Five Best Songs from Snoop Dogg’s ‘Tha Last Meal’ Album

The Long Beach, Calif. representative sounds cozy flowing over the Dr. Dre-produced track, "Hennessy n Buddah." It's a groovy song that sees Snoop Dogg kicking his feet back and in the mood to get his party on. "Oh nah / (Who is it), its muthaf---ing Snoop Dogg / I live the fast life where you keep ya cash tight / In broad daylight, walking wit' ya flashlight / Adding up what you brought in from last night / She mad tight with mad bite, is that right," he raps. And when you add Kokane and his bevy of background singers into the mix, "Hennessy n Buddah" is too addictive to turn down and is one of the standout tracks on the album.

Snoop crafts a sure-shot banger with "Brake Fluid (Biiittch Pump Yo Brakes)." Produced by Scott Storch, the beat is drenched in pimp juice and a perfect match for Snoop's playalistic musings on macking and tending to his roster of ladies. "Carla, Darla, Charlene and Camille / Tericka and Erica, they love to take care of her," he spits. Featuring Kokane, who turns in a funky performance while handling hook duties, the song is entertaining and manages to retain its freshness over these past fifteen years.

One of Tha Last Meal's finest moments arrives on "Loosen' Control." The fourth single released from the LP, the song was produced by Soopafly and includes his infectious vocals on the hook, which serves as the track's main draw. Snoop and Butch Cassidy both come equipped with cold flows and uphold their end of the bargain by dropping dope verbiage over the breezy soundbed and admitting, "I was in love at times / I was so lost, she made me forget my rhymes," proving that even gangstas have feelings too. "Loosen' Control" is an underrated gem on Tha Last Meal.

Looking to reclaim his swagger during the recording of Tha Last Meal, Snoop would link up with Timbaland to create an infectious banger, "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Part 2)." Spitting "Me and my partner in my impala / Popping our collars, tossing up dollars / A truck on the side of us with hoes that wanna follow / Bet a hundred dollars that they all wanna swallow," the Doggfather is in the zone on this outing and dismantles the track with ease, hitting listeners with witty couplets in his tried-and-true melodic flow. The first single released from Tha Last Meal, the song is considered one of the more notable singles in the veteran rhyme-spitter's catalog of hits.

Tha Last Meal reaches its apex with the G-Funk banger, "Lay Low," which sees Snoop Dogg cook up one of the first West Coast classics of the new millennium. Produced by veteran hitmaker Dr. Dre, the beat has enough bounce to the ounce to fill up a bottle of St. Ides and is powered by a thumping drums and sinister keys. Featuring verses from Master P, Butch Cassidy and Tha Eastsidaz, the rap trifecta come correct and inflict damage to the track in between the late Nate Dogg's velvet vocals. Peaking at No. 5 on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart, "Lay Low"'s accompanying video was helmed by visionary director Hype Williams.

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