By Zack Sulkis – Staff Reporter 

Notorious American rapper Snoop Dogg released his newest album, “Snoop Dogg Presents: Algorithm” on November 19. It is a compilation album that was released via Doggy Style Records and Def Jam, so the album is full of songs that Snoop Dogg is not even on.

The album features a more modern sound, similar to music by artists such as the weekend rather than the style of snoop’s classic California gangster rap sound. The album has featured contributions from various artists including Ty Dolla $ign, Method Man & Redman, Eric Bellinger, Usher, Blxst, Fabolous, and Dave East.

“Snoop Dogg Presents: Algorithm” has more of an R&B feel rather than a rap feel with most of the songs. The most popular song on the album seems to be “Make Some Money” (ft. Fabolous & Dave East). The song talks about making money and how it makes everyone’s life better. He raps, “You gotta watch out for the suckers/You gotta watch out for the family/Well, most importantly, you gotta watch out for/For the anxiety, right?” The song may talk about how great money is, but the last few lines talk about the reality of stress some people deal with trying to find good ways to make money. 

The album has Snoop in it the way he was on “Christmas” In The Dogghouse. His name is on the front, he has some lines on other artists songs, he has only one or two songs of his own and it’s still a pretty good album. 

This album isn’t just big for Snoop and Doggystyle records, it brought back Def Jam to the center of attention for the first time since the late ’90s when they were putting on artists like DMX, Jay Z, and Ja Rule. They compiled a good selection of music for Snoop with tons of talented artists that made for a different sound compared to Snoop’s typical sound, and modern rap as a whole. 

Def Jam was created by a 20-year-old NYU named Rick Rubin back in 1983 after taking a loan from his parents he started Def Jam Recordings. Back in 2004, Jay-Z was named president of the company while running his own record company, Roc-a-Fella. 

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars