cameron Thomaz Delmar Arnaud Priest Brooks Ron Everette	Daz Dillinger Dazmin Soopafly^[a]	3:21
9.	"My Carz"	Broadus Gary Webb James Yancey	J Dilla	3:37
10.	"Two or More"	Broadus Donald "Lil Half Dead" Smith L.T. Hutton Gino Soccio	Niggarachi Shon Lawon	3:53
11.	"Affiliated" (featuring Trick-Trick)	Broadus LaTour Christian Mathis	Cardo Soopafly	4:08
12.	"Feel About Snoop"	Broadus Dana Stinson Michael Jones	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)	Broadus Thomaz Harry Wayne Casey Richard Finch Luther Campbell Joy Byers Leon Sylvers III KJ Conteh	KJ Conteh	3:57
16.	"Double Tap" (featuring E-40 and Jazze Pha)	Broadus Earl Stevens Phalon Alexander Robert Raya	Jazze Pha Powered By Raw B^[a]	3:17
17.	"Got Those"	Broadus Timothy Mosley Adam "Bruza" Wright-Renellson	Timbaland	3:31
18.	"Let the Beat Drop (Celebrate)" (featuring Swizz Beatz)	Broadus Dean Naki "Snagz" Levy Johnson	Swizz Beatz Snagz^[a] Musicman Ty^[a]	4:24
19.	"What If" (featuring Suga Free)	Broadus Dejuan Walker Leland "L-Finguz" Jackson	L-Finguz	3:27
20.	"Revolution" (featuring October London)	Broadus Smith Curtis Mayfield Jared Samuel Eskrine	Just Blaze	4:12
Total length:				77:09

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• "Don't Stop" contains a sample of "Planet Rock", performed by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force.
• "Oh Na Na" contains a sample of "Dinner for Two", by Michael Cooper.
• "My Carz" contains samples of "Cars", performed by Gary Numan; and "Trucks", performed by J Dilla.
• "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 Evelyn "Champagne" King.
• "Light It Up" contains a sample of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", performed by Steam.
• "Kush Ups" contains samples of "I Wanna Rock", performed by Luke; and "That's the Way (I Like It)", performed by KC and the Sunshine Band.
• "Kush Ups" also contains samples of "(No No) I'm Losing You", by Aretha Franklin; and "Wish That I Could Talk To You", by The Sylvers.
• "Revolution" contains a sample of "I've Been Trying", performed by The Bar-Kays.

Personnel

Performance

• Snoop Dogg – 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)
• Curt Chambers – guitar (10)
• Kendra Foster – additional vocals (14)
• L.T. Hutton – 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)
• Terrace Martin – 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)
• Mekhi Phifer – intro voices performed by (2)
• Kelli Pyle – additional vocals (13)
• Snagz – drum machine (18)
• Adia Stinson – additional vocals (12)
• Frances Stinson – additional vocals (12)
• Swizz Beatz – 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)
• Just Blaze – 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)
• Soopafly – 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

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[33] 51 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[34] 67 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[35] 122 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[36] 164 Brazilian Albums (ABPD)^[37] 27 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[38] 37 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[39] 82 French Albums (SNEP)^[40] 106 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[41] 67 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[42] 19 UK Albums (OCC)^[29] 122 UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[31] 9 US Billboard 200^[43] 40 US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[44] 21 US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[45] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[46] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[47] 86

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	July 1, 2016	Digital download	Doggystyle eOne	^[48]
United States	July 15, 2016	CD		^[49]

See also

• 2016 in hip hop music

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