Cali Iz Active | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Tha Dogg Pound | ||||||||||
Released | June 27, 2006 | |||||||||
Recorded | 2005-2006 | |||||||||
Genre | West Coast hip hop, Gangsta Rap | |||||||||
Length | 69:00 | |||||||||
Label | Doggystyle/Koch | |||||||||
Producer | Snoop Dogg (exec.), Battlecat, L.T. Moe, Swizz Beatz, J-Dub, Soopafly, Ryan Leslie, Rick Rock, David Banner, 1500 or Nothin', Bangladesh, Jazze Pha | |||||||||
Tha Dogg Pound chronology | ||||||||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | 2006 |
The A.V. Club | (B-) 2006 |
PrefixMag.com | 2006 |
Rolling Stone | 2006 |
HipHopDX.com | 2006 |
RapReviews.com | 2006 |
USA Today | link |
XXL | (L) 2006 |
Cali Iz Active is the fourth studio album by rap group Tha Dogg Pound and is also the name of the album's title track and lead single. It was released through Koch and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Records on June 27, 2006.
Besides Daz and Kurupt, the album also features Tha Dogg Pound family (Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, Nate Dogg, RBX, and Lady of Rage). Also appearing are David Banner, Ice Cube, Paul Wall and producers Battlecat, Fredwreck, Swizz Beatz and Jazze Pha.
Snoop Dogg has already used the Royal Cash sample in one of his earlier unreleased recordings with DJ Glaze of Foesum. It was titled "True To The Game" and DJ Glaze included it in his mixtape The Lost Tapez
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