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• Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  If nothing else, Doggystyle indicates a remarkable, if not exactly commendable, honesty in the relationship between Snoop Dogg and his fans. Snoop recognises that his absurdly wealthy, sexually indulged, permanently stoned persona is admired chiefly by priapic 14-year-old boys who don't understand why girls won't speak to them, and young men who think a booming car stereo is a signifier of awesome masculinity. He has delivered to these constituencies precisely the kind of video they would want. Doggystyle does not trouble itself with any actual promotional clips or artist interviews. Though Snoop occasionally deigns to wander in front of the camera and mime half-heartedly along to one of his songs, this is essentially a porn film, which is appropriate given that most of what Snoop has recorded in the last few years resembles uncannily the glutinous muzak that usually serves as a soundtrack for such things. It is not without amusement value, wholly inadvertent though this is--the editing of this "Soft" version of Doggystyle, intended to make it saleable in shops which are not patronised exclusively by men in overcoats, occasionally lends the joyless copulations of Snoop's mates a certain comedic appeal. --Andrew Mueller

• Eastsidaz, Tha | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £8.22   |  Saving you £1.77 (17.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Multi-platinum rapper Snoop Dogg stars in a gritty and realistic tale of double cross and revenge set in his native Long Beach CA. Tha Eastsidaz tells the story of Killa Pop (Snoop Dogg) as a respected and powerfull gang kingpin looking to get out of the game - as soon as he pulls of one final deal. His trusted lieutenant Crackle (Tray Deee) has set everything up the place the time the price... and him. Now Pop is fighting to survive in maximum security while Crackle steals the empire he has worked his entire life to build. Aided from the outside by gun-toting gangstresses Doggie's Angels and his loyal friend Snap (Goldie Loc) Killa Pop and partner (Darryl Brunson) plan an ingenious escape and a brutal payback for Crackle in an incredible climax you'll never forget.

• Tha Eastsidaz/Thug Life/State Property | DVD | (01/02/2004) from £10.89   |  Saving you £9.10 (45.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tha Eastsidaz: Multi-platinum rapper Snoop Dogg stars in a gritty and realistic tale of double cross and revenge set in his native Long Beach CA. Tha Eastsidaz tells the story of Killa Pop (Snoop Dogg) as a respected and powerfull gang kingpin looking to get out of the game - as soon as he pulls of one final deal. His trusted lieutenant Crackle (Tray Deee) has set everything up the place the time the price... and him. Now Pop is fighting to survive in maximum security while Crackle steals the empire he has worked his entire life to build. Aided from the outside by gun-toting gangstresses Doggie's Angels and his loyal friend Snap (Goldie Loc) Killa Pop and partner (Darryl Brunson) plan an ingenious escape and a brutal payback for Crackle in an incredible climax you'll never forget. (Dir. Michael Martin 2000) Thug Life: Boo is living the straight life now but he still owes Mecca. So when the favour is called in he has to ride shotgun with Mecca and Vee to deliver some hot wheels to a Southside chop shop. But when the shop owner sets them up to take the rap for a rival gang member it'll take all they've got to make it out of Southside alive... (Dir. Greg Carter 2000) State Property: Frustrated with being broke young gang leader and aspiring local drug kingpin Beans (Beanie Sigel) decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it. State Property follows Beans and his crew the ABM (All 'Bout Money) as they take over the city creating mayhem as their empire builds. Struggling to maintain his family life while coming up against both rival gangsters and the police Beans begins to learn that a life of crime comes with dire consequences. Things finally come to a head when he cannot surpass the city's most notorious crew run by Untouchable J (Jay-Z) and 'Boss' Dame (Damon Dash). (Dir. Abdul Malik Abbott 2002)