Snoop's latest off the hizzook

Snoop Dogg is back at it again with his sixth album, Paid Tha Cost to be da Bo$$. It's as successful as any album in the past, with notoriously catchy Snoop beats and background music. It's off the hizzook.\nThe Long Beach rapper is still at it with other MCs, such as Jay-Z, Redman, Nate Dogg, Warren G and Ludacris, on this album, and he also has a few solo tracks on it as well.\n"I Believe in You" shows that Snoop may actually be maturing. The duet with Latoiya Williams is a smooth R&B song, one you could even listen to with your parents around. No guns, drugs or sex in this track. Snoop keeps it real with Williams, with only the occasional "sizzay" and "dizzay." (This "language" is clearly apparent in every song.)\nIt's hard to pick just one fabulous song on the album, because there are so many. The first single is a great one. "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" is typical Snoop, with sounds that will be stuck in your head all day. \nSounding the most "old school Snoop" is "Pimp Slapp'd," in which he takes jabs at former boss Suge Knight. "Suge Knight's a bitch and that's on my life," Snoop raps, adding that Knight screwed up the industry. He also speaks his mind on Kurupt and Xzibit on the same track.\nA comical song on the album, whether it's meant to be comical or not, is "I Miss That Bitch." Looks like Snoop is still treating his women the same. This duet with E-White speaks of missing "that bitch" who was "a pot of gold." Odd how this pot of gold is referred to as a bitch, but that's typical of Snoop.\nWhether or not you've been a Snoop Dogg fan in the past should have nothing do with the success of this album because it kicks serious izzass. It's confident and mature. Rumor has it the 30 year old has even stopped smoking weed. Good mizzove Snoop, maybe that's why this album is your best yet.