Snoop Dogg says "Doggystyle's" longevity shows its authenticity, says the camaraderie is what he remembers most about the album.

It was 20 years ago when Long Beach, California rapper Snoop Dogg released his debut album, Doggystyle, and on the week of the 20th anniversary of the album’s release, Snoops says Doggystyle is an example of longevity in music.

While speaking with “RapFix Live,” Snoop revealed that the album maintaining relevancy 20 years down the line was the furthest thing from his mind while working on Doggystyle. Instead, the rapper says his reason for creating the album was because it was something he enjoyed doing. He also commented on the camaraderie present while crafting the album and “writing from the heart.”

“What I remember about it the most is more about the camaraderie that we had,” said Snoop. “Me and Dr. Dre riding together every day to and from the studio. Me and the homies coming up with songs and concepts. Eating out of the same chicken box. Not having money. But more about the struggle and writing from the heart and not writing from a perspective of having it, but trying to get it. And to think that it would last 20 years, I didn’t ever think it would last. Cause I didn’t do it for that reason. I did it for the reason of I love doing it and if it’s gone tomorrow, so what? I had fun while I was doing it. So, by it lasting this long is just showing that it’s authentic, it’s true. And people love it and appreciate it.”

In their 20th anniversary video footage, “RapFix Live” also aired a clip of Dr. Dre and Snoop speaking on Doggystyle around the time of the album’s November 23, 1993 release.

“D.O.C., basically,” said Snoop when asked about the inspiration behind the album. “Cause in the beginning it was just me D.O.C. and Dre putting together the album. His direction was helping me become a strong lyricist, which I am now, which I wasn’t in the beginning. I was just aight. And he tightened me up. You know what I’m saying? Showing me how to make my rhymes stronger and make ‘em shorter. ‘Get in, say what you gon’ say, and get up out of it. Don’t bore your audience with a long rap. Get in, say what you gonna say, and get up out of there. With the dopeness with a nice, little hook and ba-dow.’ There it is.”

Later in the episode, Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle also offered his thoughts on Doggystyle as he reminisced on the impact the album had in his neighborhood.

“I was young, man. I was a little kid really, but that was one of them albums you couldn’t really escape. You didn’t have to buy it to hear every song. You was kinda surrounded by it. Especially being in L.A. So, he took the streets when that came out. It was like nothing else really that was as dominant in the streets. You heard that out of everybody car. You wake up, aunties was playing it. That’s how I judge the impact of a record. You can pay for radio. You can do a lot of marketing, but when it’s in the world, you drive outside you hear it. Everywhere you go it’s surrounding you. That’s how you know its impact."

Released two decades ago, Doggystyle was one of a handful of iconic albums to be released from artists out of California during that time period. The year before Doggystyle’s release, Dr. Dre released his solo debut, The Chronic.

Just last year, both Snoop and Dr. Dre made headlines when they performed alongside the hologram of another noted West Coast artist, Tupac Shakur, at Coachella 2012.

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