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.
It's Dat Gangsta Shit
Snoop Dogg Lyrics
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Yeah, you know we up in this motherfucker
You know what I mean?
Dogg-motherfuckin'-house
You can't tell me shit, get pistol whipped
Fuck what you say, it's the gangsta shit
We the gangsta click, kickin' gangsta shit
Put your khaki's and your blue
Rags and your Chuck's on it's Dat Nigga Daz
We rollin' in a black Brougham
Rollin' just gettin' domed
Just like a packed tail nigga
Cause I got to roam
Holdin' my own, step the wrong way
You'll get blown cHA-POW nigga, you're gone
Look out - stoned out, bombed out
With the niggas
We run my neighborhood with major clout
On this - paper route, street grindin'
Blindin' y'all niggas when we thug it out
Rip it out, dip it out, shippin' it all out
Nigga we outta here
We stone cold fools, for the cream
Supreme team, with billion dollar dreams
With trillion dollar schemes
With a infra-blue beam
Stickin' and whippin' niggas just for cream
See I'm a Dogg Pound mobster, boogie monster
Chest stomper
Dat Nigga Daz always into somethin'
Here you go, you hear my bass bumpin'
Stompin', like NWA i'm into somethin'
HA HA, see
The boys in the hood is way too hard
21st, the loc'est nigga on the boulevard
You can't tell me shit, get pistol whipped
Fuck what you say, it's the gangsta shit
We the gangsta click, kickin' gangsta shit
Fuck what you say, get pistol whipped
This gang bangin' ain't stoppin'
'Fore you know it I'll be up on the top
Ballin' way outta control whether you
Like me or not
I'm silky smooth with the gangsta groove
I'll make you move
Don't give a fuck what you say
That's just my attitude
On the West, bitches don't play that shit
Nigga bounce, gotta ounce?
Nigga blaze that shit
Ah shit, bitches wanna play me for a fool
So I - act a fool, I'm too hot to keep cool
They wanna know where I got it
Don't worry 'bout shit
Just know I'm 'bout that 'bout it
If a bitch blow up in this game
Don't doubt it
Eliminatin' bitch niggas cause the
Game's too crowded
If you see me blast off like a heat seeker
Hummin' if the earth started shake
You know I'm comin'
Runnin' shit, like it's s'posed to be
I'm takin' off on any trick tryin'
To get close to me
CHA-POW (shoot 'em, shoot 'em up)
Up jump the boogie to the boogie
To bang bang to the boogie, bang bang
(shoot 'em, shoot 'em up)
Up jump the boogie to the boogie
To bang bang to the boogie, bang bang
(shoot 'em, shoot 'em up)
Up jump the boogie to the boogie
To bang bang to the boogie, bang bang
(shoot 'em, shoot 'em up)
Up jump the boogie to the boog-idy-bee
(Snoop Dogg)
It's the mythological, chronical, diabolicle
Pyschological, make a model hoe fuck a G
Polish ya, demolish ya
Turn you all into particles
Shade tree niggas in the game
I lose 'em like follicles
But that goes in pathetico
Vaticles into articles read 'bout particles
And I heard that I shot a few
But that's what you gotta do
When you're livin' so radical
From me to you my nigga
Never yap without your gat fool
Bang bang, we don't play
We fuckin' 'em up er'day
That's why you got carried away
I guess you got carried
Away, but it's alright, it's okay
Cause we gon' play er'day
I'll cut you like a DJ
R-r-roa - cut so fresh better yet
I'll put a slug in your chest - yep
And then I'll blind you, bleed you
Guide you and mislead you
Tape you, strip you, rape you
Then proceed to -
Put yo' ass up under the dirt (uh hu)
No more pain and no more hurt
I jerk that jerk up out of his skirt
Snoop Dogg stay puttin' in work, motherfucker
Run up and get dropped stop and get popped
Me and my niggas, we don't stop, won't stop
Run up and get dropped stop and get popped
Me and my niggas, we don't stop, won't stop
Run up and get dropped stop and get popped
Me and my niggas, we don't stop, won't stop
Run up and get dropped stop and get popped
Me and my niggas, we don't stop, won't stop
You can't tell me shit, get pistol whipped
Fuck what you say, it's the gangsta shit
We the gangsta click, kickin' gangsta shit
Fuck what you say, get pistol whipped
The lyrics to "It's Dat Gangsta Shit" by Snoop Dogg depict a gritty and aggressive lifestyle associated with gang culture. The song glorifies violence and displays a "don't mess with me" attitude. Snoop Dogg and his crew, referred to as the gangsta click, assert their dominance and power over others. The lyrics boast about their ability to inflict harm on those who oppose or disrespect them, highlighted by lines like "You can't tell me shit, get pistol whipped" and "Run up and get dropped stop and get popped."
The song also showcases the allure and swagger of being a part of the gang culture. Snoop Dogg references the street fashion associated with the lifestyle, such as wearing khakis, blue rags, and Chuck Taylor sneakers. He boasts about rolling in a black Brougham and getting "domed," which means receiving oral sex, as a symbol of his success and the perks that come with it. Snoop Dogg presents himself as a powerful and influential figure within his neighborhood, known for his ruthless behavior, hustling, and making money.
Overall, "It's Dat Gangsta Shit" glorifies violence, presents a grim image of gang culture, and exalts a dominant and aggressive persona.
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