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.
G Funk
Snoop Dogg Lyrics
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This is another story about dogs
For the dog that don't pee on trees is a bitch
So says Snoop Dogg
So get your pooper scooper, 'cause the nigga's talkin' shit
Roof, roof, roof, roof
I'm sippin' on Tanqueray
R-A-G to the motherfucking E
Back with my nigga S-N double O-P (yeah, and ya don't stop)
Rage in effect, I just begun to rock (I said yeah, and you don't quit)
(Hey yo, Rage, would you please drop some gangsta shit?)
I rock ruff and stuff with my Afro Puffs
Handcuffed as I bust, 'bout to tear shit up
Oh, what? Did ya think I, didn't ever think I
Would be the one to make you blink eye? I'm catchy like pink-eye
Never will there ever be another like me
Um, you can play the left, 'cause it ain't no right in me
Out the picture, out the frame, out the box I knock 'em all
Smack 'em out the park, like, "A Friendly Game of Baseball"
Grand slam, yes, I am
Kickin' up dust and I don't give a goddamn
'Cause I'm that lyrical murderer
Pleading guilty, you know for my skills I'm about to be
Filthy large, Rage in charge
You know what's happenin', don't try to play Raj
This ain't no rerun, see hun, don't you want to be one
However, Rage'll wreck ya
'Cause I'm def, I kick my vocals
I'm loco, coast to coast or local, uh
I'll make 'em go cuckoo for my cocoa
Puffin' stuff, hey yo, Snoop, you're up
Let these niggas know that niggas don't give a fuck
This is just a small introduction to the G-Funk era
Every day of my life, I take a glimpse in the mirror
And I see motherfuckers tryna be like me
Ever since I put it down with the D-R-E
Foamin' at the mouth and waggin' his tail
Searchin' through the yard with a keen sense of smell
Lookin' for the business in heat
And when he find her, he'll be sniffing her seat
We travel in packs and we do it from the back
How else can you get to the booty?
We do it doggystyle, all the while we do it doggystyle
Yo motherfuckin' ho
He fucked the fleas off the bitch
He shaked the ticks off his dick
And in her booty, he buries his motherfuckin' bone
And if there's any left over
He'll roll over and take a doggy bag home
Damn, that Tanqueray is talkin' to a nigga
(I ain't bullshittin', one of y'all niggas gotta get it)
Man I got to piss
(Breath test?)
In Snoop Dogg's song "G Funk", he talks about his success in the music industry, specifically in the subgenre of G-funk, which he helped popularize. In the chorus, Snoop lists different letters and what they represent - "G" is for the gang of money he makes, "F" is for the gang of fools he breaks, "you" is for the undisputed champ, "N" is because you're never gonna get the mic back, and "K" is for the niggas he knocks on their back. He then expresses his satisfaction in seeing Long Beach, his hometown, on the map, and how he'll always keep his music real.
Snoop then directs a message to those who try to steal his style and make money off of it, revoking their pass and asserting himself as the king of G-funk, the one and only. He acknowledges those who have their own styles and disapproves of copycats who can never achieve his level of success. Lastly, he recognizes the power of his music, creating a baseline and gangsta tune that will make people move.
Line by Line Meaning
G is for the gang of money I make
I'm making so much money, even the alphabet is representing it
F is for the gang of fools I break
I'm breaking the fools and haters who try to bring me down
you is for the undisputed champ
I am the champion, no one can deny it
N is 'cause you never gonna get the mic back
Once I take the mic, you won't be able to get it back because I'm too good
K is for the niggas that I knock on they back
I knock my enemies on their back and claim my victory
Damn is feels good to see Long Beach on the map
I'm proud to represent Long Beach and put it on the map
Till the day I'm dead I'm gonna keep that shit real
I'll always be true to myself and my music, even until my last breath
Now you niggas know G-Funk's for real
I've proven that G-Funk is a real and legitimate style of music
To those people who don't believe in G-funk
I'm calling out the people who doubt or criticize G-Funk music
Tried to take my style and make a quick buck
Some people try to copy my style to make money without putting in the originality and effort
here's a message to one and all
I have a message for everyone who disrespects my style and work
Your pass is revoked
You are no longer welcome to copy or use my style without permission
Now I'm havin' a ball
I'm having fun and enjoying my success, despite the haters
Any questions come and see me
If anyone has any doubts or questions about my music, they can come directly to me
the king of G-Funk the one and only
I am the one and only king of G-Funk music
Congratulations you sound like Nate
You copied my hook so well, you sound just like Nate Dogg
You took my old hook
You copied my old hook and used it in your song
And got me paid
Your use of my hook made me money, so thanks for that
Some people are nothin' but clones
Some people have no originality and just copy others
Some people have styles of their owm
Some people have their own unique styles that are not copied
Some people are copycats
Some people copy others without creating anything original
These people can't get the mic back
These people can never achieve the same level of success and recognition that I have
Can you feel me one-hitter quitters
Can you understand my talent and my drive to succeed, or are you just giving up after one try?
You can't copy me, I'm one in a million
I'm too unique and talented to be copied by just anyone
Call any expert and you can ask him
Even experts would agree that I'm an original and talented artist
Copy machines can't copy platinum
Just copying someone else's work won't lead to the same level of success and recognition
When you feel like some cavy G-Funk
When you want to listen to some smooth and funky G-Funk music
You need some music to bumb in your trunk
You need some music to play in your car's sound system
I got a baseline, a gangsta tune
I've got the perfect combination of a funky bassline and a gangster vibe in my music
Put on the classics and your head will be movin' soon
Listen to my classic G-Funk songs and you won't be able to resist moving your head to the beat
Lyrics © ENTERTAINMENT ONE U.S. LP, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Cordazar Calvin Broadus Jr., George Clinton Jr., Philippe Wynn, Robin Y. Allen
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