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Rick Rock, DJ Battlecat, Stresmatic, Battle Loc + More Featured On Snoop Dogg’s Def Jam West “Algarhythm” Album

Multi-platinum producer Rick Rock took to social media to exclaim his excitement about his production credits and features from the Federation on the upcoming Snoop Dogg album Algarhythm, which will be dropping on Def Jam West.

Rick Rock also disclosed in the post that DJ Battlecat produced a banger which will feature San Diego’s own Battle Locco rapping with the Doggfather.

“DOPE!! MY NIGGA GOT SLAPS ON THIS DEF JAM WEST 1ST RELEASE “ALGARHYTHM” 🎤🔥🥁💯🔉1ST SLAP IN THIS VIDEO IS PRD BY YA NINJA @RICKROCKBEATS WIT @stresmatic ON HOOK BUT THERE IS A SLAP ON THIS ALBUM WIT @battlelocco prd by @djbattlecat THATS IGNANT!! @snoopdogg got 3 FEDERATION NIGGAZ on same album DO!!”

The song playing in the video via Snoop Dogg’s IG features Stresmatic, from the Federation, on the hook.

A few weeks ago, ProHoeZak confirmed he was also working on the forthcoming project from Snoop as well.

Check out the post from Rick Rock below:

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