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.
Vapors
Snoop Dogg Lyrics
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Do not disrespect
I don't disrespect you niggas,
I don't bother you niggas
I get my money the way I do
Leave me alone
I don't disrespect you niggas
Leave me alone
Please, just leave me alone
I'm getting my money the way I do,
I'm in my own comfort zone
Leave me alone
Don't disrespect me
Keep to myself, you keep your yourself
Leave me alone (Poetry in Motion)
Radio, TV, and even the press
They want the meaning of V-A-P-O-R-S
Now the meaning of this word without no doubt
Means nobody wants to be down when you're down and out
Now when you established and got a lot of money
Everybody wants to be your buddy and honey
Like tall buildings they call skyscrapers
(Here comes the vapors)
Can you feel it, nothing can save ya
For this is the season for catching the vapors
And since I got time, what I'm gonna do
Is tell you how it's spreading throughout my crew
Well you all know Nate Dogg, who sings on my records
"Never Leave Me Alone", "Ain't No Fun", now check it
Back in the days before Nate Dogg began
He used to try to holler at this girl named Pam
The type of female with fly Gucci gear
She had a big Herringbone with a weave in her hair
When they tried to kick it, she'd always fess
Talking about, "Baby please, you out here serving stress"
Since he wasn't no type of big chronic dealer
The homie Nate Dogg didn't appeal to her
But now he sport boots that match with his suits
Push a Lexus Coupe, that's extra cute
And now she stopped fronting and wants to speak and
Be coming round the Pound every single weekend
To get his beeper number she be begging please
Dying for the day to eat these
She caught the vapors
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
They caught the vapors (we checkin' papers)
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (she got the flavour)
They caught the vapors
I got a little cousin that's calm and plain
He bring the heat with the beat for the Dogg Pound gang
A mellow type of fellow that's laid back
But back in the days he wasn't nothing like that
I remember when he used to fight every day
When my auntie would tell him he would never obey
He wore his khakis hanging down with his starks untied
And a blue and grey cap that said the Eastside
Around my neighborhood the people treated him bad
They said Daz was the worst thing his moms ever had
They said he would grow up to be nothing but a gangster
Or either in jail, or someone would shank him
But now he's grown up to their surprise
D-A-Z got a hit record selling worldwide
Now the same people that didn't like him as a child
Be like "Can I borrow a dollar, whoop, you a star now!
They caught the vapors
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (they caught the vapors)
They caught the vapors (D-A-Z checkin' papers)
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (they caught the vapors)
They caught the vapors
Now, I got another homie from tha L-B-C
Known to y'all as DJ Warren G
He cut, scratch, transforms with finesse
And all that mess
I remember when we first started to rock
He tried to get this job at Calvin's Record Shop
He was in it to win it, but the boss fronted
Said "Sorry Warren G but there's no help wanted"
Now my homie Warren still tried
On and on and on til the like break of dawn
To work at tha V-I-P would be the lick
But they looked right past him so my homie straight dipped
Now for the year after Regulate
Warren G is having papers so my homie's like straight
He walked into the same record shop as before
And the boss be like "Warren, welcome to my store"
Offering him a job, but nah he don't want it
Damn it feels good to see people up on it
'Cause I remember when at first they wasn't
Now guess what they caught since he busting
The vapors
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (they caught the vapors)
They caught the vapors (Warren G is makin' paper)
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (yeah, they caught the vapors)
They caught the vapors
Last subject of the story is about Snoop Dogg
I had to work for mine to show I was a true hog
When I was a teenager I tried to be down
But they wasn't trying to hear me I made the Pound
I saw a crew on two-one street and said, "Can I be down champ?"
They said no, and treated me like a wet food stamp
After getting rejected, I ain't run off the set
I sat and wrote some Dogg doo-doo rhymes at my rest
When I used to go to parties, they'd make me wait
Would have to beg to get on the mic to set MC's straight
I ain't never love no hoes I was just into my music
They acted like I wanted to keep on hanging with the juzi
But now things switched from West to East
"Yo dog do you remember me from 21st Street, G?
We used to sit down back in the day"
It happens all the time, so nigga don't be amazed
You caught the vapors
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (Doggy Dogg boy, I'm makin' paper)
They caught the vapors (yeah, haha, he caught the vapors
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (my niggas on top, we makin' paper)
They caught the vapors (take me out, ok?)
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
They caught the vapors, yes
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
They caught the vapors
He caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
They caught the vapors, yes
She caught the vapors
She caught the vapors
She caught the vapors, vapors, vapors
The song Vapors is essentially about how people change when they come into money and fame. Snoop Dogg is pleading with listeners not to disrespect him or bother him, as he is simply making money in his own way. He highlights the fact that when he was younger, he wanted to be part of a crew and was rejected, but now that he is famous, people who rejected him want to be his friend. The term "vapors" refers to the phenomenon of people catching the same contagious desire for success and the benefits that come from it, like material possessions and social status. To illustrate this idea, Snoop Dogg tells stories about his friends and colleagues who were once poor and unpopular but have now come into money and fame, and how people who once rejected them are now attracted to them.
Snoop Dogg uses his signature laid-back flow and uses his skillful wordplay to convey his message about the fleeting nature of success and how quickly people can flip their attitude towards you when you become successful. The song has a nostalgic feel to it and uses old-school hip-hop patterns to convey the relatable message. Overall, the song is an introspective and insightful look at the effects of fame and fortune on people's attitudes and relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't disrespect me
Do not disrespect me
I don't disrespect you niggas,
I don't bother you niggas
I get my money the way I do
I'm getting my money the way I do
Leave me alone
Please, just leave me alone
Keep to myself, you keep your yourself
I'm in my own comfort zone
Radio, TV, and even the press
They want the meaning of V-A-P-O-R-S
Now the meaning of this word without no doubt
Means nobody wants to be down when you're down and out
Now when you established and got a lot of money
Everybody wants to be your buddy and honey
Like tall buildings they call skyscrapers
(Here comes the vapors)
Can you feel it, nothing can save ya
For this is the season for catching the vapors
And since I got time, what I'm gonna do
Is tell you how it's spreading throughout my crew
Well you all know Nate Dogg, who sings on my records
"Never Leave Me Alone", "Ain't No Fun", now check it
Now the same people that didn't like him as a child
Be like "Can I borrow a dollar, whoop, you a star now!
I got a little cousin that's calm and plain
He bring the heat with the beat for the Dogg Pound gang
But back in the days he wasn't nothing like that
I remember when he used to fight every day
Now my homie Warren still tried
On and on and on til the like break of dawn
Offering him a job, but nah he don't want it
Damn it feels good to see people up on it
Last subject of the story is about Snoop Dogg
I had to work for mine to show I was a true hog
I saw a crew on two-one street and said, "Can I be down champ?"
They said no, and treated me like a wet food stamp
When I used to go to parties, they'd make me wait
Would have to beg to get on the mic to set MC's straight
But now things switched from West to East
"Yo dog do you remember me from 21st Street, G?
You caught the vapors
She caught the vapors (Doggy Dogg boy, I'm makin' paper)
They caught the vapors (yeah, haha, he caught the vapors
They caught the vapors (my niggas on top, we makin' paper)
She caught the vapors
They caught the vapors, yes
vapors, vapors
She caught the vapors
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: HARRY WAYNE CASEY, RICHARD RAYMOND FINCH, RONALDO GREENFIELD, MARCEL THEO HALL, ANTONIO M HARDY, ALVIN HASKIN, MARLON LU'REE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL JOYNER WINFREE
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Radical Bryan
Rest in paradise to the "Vapors" originator, the late Biz Markie.
Ricky Gee
Wheeeehhhhh weeeeeeee! Dat's dat HIP HOP!!!!!!!!!!
Walter TheWizKid Rainey
rest in peace to james Brown also.. the instrumental master
Richard O
The original's good's but I'm a 90s kid, this one appeals to me more.
Spencer Cielo
And RIP to the big homie. The late great Nate Dogg
rhuttrho88
WORD!!🙏🏿👍🏿👌🏿👐🏿💪🏿
bjuan34
Why I never heard this from Snoop until now. This is pure homage to the Originator. Rest in Power Biz 🙏🙏🙏
Ché Uarangi
He took this verse almost word for word from Charizmas song "Vapors"
phxgen
@Ché Uarangi Was that a shitty joke?!
phxgen
@Ché Uarangi did you comment then delete it after you figured out that the Charizma & PBW track was a verbatim cover of Biz Markie's "Vapors?"