Doggy Bag Explained

Doggy Bag
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Lil' Bow Wow
Cover:	Bow Wow - Doggy Bag album cover.jpg
Released:	December 18, 2001
Recorded:	2000–01
Genre:	Hip hop
Length:	36:01
Producer:	Jermaine Dupri (also executive), Bryan Michael Cox, The Neptunes
Prev Title:	Beware of Dog
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Unleashed
Next Year:	2003

Doggy Bag is the second studio album by American rapper Lil' Bow Wow. It was released on December 18, 2001 through So So Def Recordings and Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2000 to 2001. The production on the album was primarily handled by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. The album also features guest appearances by Jagged Edge, Da Brat and Xscape among others. Doggy Bag was supported by two singles: the first single "Thank You", which samples The Cars' "I'm Not the One", and the second single "Take Ya Home", which was also featured on the soundtrack to Lil' Bow Wow's 2002 film, Like Mike. The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics but was commercially successful, debuting at number eleven on the US Billboard 200 chart and selling 319,000 copies in its first week.^[1]

Commercial performance

On January 23, 2002, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over a million copies.^[2] As of December 2006, the album has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[3]

Track listing

(*) denotes co-producer.

Notes^[4]

• Track 1, "We Want Weezy (Intro)" features uncredited vocals by Jermaine Dupri.
• Track 2, "Take Ya Home" features uncredited vocals by Aaliyah Minter and Khim Davis.
• Track 9, "Crazy" features uncredited vocals by Sleepy Brown.

Sample credits

• Track 1, "We Want Weezy (Intro)" samples "We Want Eazy" as performed by Eazy-E, and written by Eric Wright, George Clinton and Maceo Parker. And "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby" written by Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, and Maceo Parker.
• Track 2, "Thank You" samples "I'm Not the One" as performed by The Cars, and written by Ric Ocasek.
• Track 3, "Take Ya Home" samples "Have a Nice Day" as performed by Roxanne Shanté.^[5]
• Track 6, "All I Know" samples "Candy Girl" as performed by New Edition, and written by Larry Johnson, Michael Edwin Johnson, Dennis Lambert, August Moon, Brian Potter and Tyrone Thomas.^[6]

Personnel

Credits taken from Allmusic site.^[7]

• Sleepy Brown - vocals
• Teresa Caldwell - stylist
• Andrew Coleman - recording
• Bryan-Michael Cox - production
• Jermaine Dupri - executive producer, production, vocal production
• Kris Feldman - art director, design
• Brian Frye - recording
• Bernie Grundman - mastering
• John Horesco IV - engineering assistant

• LaMarquis Jefferson - bass guitar
• Brian "Bonehead" Kinkead - vocal engineering
• Diane McDonald - A&R
• Tadd Mingo - assistant
• Jonathan Mannion - photography
• The Neptunes - mixing
• Billy Odum - guitar
• Phil Tan - mixing
• Eddie "Skeeter Rock" Weathers - A&R

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)!scope="col"

Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[8]	127
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[9]	65

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[10]	77
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[11]	38
US Billboard 200^[12]	63
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[13]	16

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harris . Chris . Got Charts? B2K Vs. Lil' Bow Wow, Destiny's Child Vs. J. Lo . https://web.archive.org/web/20240331001224/https://www.mtv.com/news/p03100/got-charts-b2k-vs-lil-bow-wow-destinys-child-vs-j-lo . dead . March 31, 2024 . MTV . 2002-03-22 . 2024-03-30.
2. Web site: Recording Industry Association of America . RIAA . 2012-02-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH . 2007-06-26 .
3. Mitchell. Gail. Growing with the Fans. Billboard. December 16, 2006. 118. 50. June 8, 2012. 40. Prometheus Global Media. 0006-2510.
4. (2001) Album notes for Doggy Bag by Lil' Bow Wow. So So Def Recordings.
5. Web site: Bow Wow's Sample-Based Music . WhoSampled . 2012-02-14.
6. Web site: Candy Girl . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8hTOXJmpo7c . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube . 2008-07-17 . 2012-02-14.
7. [Allmusic]
8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020726120735/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_r&b2.html. January 8, 2002. July 26, 2002. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001. Jam!. January 22, 2023.
9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20021122000815/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_rap.html. January 8, 2002. November 22, 2002. Top 100 rap albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. January 26, 2023.
10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032620/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b.html. October 12, 2003. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002. Jam!. March 27, 2022.
11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032336/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_rap.html. October 12, 2003. Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada. Jam!. March 27, 2022.
12. Web site: Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2002. Billboard. December 17, 2018.
13. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. September 3, 2020.