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The accompanying music video for "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", directed by Dr. Dre, [11] depicts Dre coming into Long Beach, California to pick up Snoop and go to a block party. Mingling at the party, they perform the first verses with a barbecue cookout and a game of volleyball nearby.
Before this session, Warren had been producing beats and saving them. When Nate Dogg was invited over to visit the apartment, he immediately liked the instrumental for Regulate. They began writing and recording the song together in the same session, inspired by the duet style of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang, and Run-DMC ...
Dr. Dre & Ice Cube, “Natural Born Killaz” (1994) Listen to the instrumental tone of Dre’s dense, ominous intro — a mean growl. This is the not-so-laidback flipside of “The Chronic” and ...
The genre experienced a breakout year in 1992, with Dr. Dre dropping his album The Chronic. The album was a massive success, having three top 40 singles: "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", the Eazy-E diss "Dre Day", and "Let Me Ride." [21] It also reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, [22] and No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [23]
The song won Dr. Dre Best Rap Solo Performance at the 1994 Grammy Awards. [35] On this song and "Nuthin but a "G" Thang", Time magazine noted that Dr. Dre's verses were delivered with a "hypnotically intimidating ease" and made the songs feel like "dusk on a wide-open L.A. boulevard, full of possibility and menace". [36]
"The Wash" is a collaborative single by American rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, recorded for and released as the second and final single from The Wash soundtrack. The song was produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Pooh. The song makes many references towards the lyrics in one of Dr. Dre's biggest hits, "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang".
For that year, Billboard magazine also ranked Dr. Dre as the eighth-best-selling musical artist, The Chronic as the sixth-best-selling album, and "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" as the 11th-best-selling single. [30] "California Love" earned Dr. Dre his first number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and two Grammy nominations.
The soundtrack debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200, for the week ending January 30, 2016.The album debuted at number-one on the Top Rap Albums chart. [3] In the second week, the album peaked at number one on the Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 12,000 units in the second chart week.