Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally … Read Full Bio ↴Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, television personality and actor. His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre and featured on Dre's solo debut, "Deep Cover", and then on Dre's solo debut album, The Chronic. He has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide.

Snoop's debut album, Doggystyle, produced by Dr. Dre and released in 1993 by Death Row Records, debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name?" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994 Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was the Case, starring himself. His second album, Tha Doggfather (1996), also debuted at number one on both charts, with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. The album was certified double platinum in 1997.

After leaving Death Row Records, Snoop signed with No Limit Records, where he recorded his next three albums, Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998), No Limit Top Dogg (1999), and Tha Last Meal (2000). Snoop then signed with Priority/Capitol/EMI Records in 2002, where he released Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss. He then signed with Geffen Records in 2004 for his next three albums, R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, and Ego Trippin'. Malice 'n Wonderland (2009), and Doggumentary (2011) were released on Priority. Snoop Dogg has starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows, including Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg's Father Hood, and Dogg After Dark. He also coaches a youth football league and a high school football team. In September 2009 Snoop was hired by EMI as the chairman of reactivated Priority Records.

In 2012, after a trip to Jamaica, Snoop announced a conversion to Rastafarianism and a new alias, Snoop Lion. As Snoop Lion he released a reggae album, Reincarnated, and a documentary film of the same name, about his Jamaican experience, in early 2013. His 13th studio album, Bush, was released in May 2015 and marked a return of the Snoop Dogg name. His 14th solo studio album, Coolaid, was released in July 2016. Snoop has 17 Grammy nominations without a win.

In 2018, he released his first gospel album, Bible of Love.

Kool Moe Dee ranks Snoop at No. 33 in his book There's a God on the Mic, and says he has "an ultra-smooth, laidback delivery" and "flavor-filled melodic rhyming". Peter Shapiro describes Snoop's delivery as a "molasses drawl" and AllMusic notes his "drawled, laconic rhyming" style. Kool Moe Dee refers to Snoop's use of vocabulary, saying he "keeps it real simple...he simplifies it and he's effective in his simplicity".

Snoop is known to freestyle some of his lyrics on the spot for some songs – in the book How to Rap, Lady of Rage says, "Snoop Dogg, when I worked with him earlier in his career, that's how created his stuff... he would freestyle, he wasn't a writer then, he was a freestyler," and The D.O.C. states, "Snoop's [rap] was a one take willy, but his shit was all freestyle. He hadn't written nothing down. He just came in and started busting. The song was "Tha Shiznit"—that was all freestyle. He started busting and when we got to the break, Dre cut the machine off, did the chorus and told Snoop to come back in. He did that throughout the record. That's when Snoop was in the zone then."

Peter Shapiro says that Snoop debuted on "Deep Cover" with a "shockingly original flow – which sounded like a Slick Rick born in South Carolina instead of South London" and adds that he "showed where his style came from by covering Slick Rick's 'La Di Da Di'". Referring to Snoop's flow, Kool Moe Dee calls him "one of the smoothest, funkiest flow-ers in the game". How to Rap also notes that Snoop is known to use syncopation in his flow to give it a laidback quality, as well as 'linking with rhythm' in his compound rhymes, using alliteration, and employing a "sparse" flow with good use of pauses.

Snoop re-popularized the use of -izzle speak, particularly in the pop and hip-hop music industry.

Snoop Dogg is a lifelong fan of professional wrestling. On March 30, 2008, Snoop Dogg appeared at WrestleMania XXIV as a Master of Ceremonies for a tag team match between Maria and Ashley Massaro as they took on Beth Phoenix and Melina. On a March 23, 2015 episode of Raw, Snoop Dogg appeared in a segment with Hulk Hogan and Curtis Axel. At WrestleMania 32, he accompanied his cousin Sasha Banks to the ring for her match, rapping over her theme music. He was also inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.

Broadus made a special guest appearance in All Elite Wrestling on the January 6, 2021, episode of AEW Dynamite, titled New Year's Smash. During this appearance, Snoop appeared in the corner of Cody Rhodes during Rhodes's match with Matt Sydal. He later gave Serpentico a Frog Splash, with Rhodes then delivering a three-count.

Snoop Dogg would join The Miz to host both nights of WrestleMania 39. During Night 1, he accompanied Rey Mysterio in a lowrider during his entrance, paying tribute to the late Eddie Guerrero. On Night 2, he introduced Shane McMahon to face The Miz in another spontaneous match. McMahon would sustain a quad injury during the match prompting Snoop Dogg to improvise and finish the match himself, ultimately defeating Miz. Snoop Dogg's improvisational acts were lauded by wrestlers and executives, including WWE chief content officer Triple H.

Buss'n Rocks
Snoop Dogg Lyrics

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Another smoke session up in this motherfucker
Blaze some shit up for me Q
Yea, whats up dogg, this is what I'm talking bout
Some of that gangsta shit (Eastside)
Shutting these niggas up (Shut em up shut em up dogg)
Westcoast nigga, Quik and Snoop Dogg (Forever)
9-9 nigga

When I wake up in the morning and I get up out my bed
I feel good, o yes I do
Cause I still can give it up for you

[Chorus: x2]
Cause we're all a little strong
In the Beach, where the paper's long
But as for me
I only G when I'm buss'n rocks
Dogg Pound

Nigga, you know you gotta have heart
I told you niggas from the start
If I'm still in it, I'm in it for life
Always stay down and keep my motherfucking game tight
Cause ever since Elementary, or was it Pre-school Quik?
I was a motherfucking fool
I had to have papers it was routine
A young nigga on a mission for them collard greens
I, shake niggas
Break Niggas
Make niggas, shank theyselves
For fucking with my wealth (nigga)
And it'll catch on
Cause if it don't, it's on
And, cause, I ain't even slippin' when I'm all alone
Sittin' back loungin' in the Chronic Zone
Clown me ya gone
Surround me, it's on
Get the money you're gone
My niggas' paper so long
They call him Snoop Capone
So if you want me, get me, got me
Should have shot him
But now they call me Snoop Gotti
And that's all I LBC
Betta yet, that's all I DPGC

[Chorus: x2]

I'm slappin' bones
In front of my home
Choppin' game on the phone
Smokin' a zone
Big 6, big 5-3's with ya bitches
My girls in the kitchen, cookin' up some fish and
I'm blastin' at this nigga that was trippin'
O, knuckle head nigga, thought I was slippin'
But I wasn't slippin', I was on deck
I blast his ass, peck peck now his shirt's wet
Dead, gone, light's out
With no remorse, I had to take him out
I'm laughin' at this shit cause it was funny
Fuckin' with the dogg I take your life and your money
And then I dip to my spot (dip dip)
And set up shop with yo rocks (motha fucka)
And nobody gon' speak on the 8-7
Cause still, all doggs go to heaven

[Chorus: x2]

I'm freestylin'
See-stylin'
Snoop and Quik comin' through we fin' to take you to the island
Where the bitches and the bud come free
And everybody listen to the D-O double G
Hoes on my dick, niggas on my nuts
People be lovin' me because I drop cuts
That makes sense, it make big money
See Snoop is that nigga who don't hafta play funny
But I got yo honey, up under my wing
Cause she like the song that the bow-wow sing
I'll put her in a cling
I won't buy her a ring
But I'll put her on the hoe-stroll to make me some green
And even if she never even saw me befo'
There's just no way that she can tell me no
You know my game's unbelievable baby (uh uh, uh uh)
And it's strong enough to make your grandmama pay me

[Chorus: x2]

West coast, gangsta shit
My nigga DJ Q
Yea
Like I told y'all
DPG for the 9-9

DPG, yea Top Dogg, fo sho'
Smoke y'all

Overall Meaning

The song “Buss’n Rocks” by Snoop Dogg starts with the sound of a smoke session and rap over it. The lyrics in the song talk about how he feels good when he wakes up in the morning and how he’s always been on a mission for the collard greens. Snoop talks about how he shakes, makes, and breaks niggas who come in between his wealth. He further brags about his long paper and how he’s called Snoop Capone. He ends the song by talking about his game, how he’s strong enough to make even grandmamas pay him through his DPG crew.

The lyrics are all about Snoop Dogg's life that he faced growing up in Long Beach, California, and his music career. He praises how he's always been in it for life and how he wants his fans to see him always as a gangsta rapper. He also talks about how he and Quick will take you to the island where the bitches and the bud come free, meaning he has everything that could give his fans the best experience. The song portrays the West Coast style, and its beats justify the lyrics.

Line by Line Meaning

Another smoke session up in this motherfucker
We are smoking more weed in this place

Blaze some shit up for me Q
Could you please light up some weed for me is what Snoop Dogg is asking DJ Q

Yea, whats up dogg, this is what I'm talking bout
Snoop is excited about the weed they are smoking

Some of that gangsta shit (Eastside)
Snoop Dogg is referring to the type of music they produce, which is mostly related to gangsta culture, as they are from Eastside

Shutting these niggas up (Shut em up shut em up dogg)
Snoop Dogg is confident that their music will silence their critics and haters

Westcoast nigga, Quik and Snoop Dogg (Forever)
Snoop Dogg is proud of being from the Westcoast and also acknowledges DJ Quik's contribution to their music

9-9 nigga
Snoop Dogg is referring to the year 1999

When I wake up in the morning and I get up out my bed I feel good, o yes I do Cause I still can give it up for you
Snoop Dogg is expressing his appreciation to his fans who still appreciate his music after all these years

Cause we're all a little strong In the Beach, where the paper's long But as for me I only G when I'm buss'n rocks Dogg Pound
This line is about the Beach and how money is long there, but Snoop Dogg is only a gangsta when he is selling rocks, which is a reference to his music

Nigga, you know you gotta have heart I told you niggas from the start If I'm still in it, I'm in it for life Always stay down and keep my motherfucking game tight
Snoop Dogg is stating that to be successful in the music industry, you need to have a strong will and determination

Cause ever since Elementary, or was it Pre-school Quik? I was a motherfucking fool I had to have papers it was routine A young nigga on a mission for them collard greens
Snoop Dogg is reminiscing about his school days when he was preoccupied with making money, even when he was young

I, shake niggas Break Niggas Make niggas, shank theyselves For fucking with my wealth (nigga) And it'll catch on Cause if it don't, it's on
Snoop Dogg is warning his competitors that messing with his money will lead to retaliation and also stating that people will eventually catch on to the quality of their music

And, cause, I ain't even slippin' when I'm all alone Sittin' back loungin' in the Chronic Zone Clown me ya gone Surround me, it's on Get the money you're gone My niggas' paper so long
Snoop Dogg is confident about his ability to handle himself even when alone, and he is also highlighting that his crew has a lot of money

They call him Snoop Capone So if you want me, get me, got me Should have shot him But now they call me Snoop Gotti And that's all I LBC Betta yet, that's all I DPGC
Snoop Dogg is explaining how people refer to him as a gangsta like Capone or Gotti, and he is also paying homage to his roots by referencing LBC and DPGC

I'm slappin' bones In front of my home Choppin' game on the phone Smokin' a zone Big 6, big 5-3's with ya bitches My girls in the kitchen, cookin' up some fish and I'm blastin' at this nigga that was trippin' O, knuckle head nigga, thought I was slippin'
Snoop Dogg is describing his relaxed lifestyle of playing dominoes and smoking weed outside his house while his girl is cooking in the kitchen. He also mentions that he had to teach someone a lesson for messing with him

But I wasn't slippin', I was on deck I blast his ass, peck peck now his shirt's wet Dead, gone, light's out With no remorse, I had to take him out I'm laughin' at this shit cause it was funny Fuckin' with the dogg I take your life and your money
Snoop Dogg is explaining that he was prepared for any trouble and took care of the situation by shooting someone which he finds amusing. He also mentions that he takes his music seriously and anyone who interferes will face dire consequences

And then I dip to my spot (dip dip) And set up shop with yo rocks (motha fucka) And nobody gon' speak on the 8-7 Cause still, all doggs go to heaven
Snoop Dogg is bragging about how he will take over someone's drug-selling spot and nobody will even report him to the authorities because of his status

Where the bitches and the bud come free And everybody listen to the D-O double G Hoes on my dick, niggas on my nuts People be lovin' me because I drop cuts
Snoop Dogg is claiming that people flock to him because of the free weed and women, and he is also asserting that he is famous because of his music

That makes sense, it make big money See Snoop is that nigga who don't hafta play funny But I got yo honey, up under my wing Cause she like the song that the bow-wow sing
Snoop Dogg is saying that his approach to music makes sense and brings in a lot of money. He also mentions that he has a woman under his wing because of his music

I'll put her in a cling I won't buy her a ring But I'll put her on the hoe-stroll to make me some green And even if she never even saw me befo' There's just no way that she can tell me no
Snoop Dogg is referring to his ability to manipulate women by putting them on the streets to earn money for him. He also implies that women cannot refuse him because of his fame and status in the music industry

You know my game's unbelievable baby (uh uh, uh uh) And it's strong enough to make your grandmama pay me
Snoop Dogg is asserting that he is so good at what he does that even someone's grandmother would pay him money

West coast, gangsta shit My nigga DJ Q Yea Like I told y'all DPG for the 9-9 DPG, yea Top Dogg, fo sho' Smoke y'all
Snoop Dogg is signifying his affiliation with the Westcoast and also giving props to DJ Q and his crew, Dogg Pound Gangstas, for their music

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: WILLIAM(BOOTSY) EARL COLLINS, CALVIN CORDAZAR BROADUS, GEORGE JR CLINTON, WALTER MORRISON, JAMES A VITTI

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