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 4Γ 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 β 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"βthat 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 β 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.
Go To Church
Snoop Dogg Lyrics
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Nigga you need to stop snitchin!
All that yip-yappin and jaw-jackin
Nigga if you scared, go to church
You knew the job was dangerous when you took it
Whattup it's the big boss Dogg
Snoop D-O-double-G, Eastside L.B.C.
And I'm C-walkin on the motherfuckin concrete
[Intro: Ice Cube]
Yo if you're fucked up, put your cups up
Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg, nigga what's up
See he's a gangster, I'm a hustler
Yo it's either thank ya, or it's fuck ya
[Ice Cube + (Lil Jon)]
I'm down with Lil Jon ain't got to pretend (YEAH!)
"Crunk Juice" nigga run the club that you in (HEY!)
You scary motherfuckers don't wanna bring the ruckus (NAH!)
You just spend all your time in the club tryin to duck us (WHAT?)
And if you walk by nigga, I'ma knock fire nigga
from yo' ass, you can come try nigga (HEY!)
In the hood, all the way down South (YEAH!)
I ain't Mike Jones, keep my name out'cha mouth bitch (Mike Jones)
We can get it crackin if it get to clickin clackin
Look at Mr. Jackson, nigga with no reaction
If you scared, go to church, we gon' hit you where it hurts
That don't work, we'll put you in the dirt
Cause a whole lot of rappers make a whole lot of noise (hey)
Lyrics full of steroids, niggaz paranoid (hey)
And when you get that blowup, it make you throw up
When you realize your favorite rapper ain't got no nuts
[Chorus 2X: Ice Cube + (Lil Jon)]
If you a scared motherfucker go to church (GO TO CHURCH)
If you a gutter motherfucker do your dirt (A DO YOUR DIRT)
If you a down motherfucker put in work (A PUT IN WORK)
IF you a crazy motherfucker go berzerk (A GO BERZERK!)
[Snoop Dogg]
Click clackin, pistol-packin, Crip raggin folio
Who the only nigga in the club with the toolio
You ain't know? Yeah you did; there it was, there it is
"Is that Coolio?" Naw bitch, let me in
Jibba-jabba snatcher get at ya, spit at actors & rappers
Hang out with kidnappers and jackers
Make money off crackers; can you imagine how I keep shit crackin?
It's the big boss Dogg I'm back in action and smashin
I flash with the bling I sur-pass the supreme
You don't really wanna have a clash with my team
I mix hash with the green I'm the, last of the kings
If I got a bitch with me she got ass in them jeans
Rollin through yo' neighborhood, my Cadillac so clean
Servin all you suckers cause you all dopefiends
Just like that dopeman, nigga what's up?
You run up with that bullshit I'll fuck yo' ass up
[Chorus]
[Lil Jon: repeat 2X]
You scared, you scared
You scared motherfucker you scared
You scared (you scared) you scared (you scared)
You scared motherfucker you scared (you scared)
[Chorus]
[Ice Cube + (Lil Jon)]
It goes one for the money (HEY) two for the show (YEAH)
Three for the pussy, fo' for the glow (HEY)
Five for the rookies, six for the pros (NAH)
Seven for the numbers of them fuckin zeroes (WHAT?)
Eight for haters, nine for the cause
Ten for my niggaz, behind big bars (HEY)
Fuck these devils, and they laws (YEAH!)
Never question the size of Ice Cube's balls
In Snoop Dogg's "Go To Church," the main message is about not snitching, and how snitching can lead to dangerous consequences. The lyrics encourage people to think twice about yip-yappin' or Jaw-jackin' if they are afraid of the danger and instead look for solace in a higher power. The first verse commands those who are scared to go to church, reminding their complicity in partaking in a dangerous job; they knew the risks when they took them. With Ice Cubeβs intro, and the chorus, the song emphasizes that it is better to be a βdown motherf--kerβ and do your βdirtβ than to be a coward who only talks in vain. The artist also expresses his confrontational edge to anyone who is trying to avoid him or his gang by being a "scary motherf--ker," and reminds them that "if cops and prisons can't scare them, he sure as hell will."
The lyrics contain a harsh statement about society's problem of inadequate and unreliable resources for young black men who are pursued by police for minor offenses. Snoop Dogg aims to eradicate the epidemic of snitching by advising those, who suddenly feel like giving all the details of crime to law enforcement, to abstain from it, to avoid danger; instead, he suggests they can get right with a higher power.
Line by Line Meaning
Nigga you need to stop snitchin!
Stop being a snitch or a rat and start keeping your mouth shut.
All that yip-yappin and jaw-jackin
All that pointless talking and running your mouth.
Nigga if you scared, go to church
If you are afraid or cowardly, seek refuge in a religious organization.
You knew the job was dangerous when you took it
You were aware of the risks involved in your line of work from the beginning.
If you a scared motherfucker go to church (GO TO CHURCH)
If you are afraid or nervous, seek the safety of a church or religious establishment.
If you a gutter motherfucker do your dirt (A DO YOUR DIRT)
If you are a street hustler, do your work or illegal activities without hesitation.
If you a down motherfucker put in work (A PUT IN WORK)
If you are a loyal and dependable person, continue to work hard and be productive.
IF you a crazy motherfucker go berzerk (A GO BERZERK!)
If you are a wild and unpredictable person, lose control and act uncontrollably.
Click clackin, pistol-packin, Crip raggin folio
Carrying a gun or weapon as a gang member with a bandana representing their set.
Who the only nigga in the club with the toolio
Who is the only person in the club with a gun.
Jibba-jabba snatcher get at ya, spit at actors & rappers
Talking too much can get someone robbed or hurt, especially in the entertainment industry.
Hang out with kidnappers and jackers
Associating with criminals who kidnap or steal from people.
Just like that dopeman, nigga what's up?
Just like that drug dealer, what is going to happen?
You run up with that bullshit I'll fuck yo' ass up
If you approach me with any nonsense, I will physically harm you.
Never question the size of Ice Cube's balls
Do not doubt the courage and strength of Ice Cube.
Lyrics Β© BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CALVIN BROADUS, O'SHEA JACKSON, LA MARQUIS JEFFERSON, CRAIG LOVE, JAMES PHILLIPS, JONATHAN H SMITH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@slipknot73745
@@nickh5082bro his get low verse has one (1) two-syllable word lmao
"Let me see you get low (you scared!)
Drop that ass to the floor (You scared!)
Drop that ass ey, shake it fast ey
Pop that ass to the left and the right ey
Drop that ass ey, shake it fast ey
Pop that ass to the left and the right ey
Now back, back, back it up
Now stop (oh!) then wiggle with it (yea!)"
@berleezy
This is my favorite song of all time
@themalcahtwinz4743
How we listening to this at the same time. Wsg berlinnnn
@ayo6506
Yo Berlin!!!!
@PatrickKanzira-yc9up
Im listin to this n im in Paris rn lmao
@slumped4eva
Remembered that i used to hear this on my uncle's ps3 mp3 player. With those classic ps3 animations
@emondadon
i just came here from the food tier list. 2000s is my favorite era of hip hop i dont know how this got passed me
@GentlemenJack109
Finally a classic Christian rap song.
@jovonajosephine9975
Lol πΈ
@GentlemenJack109
Jovona Acedo ok
@quickeroats
Lol