A collection of tracks from {$Snoop}'s Welcome to tha Chuuch mixtape series, {@Koch}'s {^Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album} gives these tracks their first aboveground exposure. There's a bunch of worthy newcomers, plus veterans of the West Coast like {$Daz}, {$Kurupt}, and {$Lady of Rage}, but there's very little of {$Snoop} himself and definitely less than was found on the original mixtapes. Still, the tracks retain their street feel and there's plenty of heat, even if the album as a whole is poorly sequenced with shabby packaging. The West Coast faithful and {$Snoop} fanatics who don't have access to the shady world of mixtapes should check it if only for the raw feel, but everyone else can pass. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide