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.
DPG Unit
Snoop Dogg Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
G-Unit, is in the motherfuckin house
[Snoop Dogg - *echoes*]
Oh shit! (DPG) Yeah, haha
It's the motherfuckin DPG G-G-G-G Unit!
Can you believe it? (believe it)
On some gangsta shit, straight up nigga
Check this out right here though
Check it check it out, check it check it out
[Interlude: Snoop Dogg]
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
G-Unit is in the motherfuckin house (DoggHouse)
You keep talkin shit I'll put my gun up in your mouth
My gun up in your mouth, I'll show you what I'm 'bout
[Snoop Dogg]
Sit back, kick back nigga 'fore I click-clack
Dig this, I did that but I can't admit that
Niggaz want some get back, I know it so I get strapped
Suckas took they laws off, these hoes want my draws off
'cause tried to foul me, but I had to steel back
In fact when I hit him he was bloody in the bilz-nack
His buddy tried to peel back, but I had to kill that
Real niggaz from the turf, shit I know y'all feel that
We won't talk, ain't no need for that (fuck that)
The word on Snoop is I'm a G for that
A 'G' for what? Fuckin niggaz up with no talkin
See the best way to leave a nigga's off in a coffin
And now I'm back on the set and I'm walkin
I done it so clean ain't nobody even talkin (shhhh)
It's like flippin a bitch, I'm Crip'n with this
I'll fuck around and have you niggaz missin and shit
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg] + (Daz)
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
G-Unit is in the motherfuckin house (Motherfuckin house!)
You keep talkin shit I'll put my gun up in your mouth
My gun up in your mouth, I'll show you what I'm 'bout
[Daz Dillinger]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I here to replenish opponents, you gangstas
Ain't nothin goin on but the crazy DPG Unit, BA-BAY!
Who that nigga you love to hear from?
I'm comin back with the full artillery, comin back with them full drums
I'll beat yo' ass and I'll stomp you out
With Buck, Banks, 50 comin just to stomp you out
Snoop and Supa, Daz see-walkin again for the cash
We came from playin them fuckin games so raise up the flags
[Supafly]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Now keep talkin bitch nigga, lay your body in chalk
G dippin, we Crip'n, Dogg Pound Gangsta mission
Blastin a straight assassin flashin the heat
Mashin with G-Unit, we do it, nigga please move it
Don't make me cock cause I won't stop
I got you scoped in my infra, fuck up and I'll getcha
(Givin death to a nigga tryna fuck wit a G)
I got my 9 in my pocket bitch, kick off an apocalypse
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg] + (Daz)
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
G-Unit is in the motherfuckin house (Motherfuckin house!)
You keep talkin shit I'll put my gun up in your mouth
My gun up in your mouth, I'll show you what I'm 'bout
[50 Cent]
Nigga now gotta let me break it down for you how it's gon' be
You don't wanna fuck with Snoop cause then you gotta fuck with me
G-Unit, DPG - go 'head
Start some shit, I got my strap with me
Watch how niggaz get to duckin when I get to bustin
It's nothin, I'll touch him for talkin too much I'll cut him
Push my knife in then fuck him
Man, pussy niggaz don't deserve to breathe
The strong survive, the bitches perish nigga you'll see
[Young Buck]
Ain't nothin like the smell of gun powder, the shells hittin the pavement
Even the paramedics couldn't save him
I gave him one to the chest, and sixteen to the face
Got knocked then call Cochran to get me off the case
We on deadly grounds, I done been to hell and back
I had to stand out in the rain just to sell my pack
Hangin outta the back of the black Cadillac window
Adrenaline pumpin, the infra-red on his temple
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg] + (Daz)
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
G-Unit is in the motherfuckin house (Motherfuckin house!)
You keep talkin shit I'll put my gun up in your mouth
My gun up in your mouth, I'll show you what I'm 'bout
[Lloyd Banks]
I'm straight outta Southside Jamaica nigga
I'm 'bout my paper nigga, your words won't make or break a nigga
I'll put yo' bitch on a track, make her break a nigga
Got rings like a Los Angeles Laker, nigga!
We smoke more than you can handle
So on my regular day I burn longer than a Rest In Peace candle
And my neck piece is a anchor
A G-Unit gorilla's equivalent to a Dogg Pound Gangsta
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg] + (Daz)
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
G-Unit is in the motherfuckin house (Motherfuckin house!)
You keep talkin shit I'll put my gun up in your mouth
My gun up in your mouth, I'll show you what I'm 'bout
The lyrics of "DPG Unit" by Snoop Dogg are a collaboration between the DPG (Dogg Pound Gangsta) and G-Unit, two of the most notorious rap groups. The song title "DPG Unit" signifies the union between the two groups, as they come together to deliver hardcore gangsta rap. The lyrics are full of references to guns, violence, and the street life, which is the predominant theme of gangsta rap.
In the first verse, Snoop Dogg sets the tone for the song with his signature flow, announcing the arrival of G-Unit with pride. The chorus emphasizes the danger of crossing the DPG or G-Unit, with the rappers threatening to put their guns in the mouths of anyone who talks trash. The second verse features Daz Dillinger rapping about his return to the rap game with full force, accompanied by the likes of Buck, Banks, and 50 Cent. The final verse, delivered by Lloyd Banks, boasts about his prowess as a gangsta rapper, with references to his jewelry and weed smoking habits.
Overall, "DPG Unit" is a high-energy rap song that celebrates the tough street life and the power of gangsta rap, as well as the collaboration and camaraderie between two of the most iconic rap groups in history.
Line by Line Meaning
Doggy struck a match and the match went out
Snoop Dogg tried to make something happen but it didn't work out
G-Unit is in the motherfuckin house
The G-Unit crew is present and ready to make their presence known
You keep talkin shit I'll put my gun up in your mouth
If you keep disrespecting and provoking me, I will take violent action
Sit back, kick back nigga 'fore I click-clack
Relax and chill before I pull out my gun and shoot
Dig this, I did that but I can't admit that
I have done some questionable actions, but I can't confess to them
Niggaz want some get back, I know it so I get strapped
People want revenge, so I make sure I am armed
Suckas took they laws off, these hoes want my draws off
Opponents have become weak and women are attracted to me
'cause tried to foul me, but I had to steel back
Because they tried to harm me, I had to retaliate and defend myself
In fact when I hit him he was bloody in the bilz-nack
When I struck him, he was severely injured and bleeding
His buddy tried to peel back, but I had to kill that
His friend attempted to flee, but I had to eliminate him
We won't talk, ain't no need for that (fuck that)
We won't engage in discussions or negotiation, that's not necessary
The word on Snoop is I'm a G for that
People consider me a gangster for my actions
See the best way to leave a nigga's off in a coffin
The most effective way to eliminate someone is to kill them
And now I'm back on the set and I'm walkin
I have returned to my territory and I'm confidently moving around
It's like flippin a bitch, I'm Crip'n with this
It's as easy as manipulating a woman, I'm representing my Crip gang
I'll fuck around and have you niggaz missin and shit
I may cause harm to someone and they could end up dead or missing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Expressing excitement and agreement
I here to replenish opponents, you gangstas
I am here to overpower and defeat my rivals, fellow gangsters
Ain't nothin goin on but the crazy DPG Unit, BA-BAY!
There is nothing happening except for the wild and unpredictable DPG Unit
Who that nigga you love to hear from?
Who is that guy you are always eager to listen to?
I'm comin back with the full artillery, comin back with them full drums
I am returning with all my weapons and firepower
We came from playin them fuckin games so raise up the flags
We have grown from playing childish games, so we proudly represent our gangs
Now keep talkin bitch nigga, lay your body in chalk
Continue talking, coward, and you'll end up dead
G dippin, we Crip'n, Dogg Pound Gangsta mission
Representing the G-Unit and Crip gangs, our mission is to promote gangster behavior
Blastin a straight assassin flashin the heat
Engaging in violent acts and displaying our firearms
Mashin with G-Unit, we do it, nigga please move it
Collaborating with G-Unit, we are a force to be reckoned with, so get out of our way
Don't make me cock cause I won't stop
Don't provoke me, because once I'm ready to act, there's no stopping me
I got you scoped in my infra, fuck up and I'll getcha
I have you targeted in my sights, make a wrong move and I will attack
I got my 9 in my pocket bitch, kick off an apocalypse
I am carrying a firearm, so don't mess with me or chaos will erupt
Nigga now gotta let me break it down for you how it's gon' be
Let me explain to you exactly how things are going to unfold
You don't wanna fuck with Snoop cause then you gotta fuck with me
If you mess with Snoop, you'll have to face the consequences from me too
G-Unit, DPG - go 'head
Both G-Unit and DPG are ready and willing to take action
Start some shit, I got my strap with me
If you initiate trouble, I am armed and prepared
Watch how niggaz get to duckin when I get to bustin
Observe how people quickly try to evade when I start shooting
The strong survive, the bitches perish nigga you'll see
Those who are strong and ruthless survive, while the weak and cowardly perish
Ain't nothin like the smell of gun powder, the shells hittin the pavement
There's a unique satisfaction in the scent of gunpowder and the sound of bullets hitting the ground
Even the paramedics couldn't save him
The injuries inflicted were so severe that even medical personnel couldn't rescue the person
I gave him one to the chest, and sixteen to the face
I shot him once in the chest and then repeatedly in the face
Got knocked then call Cochran to get me off the case
If I get caught, I'll hire a high-profile lawyer like Johnnie Cochran to defend me
We on deadly grounds, I done been to hell and back
We operate in dangerous territory, I have experienced extreme hardships
I had to stand out in the rain just to sell my pack
I endured unfavorable conditions in order to sell my drugs
Hangin outta the back of the black Cadillac window
Hanging out from the rear window of a black Cadillac
Adrenaline pumpin, the infra-red on his temple
Feeling intense excitement, with a laser sight aiming at his forehead
I'm straight outta Southside Jamaica nigga
I come directly from the dangerous Southside Jamaica neighborhood
I'm 'bout my paper nigga, your words won't make or break a nigga
I am focused on earning money, your words cannot harm or influence me
I'll put yo' bitch on a track, make her break a nigga
I will involve your girlfriend in illegal activities to harm you
Got rings like a Los Angeles Laker, nigga!
I have expensive jewelry similar to the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers championship rings
We smoke more than you can handle
We consume a large amount of marijuana that you cannot handle
So on my regular day I burn longer than a Rest In Peace candle
On an average day, I smoke marijuana for a longer duration than a memorial candle burns
And my neck piece is a anchor
The pendant on my necklace is shaped like an anchor
A G-Unit gorilla's equivalent to a Dogg Pound Gangsta
A member of G-Unit is as fierce and respected as a member of the Dogg Pound Gang
My gun up in your mouth, I'll show you what I'm 'bout
I will forcefully demonstrate my violent nature by placing my gun in your mouth
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ROBERT BRANDON SMITH, DAVID DARNELL BROWN, CHRISTOPHER CHARLES LLOYD, DELMAR DREW ARNAUD, CURTIS JAMES JACKSON, CORDOZAR CALVIN BROADUS, PRIEST J. BROOKS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@i_am_gohan9232
Snoop has the smoothest flow starting verses in Hip-Hop history.
@raritatstar7175
You are so... 🥳
@IXIRob_MarleyIXI
DPGG-Unit 🔥
@johnnycee9325
Can you believe it?
@GMPGMP-jp5ut
DPG-UNIT as a group with Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck would be awesome, then they could drop an album produced by Daz Dillinger, Soopafly and Fredwreck.
@Ric_A
Classic! That Young Buck album underrated
@wavyboyo
This song not on itunes smh
@jaykaynum5569
F.R.O.G. Unit💚🐸💪🏾
@youngtate3891
I miss this 50.
@leouchouchou2141
You must have stopped listening to his music then. No disrespect but that 50 never left