"Doggystyle" was released to widespread critical acclaim. "Rolling Stone" writer Touré mentioned ""Doggystyle" is filled with verbal and vocal feats that meet its high expectations. It speeds through 55 minutes of constant talk as if on a suicide hot line". David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" noted "It is the most limber, low-rider gangsta album to date" and went on to say ""Doggystyle" is a grim, bleak-faced record. It's set in a dead-end, no-tomorrow world of cheap thrills". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated ""Doggystyle" and "The Chronic" stand proudly together as the twin pinnacles of West Coast G-funk hip-hop of the early '90s" "Stylus" magazine presented "The Chronic vs. Doggystyle" article, and stated a strong point of "Doggystyle" compared to Dre's album was its follow-up singles and that "some of the album tracks are more famous than the singles". "Vibe" magazine expressed that "Snoop is no ordinary gangsta; that's impossible for an artist this playful. On his debut, with Dre riding shotgun anthems abound as often as gin-soaked debauchery". "The Source" magazine gave the album a 4/5 mic rating. It said Snoop Doggy Dogg emerged as a rapper who lived up to all the advance hype which came from his work on "The Chronic", and discussed songs on the record, stating "If 'Murder Was The Case' is a stroke of near genius, then 'Lodi Dodi' is an example of total genius." "NME" magazine called the lead single "a pinnacle he conquered effortlessly" and went on to name the record a "benchmark album".