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 4ร 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 โ 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"โthat 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 โ 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.
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Snoop Dogg Lyrics
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You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Narcotic this window meth merchant
Shippin' and handlin' your life supply
Time to get up and wipe the eye boogers out my eye
What y'all tryna buy pimpin', why'know it's kinda dry
Yeah, I only gotta couple of pies left
That'll last me through the year
Doula, ice cream candy
Man, that shit be comin' in handy
It's real walkie talkie
I got that from the DB's, my cousin, work dirty
If you want 'em, I got 'em, you up to cop it
You better be about your grit
Devour any cowards, sours slippery at the lip
Beast up, suck up to none, don't be no sucker
Be a block monster, be a reputable motherfucka
Real mash with my Spanish
If ain't about no gouda, partner, you can vanish
Don't get put up in your place
Give me 40 feet and an ounce of space
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Now-A-Later's, Gum Drops, Jelly Beans
Lollipops and triple beams
Blue Carpet, yeah, that's Tha Treatment
Candy so sweet, got everybody eatin' it
Bigg Snoop Dogg, I'm the star of this
So go on and get yourself a bar of this
No change, man, gimme the bucks
The kinda candy I sell, they call it 'Deez Nutz'
I'm almond with the caramel insides
You appear frontin' with the French fries
How it feel, man? What it look like?
I'm in your neighborhood, pullin' on some Bud Light
Sweet and sticky, take it out the wrapper
Now put it in your mouth
To the beat of the drum, it'll be fun
And I bet you can't just eat one, candy
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
I'm in the hood with the six-trey candy paint
Lil' somethin' to chunk, make the *** all faint
If you know when to beep, jump my baby rate
When I grip round her butt, I hold her steady
Yeah, she my one and only
Quick to keep back haters who don't know me
I feel good about candy
My gangstas understand me
Shake it, baby, don't break it baby
Now can you make it clap?
Tryna fit this work in your gap
Drop it like it water pagoda, get my hustle on
I get it from you, then I step on it to bubble on
It's gettin' sweeter than a sugar cane
Here come that sugar daddy, black, rollin' on gold thangs
Fo'shigiddy, he turned it into somethin', boy
'Cause I can't leave this filthy game without my Almond Joy
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
It's like candy, candy
Get it how you want it
Whip it, twist it, pop your whip up on the corner
While I tadaa check out this bizarre
The D A T, the N I double G, the D A Z
Again, it's up in the wind, feel the breeze for s***
Goddamn, you already know who I am
Chrome on chrome, blue on blue, frost colors switches
Hit the gas, hit the brake, y'all really burn rubber?
Dip, drop, drop, dip
Stop, dip, ghost ride the whip
Yeah, *** shot caller
It's America's number one baller
Man, I don't give a *** like, "*** it"
High riders, slide in the bucket
Little momma all up on a *** like a coat
I got the perfect thang that'll coat her throat
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Three thousand **** pieces, you understand me?
I wish a *** would come in this ***
If I see Suge right now, I'd tell him, "Hey, how you doin', Suge?"
I didn't even know you were standin' there, *** my bad
The lyrics to Snoop Dogg's song Candy are all about the drug trade. The repeated phrase "You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water" refers to drugs that Snoop Dogg is selling- he has so many drugs that they are practically dripping out of his pockets. He also mentions specific drugs such as meth, and talks about how he is the one selling these products. The line "If you know when to beep, jump my baby rate" suggests that Snoop Dogg will sell these drugs to anyone, but they have to be subtle about it. In the second verse, Snoop Dogg references candy, which seems out of place, but this is actually a metaphor for his drugs. He claims that his drugs are so great that everyone wants them, just like how everyone wants candy. Finally, the line "I got the perfect thang that'll coat her throat" is a double entendre for something that he is trying to sell.
Overall, Candy is a song that uses candy as a metaphor to talk about drugs, and Snoop Dogg is in the drug trade. The song seems lighthearted and fun, but the truth behind the lyrics is a dark and brutal reality.
Line by Line Meaning
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
I have drugs available for sale
Narcotic this window meth merchant
I'm a drug dealer who sells meth
Shippin' and handlin' your life supply
I'm responsible for providing my clients with drugs
Time to get up and wipe the eye boogers out my eye
I need to wake up and clear the sleep from my eyes
What y'all tryna buy pimpin', why'know it's kinda dry
What drugs are you interested in buying? Supplies are low right now
Yeah, I only gotta couple of pies left
I have a limited amount of drugs available
That'll last me through the year
I have enough drugs to last me a while
Doula, ice cream candy
I'm referring to various types of candy
Man, that shit be comin' in handy
Candy is useful for staving off hunger or cravings for drugs
It's real walkie talkie
I learned about this from my cousin's friend who uses code names for drugs
I got that from the DB's, my cousin, work dirty
I learned about drug slang from my cousin's friend, DB
If you want 'em, I got 'em, you up to cop it
If you want to buy my drugs, be ready to purchase them
You better be about your grit
You need to be determined and focused to buy drugs from me
Devour any cowards, sours slippery at the lip
Don't let anyone talk you out of buying drugs from me
Beast up, suck up to none, don't be no sucker
Be confident and don't let anyone take advantage of you
Be a block monster, be a reputable motherfucka
Establish a reputation for being a reliable drug buyer
Real mash with my Spanish
I speak Spanish fluently
If ain't about no gouda, partner, you can vanish
If you're not serious about buying drugs, don't waste my time
Don't get put up in your place
Don't let anyone challenge your authority
Give me 40 feet and an ounce of space
Give me some room and respect my boundaries
Now-A-Later's, Gum Drops, Jelly Beans
I'm listing various types of candy
Lollipops and triple beams
Lollipops are a type of candy, triple beams are a type of scale used for drugs
Blue Carpet, yeah, that's Tha Treatment
Blue Carpet is a metaphor for the luxurious lifestyle that comes with drug dealing
Candy so sweet, got everybody eatin' it
Everyone wants a piece of the drug trade
Bigg Snoop Dogg, I'm the star of this
I am the kingpin of drug dealing in my area
So go on and get yourself a bar of this
Go ahead and buy some drugs from me
No change, man, gimme the bucks
I only accept cash for drugs
The kinda candy I sell, they call it 'Deez Nutz'
I'm referring to my own brand of drugs
I'm almond with the caramel insides
I'm describing my own physical appearance
You appear frontin' with the French fries
You look foolish
How it feel, man? What it look like?
How are you doing? What do you think?
I'm in your neighborhood, pullin' on some Bud Light
I'm hanging out in your area
Sweet and sticky, take it out the wrapper
Drugs are addictive and hard to resist
Now put it in your mouth
Take the drugs
To the beat of the drum, it'll be fun
Drug use can be enjoyable
And I bet you can't just eat one, candy
Drugs are addictive and hard to resist
I'm in the hood with the six-trey candy paint
I'm driving an expensive car in the hood
Lil' somethin' to chunk, make the *** all faint
I'm showing off my wealth and power
If you know when to beep, jump my baby rate
If you know when to contact me, I will offer you a discounted rate for drugs
When I grip round her butt, I hold her steady
When I hold my gun, I am in control
Yeah, she my one and only
My gun is my most prized possession
Quick to keep back haters who don't know me
I am always prepared to defend myself against those who would threaten me
I feel good about candy
I enjoy drug dealing and it makes me happy
My gangstas understand me
The people who work with me understand my methods and respect me
Shake it, baby, don't break it baby
Enjoy life without being reckless
Now can you make it clap?
Can you dance well?
Tryna fit this work in your gap
I'm trying to sell my drugs to you
Drop it like it water pagoda, get my hustle on
I'm always hustling to make money
I get it from you, then I step on it to bubble on
I make a profit by selling drugs at a higher price than I paid for them
It's gettin' sweeter than a sugar cane
The drug business is becoming more lucrative
Here come that sugar daddy, black, rollin' on gold thangs
A wealthy man is coming to buy drugs from me
Fo'shigiddy, he turned it into somethin', boy
He has converted his wealth into a profitable drug business
'Cause I can't leave this filthy game without my Almond Joy
I'm so invested in the drug business that I can't leave it
It's like candy, candy
The drug business is addictive like candy
Get it how you want it
I am flexible in my approach to drug dealing
Whip it, twist it, pop your whip up on the corner
Sell drugs however you want
While I tadaa check out this bizarre
I'm enjoying the spectacle of drug use and dealing
The D A T, the N I double G, the D A Z
I'm listing the names of my friends and associates
Again, it's up in the wind, feel the breeze for s***
Anything can happen in this business
Goddamn, you already know who I am
I'm famous and well-known in my area
Chrome on chrome, blue on blue, frost colors switches
I have a flashy car
Hit the gas, hit the brake, y'all really burn rubber?
I'm showing off my driving skills
Dip, drop, drop, dip
More driving maneuvers
Stop, dip, ghost ride the whip
Yet another driving maneuver
Yeah, *** shot caller
I'm an important person in the drug world
It's America's number one baller
I'm successful and well-respected in the drug business
Man, I don't give a *** like, '*** it'
I don't care about anything else besides making money from drugs
High riders, slide in the bucket
I'm talking about driving expensive cars
Little momma all up on a *** like a coat
Women are attracted to me because of my money and power
I got the perfect thang that'll coat her throat
I can provide women with drugs to make them happy
Three thousand **** pieces, you understand me?
I'm bragging about my wealth
I wish a *** would come in this ***
I am confident in my ability to defend myself and my business
If I see Suge right now, I'd tell him, 'Hey, how you doin', Suge?'
I'm acknowledging Suge Knight, a famous former music executive and record producer
I didn't even know you were standin' there, *** my bad
I didn't realize someone was listening in on my conversation
Lyrics ยฉ Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: LARRY BLACKMON, TOMI JENKINS, ISHMAEL REGINALD BUTLER, CRAIG LAMAR IRVING, MARYANN ASTARTAE VIEIRA, CORDOZAR CALVIN BROADUS, DELMAR DREW ARNAUD, RICARDO EMMANUEL BROWN JR., MARCUS BURNS, KEIWAN DASHAWN SPILLMAN, EARL T. STEVENS, RICARDO THOMAS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@emaculatej650
no one had a bad verse on this track. everyone ripped this shit
@ExSkran
E-40 always spits trash tho
@johnnietringali174
3m you're Hella stupid
@ExSkran
lil boy i grew up to hiphop & i know if a person knows how to spit or not, all i'm saying is E-40 has a horrible flow
@DaRevoolver
@87 I actually agree. I've never truly felt hes flow, but still, he is a respected man in HipHop
@ExSkran
well he got his own style i respect it
@UnreleasedUnderratedRnBgrooves
I remember BET played this on the New Years Eve 2006 countdown. This song has been stuck in my head the past 15 years lol.
@lindsayhall5285
๐๐๐ bruh i was a kid n i still randomly break out singing the chorus to this song or im sayin deeeeeez nutttttzzz
@tistheartist2985
It was on the countdown for a minute and Thatโs That Shit fr R. Kelly
@locobrown
Its New Years Eve 2024 right now!