Cali Iz Active

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Cali Iz Active
Studio album by Tha Dogg Pound
Released	June 27, 2006
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	West Coast hip hop Gangsta rap
Length	68:52
Label	Doggystyle/Koch
Producer	David Banner Ryan Leslie L.T. Moe Rick Rock Soopafly Swizz Beatz Jazze Pha Battlecat
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link XXL link Rolling Stone link HipHopDX.com link Last album =
Tha Dogg Pound chronology
Dillinger & Young Gotti II: Tha Saga Continuez... (2005) Cali Iz Active (2006) Dogg Chit (2007)
Snoop Dogg chronology
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004) Cali Iz Active (2006) Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)

Cali Iz Active is an album by 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. It was leaked on the Internet on June 19, 2006.

Contents 1 The album 2 Track listing 3 Trivia 4 The single 5 Album chart performance 6 Download 7 Technical credits 8 References 9 External links

[edit] The album

The album debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling just over 30,000 records, but it was fair enough to reach number one on the Top Independent albums chart and 4th on Hot Rap albums. Besides Daz and Kurupt rhyming, the album also features Tha Dogg Pound family (Snoop Dogg, RBX, Soopafly, Nate Dogg, and Bad Azz). Also appearing are David Banner, Ice Cube, Paul Wall and producers Battlecat, Fredwreck, Swizz Beatz, Jazze Pha and Sean ’P. Diddy’ Combs.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Cali Iz Active" Featuring Snoop Dogg
   • (Produced by Battlecat)
   • samples "Radioactive" by Royal Cash ^[1]
2. "Kushn N' Pushn"
   • (Produced by L.T. Moe)
3. "Sittin on 23z"
   • (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
4. "Stop Lyin"
   • (Produced by Battlecat)
5. "It's Craccin All Night" Featuring Diddy; Snoop Dogg
   • (Produced by Jeffrey "J-Dub" Walker)
6. "Slow Your Roll"
   • (Produced by Soopafly)
7. "Heavyweights" Featuring Snoop Dogg
   • (Produced by Ryan Leslie)
8. "Keep It Gangsta" Featuring Lady of Rage
   • (Prouduced by Soopafly)
9. "Hard on a Hoe" Featuring RBX; Snoop Dogg
   • (Produced by Rick Rock)
10. "It's All Hood" Featuring Ice Cube
    • (Produced by Battlecat)
11. "Faknass Hoes" Featuring David Banner
    • (Produced by David Banner)
12. "Don't Sweat It" Featuring Nate Dogg; RBX; Snoop Dogg
    • (Produced by 1500)
13. "Make Dat Pussy Pop" Featuring Paul Wall
    • (Produced by Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford)
14. "Thrown Up Da C"
    • (Produced by Soopafly)
15. "Face 2 Face" Featuring Snoop Dogg
    • (Produced by Battlecat)
16. "She Likes Dat"
    • (Produced by Jazze Pha)

[edit] Trivia

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^[2][3][4]

[edit] The single

“Cali Iz Active”
Single by Tha Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Dogg from the album Cali Iz Active
B-side	"Sittin on 23z" 3:45
Released	June, 2006
Format	12" single, CD
Recorded	2006
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	4:44
Label	Koch/Doggystyle
Writer(s)	Arnaud, D./Broadus, C./Brown, R./Cash, D./Gilliam, K.
Producer	A: Battlecat, B: Swizz Beatz
Tha Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Real Soon" (2005) "Cali Iz Active" (2006) "Candy" (2006)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Buttons" Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg (2006)	"Cali Iz Active" (2006)	"Go to Church" Ice Cube featuring Snoop Dogg (2006)

On April 22, 2006 Snoop Dogg and his Dogg Pound cohorts, Daz Dillinger and Kurupt, took a trip to Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California to film the video with director Damon Johnson for their latest single, "Cali Iz Active". Ice Cube, WC, DJ Quik, Tyrese Gibson, Too Short, Xzibit, B-Real, Warren G, Strong Arm Steady, Daddy V, Yo-Yo, JT the Bigga Figga, B-Real, MC Eiht producer Jelly Roll and Dilated Peoples were all present. Even newcomers like Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone, and J Wells rallied behind DPG. There is also a special exclusive guest appearance by Ronald Isley.

In the music video for the song,WC and DJ Quik can be seen Crip Walking and Blood Walking respectively.

The song was performed live in The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS with guests Dave Foley, Regis Philbin, Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop Dogg, John Landis.^[5]

It samples "Radioactive" by Royal Cash ^[1]

[edit] Album chart performance

US Chart positions
Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Top Rap Albums	Top Independent Albums
#28	#5	#4	#1

US Billboard 200 trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07
Position	28[6]	69[7]	106[8]	143[9]	170[10]	OUT (28 US rap) [11]	OUT (39 US rap) [11]
Sales	30,822 [6]	13,163[7]	9,039[8]	5,833[9]	4,875[10]	4,045 [11]	3,164 [11]
Total	30,822 [6]	43,985 [7]	53,024 [8]	58,857 [9]	63,732[10]	67,777 [11]	70,941 [11]

Canada Top 50 R&B album trajectory [12]
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09
Position	?	?	?	?	?	32	36	50	-

[edit] Download

Cali Iz Active video footage from DubCNN includes backstage, filming, MTV interview

[edit] Technical credits

BATTLECAT Computer, DAW, recording hardware Apogee A/D converters Apple Mac G5 with Digidesign Pro Tools|HD system running Pro Tools 7.1 at 96 kHz Apple Mac G4 PowerBook running Digidesign Pro Tools LE Console/mixer Mackie D8B Digital 8-Bus Mixer SSL G series console Samplers, drum machines, turntables, DJ mixer Akai MPC3000 sampler/drum machine Pioneer CDJ-1000 CD turntables Rane Empath mixer Technics SL-1200 turntables Synths, modules, software and plug-ins IK Multimedia SampleTank 2 software Korg MS2000 synth M-Audio Oxygen8 MIDI controller Moog Music Minimoog Voyager synth Native Instruments Battery 2 software Propellerhead Reason 3.0 software Roland JV-2080 synth module Steinberg Cubase SX3 software Studio Electronics ATC-1 synth module Waves Platinum Bundle plug-ins Yamaha Motif ES6 synth Mics, preamps, compressors, EQ Avalon Design Vt-737sp preamp/compressor/EQ Neumann U 87 mic PreSonus BlueTube preamp Monitors Pioneer Electronics TADs Yamaha NS10s

FREDWRECK Computer, DAW, recording hardware Apple Mac G4 with Digidesign Pro Tools|HD running Pro Tools Console/mixer Mackie D8B Digital 8-Bus Mixer Samplers, drum machines, turntables Akai MPC3000 sampler/drum machine E-mu Systems SP-1200 sampler/drum machine Technics SL-1200 turntables Synths, modules, software and instruments Access Virus synth ARP Pro-Soloist, Solina String Ensemble synths Clavia Nord Lead, Nord Lead 3 synths Fender Jazz Bass, Precision Bass, Rhodes Suitcase Piano Fender Stratocaster guitar GForce Minimonsta Hohner Telecaster guitar IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Korg Triton synth Moog Music Minimoog Voyager synth Native Instruments Absynth, Guitar Rig, Kompakt Novation SuperNova synth module Oberheim OB-8 synth Roland Juno-106, XV-5080 synths Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Prophet-5 synths Studio Electronics ATC-1 synth module Mics, preamps, compressors, EQs AKG Acoustics C 414 mic API 550 EQ Avalon Design Vt-737sp preamp/compressor/EQ Moog Music Moogerfooger MF-101 Lowpass Filter Sony C800G mic Monitors Mackie SRM450 powered speakers Yamaha NS10s

^[13]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} The FADER - Top Dogg
2. ^ CD Baby: FOESUM: The Lost Tapez
3. ^ dubcnn.com // Snoop Dogg Interview Part 4 (January 2007) // West Coast News Network //
4. ^ Foesum.com - The Official Foesum Website
5. ^ TV Guide, TV Listings, Online Videos, Entertainment News and Celebrity News | TVGuide.com
6. ^ ^{a b c} UC - Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 07/05/2006
7. ^ ^{a b c} UC - Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales - 07/12/2006
8. ^ ^{a b c} UC - Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 07/19/2006
9. ^ ^{a b c} UC - Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 07/26/2006
10. ^ ^{a b c} UC - Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 08/02/2006
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f} UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (26/08/2006)
12. ^ CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts
13. ^ An interview with Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound — Tha Dogg Pound on Cali iz Active

[edit] External links

• Cali Iz Active video
• Sales charts

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