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.
My Favorite Color
Snoop Dogg Lyrics
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Man what the FUCK do you think we're doin here
We're FED UP, we're sick of this shit!
And the police ain't never gonna get anywhere man
Shakin people down, shinin the lights in our eyes
Treatin all of us like criminals, cause of where we live
And right in front of our kids!
Uh sir do you know where your kids are right now?
Oh, oh, oh, shabba-dooba-dee-da-dee
Shab-dooba-da-da-dee-dee (Black)
Oh, oh, oh, (Part of being black yo)
Shabba-dooba-dee-da-dee
Shab-dooba-da-da-dee-dee
[Snoop Dogg]
When I get up, shakin up, breakin up, takin up
Tryna get my money on, tryna cake up
Tryna stack up, and tryna back up
Tryna pack up, I gotsta act up, and get my thang right
'cause you know, it's all part of being black
No disrespect to the white, but you know
When your black your black
You got to do one thing and try an get some get back
Uh it's the truth, it's a fact
That when your black, everybody on ya back
It's true, it's a fact
That when your black, everybody tryna take yo stack
Now watch out for the rat pack
From the black, yo' niggas in the front, yo' niggas in the back
Yo' niggas who got stack, and yo' niggas who got 'Lacs
Yo' niggas who don't get it, but yo' niggas who pack
Now you gotsta have a full game, 'cause if you gone be black
You gotsta watch out, 'cause these niggas want stacks
These niggas on a mission and they have to rat pack
They don't give a fuck, 'cause these niggas is black
They being black about the mind, being black about paper
But being all about black ain't givin you vapors
And try to put you up on game and try to show ya
That if you ain't black, you besta get a white lawyer
'cause I'ma tell ya and give ya the game, that
being black is like being in the yang
'cause they always gone label you, always gone fable you
And always gone point at you when somethin go down
And I knew, that it would be me, and not jiz-ou
'cause they know that I roll, with the biggest black criz-ew
And we all about gettin green
but when your black tryin to get green,
it's hectic, know what I'm mean?
'cause they always gonna, stop ya - drop ya - pop ya - mop ya
And then they gonna sweep ya, up under the rug
No more gangbangin, no more hidin out thug
I'm tellin you the real, you better feel what I feel
'cause these niggas on a mission, a mission to kill
And they ain't askin nobody and that's a fact
You better watch out if your black
[Male singer]
We all people
So tell me what we do to get cheated the same
Oooooohhh
Beware people
Better watch your back and step up your game
Beware, beware
We all people
Tell me when we gonna get cheated the same
[Snoop over chorus]
Uh, it's true that when your black, they out for ya stack
Gotta watch ya back, 'cause niggas is niggas,
and that's part of being black
You gotta keep ya eyes on ya stack
These niggas gone getcha black, uh it's real
It's a fact, 'cause ya gotta watch yourself when your kinda black
Be real, watch ya back,
'cause if you don't these niggas gone getcha black
[Snoop Dogg]
Now you wonder why I put so much pressure on my brothers
But niggas is niggas, and I can't put it no other -
Way, just play and say what you want to say
Niggas is the same all throughout the USA
I been around the world, and I came on back home
And niggas is the same, they always try to get ya boy
They like dogs, squabblin, tryin to get yours
But if you ain't gone open it, they knock down the doors
They gone take what they get, gonna get what they take
And if you gone be fake, check that shit from the gate
If you afraid of the dark, then stay out the alley
They got blacks being blacks way out in the valley
I used to be afraid, like to be shook up
'cause niggas like you always leave the game hooked up
Tryna get yours, but you gone get it too fast
'cause I'ma tell ya, watch them niggas,
'cause them black ass niggas on the move in the mash boy
And niggas don't care 'cause they out for cash and they know
If they catch you slippin, they gettin you and gettin away
Its part of the pay, its part of the day, they do it they way
And if you black it goes on like ev-er-why-day
I don't know black on black, black for black
But blacks take off on blacks
Blacks need to realize and wake up
And see we all one color, all one game
You my sister, you my brother
So you my daddy, or you my mother
I don't know but I know we all realated
And if we stay down there's no way that they can fade it
But that's just a game piece from me to why'all
But if black on black gone continue to brawl
Then black gone fall, then black knah
why'all better wake up and check out the black Dogg
[Male singer]
So Snoop Dogg speak the real
It don't even make a difference if it got matching sho'real
[Snoop Dogg]
Uh, its like that,
then your black, they out for ya stack
And its a fact, when your black, ya can't come back
'cause if ya go to the hood, they watchin you
They will lurk in you, they gonna get you
'cause your not payin attention, you led a nigga too much,
but that nigga straight snitchin
[Chorus - Male singer]
We all people
So tell me what we do to get cheated the same
Oooooohhh
Beware people
Better watch your back and step up your game
Beware, beware
We all people
Tell me when we gonna get cheated the same
Beware people
Better watch your back and step up your game
[Snoop Dogg over chorus]
Black, like that why'all,
Uh too black ya'll, black
It's like that ya'll
Yea I'm too black ya'll
It's like that why'all
Haha too black why'all
Yea it's like that why'all
Uh it's too black why'all
Yea it's like that why'all
Yea it's too black why'all
Yea it's like that why'all
Uh, I'm too black why'all
The song begins with a protestor expressing his frustration towards the police force and how they treat people like criminals because of where they live. The spokesman tries to divert his attention by asking him whether he knows where his kids are right now. Snoop Dogg then jumps in with his verse in which he talks about his struggles and how it's all part of being black. He talks about how black people are always under the radar and that everyone is always on their back, trying to take what they have. He mentions how his "niggas" are his only real support system, and how they're all about getting money while struggling to do so. He also talks about the rat pack, a group of black people who will stop at nothing to get what they want, including turning on their own kind. He sings about how black people always have to watch their backs and be careful because everyone is out to get them. The male singer comes in with the chorus and talks about how we're all people and how it's unfair that some people get cheated just because of the color of their skin. The song ends with Snoop Dogg echoing the same sentiments and emphasizing that being black means always being on guard.
Line by Line Meaning
Man, what the FUCK do you think we're doin here
Protestor questions the purpose of being subjected to mistreatment and brutality at the hands of police officers.
We're FED UP, we're sick of this shit!
Protestor expresses anger and frustration at experiencing ongoing mistreatment.
And the police ain't never gonna get anywhere man
Protestor believes that progress and change cannot be achieved through the actions of the police force.
Shakin people down, shinin the lights in our eyes
Protestor is subjected to unnecessary and excessive searches, as well as having bright lights used to disorientate and intimidate them.
Treatin all of us like criminals, cause of where we live
Protestor believes that they are being targeted and mistreated due to their place of residence and the color of their skin.
And right in front of our kids!
Protestor expresses outrage that their children are being exposed to this mistreatment and brutality.
Uh sir do you know where your kids are right now?
Spokesman asks the Protestor about the whereabouts of their children to highlight the need for parental responsibility.
Oh, oh, oh, shabba-dooba-dee-da-dee
Singer vocalizes a nonsensical sound to transition into the chorus.
Shab-dooba-da-da-dee-dee (Black)
Singer repeats the nonsensical sound with the word 'Black' added to highlight the song's theme of the struggles of black individuals.
When I get up, shakin up, breakin up, takin up
Snoop Dogg describes the daily struggles of his life, trying to make money, work hard, and succeed.
Tryna get my money on, tryna cake up
Snoop Dogg is focused on earning money and building wealth to support himself and his community.
Tryna stack up, and tryna back up
Snoop Dogg is trying to accumulate wealth and status, while being cautious and protecting himself and his interests.
Tryna pack up, I gotsta act up, and get my thang right
Snoop Dogg describes the need to be proactive and assertive to achieve success in life.
'cause you know, it's all part of being black
Snoop Dogg acknowledges that experiencing struggles and adversity is often part of being a black person.
No disrespect to the white, but you know
Snoop Dogg clarifies that his lyrics are not intended to be disrespectful towards white people, but to highlight the unique struggles faced by black individuals.
When your black your black
Snoop Dogg asserts that being black is an integral part of his identity and shapes his experiences in life.
You got to do one thing and try an get some get back
Snoop Dogg advocates for taking action to improve one's situation and seek justice.
It's the truth, it's a fact
Snoop Dogg emphasizes that his lyrics are based on factual experiences and observations.
That when your black, everybody on ya back
Snoop Dogg describes the constant scrutiny and pressure experienced by black individuals in society.
Now watch out for the rat pack
Snoop Dogg warns his audience to be cautious of individuals who seek to take advantage of others for their own gain.
You gotsta have a full game, 'cause if you gone be black
Snoop Dogg asserts that black individuals must be strategic, well-prepared and knowledgeable to succeed in life.
These niggas on a mission and they have to rat pack
Snoop Dogg warns his audience of the presence of opportunistic individuals who will do whatever it takes to accumulate wealth and status.
And try to put you up on game and try to show ya
Snoop Dogg seeks to educate and inform his audience about the realities of being a black individual in society.
That if you ain't black, you besta get a white lawyer
Snoop Dogg suggests that non-black individuals may not fully understand the struggles faced by black individuals and therefore may not be the best advocate for their interests in legal matters.
I'm tellin ya and give ya the game, that being black is like being in the yang
Snoop Dogg compares being black to the 'ying and yang' concept of balance and opposition in life.
And I knew, that it would be me, and not jiz-ou
Snoop Dogg acknowledges his own experiences and struggles, and notes that his place as a black individual in society is distinct from a white individual's experiences.
And we all about gettin green
Snoop Dogg notes that he and his community are focused on accumulating wealth and improving their economic status.
But when your black tryin to get green, it's hectic, know what I'm mean?
Snoop Dogg highlights the additional challenges faced by black individuals in pursuing financial success.
They gone take what they get, gonna get what they take
Snoop Dogg warns his audience of the aggressive and opportunistic behavior of some individuals who will take advantage of others to advance their own interests.
And if you gone be fake, check that shit from the gate
Snoop Dogg advocates for authenticity and being true to oneself, and encourages his audience to be cautious of fake or disingenuous individuals.
And if you afraid of the dark, then stay out the alley
Snoop Dogg suggests that individuals who do not feel prepared or confident should not put themselves in dangerous or risky situations.
I used to be afraid, like to be shook up
Snoop Dogg acknowledges his own struggles with fear and uncertainty, and how he has overcome those emotions to achieve success.
And if we stay down there's no way that they can fade it
Snoop Dogg advocates for solidarity and community support among black individuals to overcome challenges faced in society.
But if black on black gone continue to brawl
Snoop Dogg observes that intra-community conflicts and division can undermine the effectiveness of collective action and solidarity.
Then black gone fall, then black knah
Snoop Dogg suggests that failure to unite as a community will lead to negative outcomes for all black individuals.
Yea I'm too black ya'll
Snoop Dogg asserts his identity as a black individual.
It's like that why'all
Snoop Dogg emphasizes the truthfulness and importance of his message through repetition.
Uh it's too black why'all
Snoop Dogg continues to assert his black identity and states that his message is particularly relevant to black individuals.
Yea it's too black why'all
Snoop Dogg reiterates the importance of his message for black individuals.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CALVIN BROADUS, GREGORY HUTCHINSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
oneeazy1not2
my favorite snoop song glad i discovered this
Spyder elli
Chuuch
ShitWatchDis
man they some bangin' beats cuz , love this track and tommy boy , i still have this album on radio cassette tape lol , DPG'z for life !!!
Leon Jepson
SNÒOP LIVE'S TILL THE END,LEON!
Nick Seipel
Snoop is the King ...this CD is very rare shit ....Produzent suge Knight
DarthArab
Brilliant
Thank you
EmAnUeL RaMoS
nice song snoop you are the best nigga ;)
marcus Ulrich
Snoop dogg Dr. Dre ice cube T. I. Jay-z living ledgends
noodynoodz
F yeah i still go to this video for this song ha have been for years. F'n still not on spotify ha. Favorite snoop song of mine from the white fulla in NZ ha stnded as
Manolis Anastasiou
Listen to dis b4 u go to fight fury ovah n ovah agaiun