10 Artists Who Never Managed To Top Their First Album

3. Snoop Dogg

When hip hop fans first heard the voice of Calvin Broadus on Deep Cover alongside his mentor Dr. Dre, they knew instantly that he was a future star. The Long Beach native made his presence heavily felt all over one of rap's greatest albums, The Chronic and then followed that up with his solo debut Doggystyle. Snoop Dogg and Dre were largely responsible for the west coast's dominance of the urban music scene during the mid 90s, introducing the G-Funk style into the mainstream. Doggystyle featured no less than six hit singles, and was Snoop's best selling record by a wide margin. His trademark smooth voice and distinctive flow made him a favorite of many listeners. His career with Dre's label Death Row Records would only last two albums, the disappointing The Doggfather being the second, before he moved on to join Master P.'s No Limit imprint. This wasn't a good fit for Snoop and none of the three albums released while under the No Limit umbrella made any lasting impressions despite selling a respectable amount of copies. The assortment of label and name changes and an expansion into other areas of media such as movies and reality television have done nothing to assist the gangsta rap legend in putting out an album on the level with his debut.