Over the Counter (album)

Over the Counter
Demo album by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Released	1991
Recorded	1990–91
Genre	Gangsta rap G-funk West coast hip hop
Label	Death Row Records
Producer	Dr. Dre Warren G Chocolate DJ Glaze DJ Aladdin
Snoop Doggy Dogg compilation chronology
Over the Counter (1991) Murder Was the Case (1994)

Over the Counter is the debut demo album and is the officially unreleased but heavily bootlegged debut studio album by rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg.^[1] Guest appearances include Tha Dogg Pound, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Warren G, George Clinton and others. The album was released only on cassette version.^[2]

Background

It was this album, and not The Chronic, that was intended to be the debut album for both Snoop and the Death Row brand name. The albums were pulled off the production line and never had any official distribution project for the public market. Due to the fact that Death Row did not have total financial capability for supporting itself as a legitimate record label in 1991, their distributors; Priority Records, Sony Music and Time Warner, could not legally get these albums which they had pressed out to the streets.

Other copies have the white background on the cover and inserts. Those are fake bootlegs pushed by another party. They show Death Row 1991 as the label on the tape backing. On the backings there is a supposed "promo photo" of Snoop with the 187 Highway sign; that photo was not taken until 1993 by Chi Modu! It is to be believed there are a very select few of these tapes that are actually considered authentic. They credit Future Shock Entertainment as the label.^[3]

Track listing

Over the Counter — Cassette tape version[4]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Over The Counter"	Dr. Dre, Warren G
2.	"Dogg's Life" (featuring Nate Dogg)	Dr. Dre
3.	"Jack Em'" (featuring Convicts)	Chocolate
4.	"Dope Slang" (with 213)	Warren G
5.	"Knockin' Off Everything" (featuring 3-2, The D.O.C.)	Chocolate
6.	"Blast For Cash" (Dr. Dre)	Dr. Dre
7.	"Let Em' Understand" (featuring Foesum)	DJ Glaze	05:55
8.	"The Message"	DJ Glaze	02:05
9.	"211" (featuring RBX)	Dr. Dre
10.	"Signed And Detected" (featuring Tha Dogg Pound)	Dr. Dre, Warren G
11.	"Bank Roll"
12.	"187"	Dr. Dre	04:13
13.	"C.O.C. Kingpin" (featuring Kurupt)	Warren G
14.	"Welcome To Death Row" (Bushwick Bill, C.P.O., Chocolate, Convicts, Dr. Dre, RBX, Tha Dogg Pound)	Dr. Dre, Warren G
15.	"Do You Remember" (featuring George Clinton)		04:04
16.	"True To The Game"	DJ Glaze	04:52
17.	"Country Blues" (bonus track)	DJ Aladdin	04:11

References

1. "Snoop Doggy Dogg* – Over The Counter". Discogs. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
2. "Snoop Doggy Dogg ***Over The Counter (1991)". Retrieved May 15, 2015.
3. https://www.discogs.com/Snoop-Doggy-Dogg-Over-The-Counter/release/8369274
4. "Snoop Dogg – Over The Counter (cassette)". Discogs.

External links

• Over The Counter at Discogs