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and the contract was there.

And I'm askin',

"Where's Warren G?

and, you know,

the rest... Nate Dogg?"

"Oh, they gonna

come do theirs later."

I went to Dre,

and I talked to him.

You know,

and he was just like,

"You know,

you gotta be your own man.

I don't want you

to go through no bullshit,

so just go out

and create your own sh*t,

you know, on your own."

But, me,

uh, being such a fan of him,

it hurt.

I think Warren G

is one of the unsung heroes

when it comes

to that whole crew.

[The D.O.C.] Without Snoop,

there is no Chronic.

Without Warren,

there is no Snoop.

That early explosion,

had a lot to do with Warren G.

He was there and Dre

is not the kinda guy

who gives everybody

detailed credits.

We was just kickin' it around.

I put some samples together.

Snoop and D.O.C. came over

and put some lyrics to it,

and, uh,

just put it together like that,

and it was the bomb.

Nobody gets to make a record

that Dre doesn't control.

He's not gonna

barter his brand,

and so if Dre doesn't see you

as valuable behind a microphone,

then your work is dead

in the water, period.

That was supposed to be

the thing that made us all win.

When it cracked,

it's just the thing

that made Suge and Dre win.

Warren G,

he didn't get anything.

Death Row pushed him out

when it started to explode.

[Warren G] After that, that kind

of, like, made me feel like

I gotta go do my own thing,

so I went back to the hood,

you know, slept

on my sister's floor

and just started

tryin' to build myself

back into who I knew I was.

So, now, tell me a little bit

about Death Row Records here.

Death Row Records. Death Row

Records gonna be the next Motown.

- You know what I'm sayin'?

- Mm-hmm.

We buildin' up somethin'.

You know, the Chronic

album was the foundation,

Snoop's album is gonna be

another brick in the house

that Death Row built.

And I don't need

No type of support

I stand on my own two feet

I defeat any MC

Who tries to step to me

Blow 'em like ashes

Mashes with the DPGs

Niggas freeze at ease

Please I'm the S

Oh yes I guess I'm blessed

When I take the microphone

I don't be smokin'

[Snoop Dogg]

I would've never signed it

if I'd have known

he didn't have a deal.

You know,

it was thrown in my face

like everybody was signed.

And then once

I found out he wasn't,

what was I supposed to do,

go tell them,

"Hey, take my name

of the paper"?

I had to continue to do

what I was doin',

and this is what you wanted.

You've been wantin' me

to do this sh*t

for the longest.

I'm here now.

But at the same time,

I can't do it with you,

but I involved him

in everything that we did.

[Warren G] I was around Snoop

sessions around '93,

just bein' there

to try to be creative

and try to help my homeboy

be successful.

[music playing,

no audible dialogue]

Just seein' and watchin'

how far he went from being here

to growin' up

into a full fledged artist.

["Who Am I (What's My Name)?"

by Snoop Dogg playing]

From the depths of the sea

Back to the block

Snoop Doggy Dogg

Funky as the the The D.O.C.

Went solo on that ass

But it's still the same

Long Beach is the spot

Where I served my cane

Doggystyle was the most

anticipated rap album

of all time when it came out.

It was like you just

couldn't get enough Snoop.

- Snoop Doggy Dogg

- Yeah yeah yeah

Snoop Doggy Dogg

Everybody had heard Snoop

on The Chronic

and was waitin'

on his own record.

The stage was set.

[Big Boy] That was a record

that introduced the world,

not just to Dogg,

because we got The Chronic,

But I'm talking about

introduced the world to

what Long Beach was,

what this look was,

what "cuz" meant.

Then when you think about

the "What's My Name" video,

to be in Long Beach

and shoot that video on top of,

you know, the V.I.P.

It wasn't a pretty video

where it had to be

pretty ladies,

and it had to be

the most beautiful car.

It was like,

"Nah, I'm in the hood,

this is where I come from,

this is where they love me and

this is where they accept me."

Doggy Dogg Doggy Dogg

When he hit, he hit.

He hit it out the park.

He hit it out the park,

believe me.

Snoop Doggy Dogg in the house

With the fans like every day

And I'm right back up in here

With Dr. Dre

And like I said none

Of y'all can get with this

And none of y'all

Can get with that

[applause]

- Hey, Snoop, how you doin'?

- Excited.

You are?

Nancy Fletcher.

- Jewell.

- Warren G.

- How you doin', Snoop?

- I'm chillin'.

So what's the message that

you're trying to send out

on your new debut LP?

Just somethin' to groove to.

Get your mind off your problems.

Stop the violence.

Somethin' to groove to.

So I understand Dr. Dre is

a major influence on you?

It's all a family thing.

You know what I'm sayin'?

It's a Death Row coalition.

It's like his music

with my words.

It's like it's a family thing.

Somethin' to groove to.

Give it up for

Snoop Doggy Dogg.

[The D.O.C.] The day

that it was released,

me and Snoop just rolled

around L.A.

and saw the lines in all

the record stores, you know.

And I remember that because

he was so blown away by it.

He had to have known

on some level,

but I think Snoop is just

a really humble guy.

Everywhere I went,

all you could hear

was something coming out

somebody's window,

and it was Dogg

or the conversations of,

"Man, have you heard this one?

What's your favorite?"

[Too Short] Let's just hold

Snoop Dogg up on a pedestal.

He's a worldwide household name.

Icon. Iconic. Snoop Dogg.

That is the G-Funk

in a lightning bolt.

Like, that's it.

[Ice T] Snoop was dope.

I just wanted to hear more

and more music from him.

Such a cool person,

you know.

White girls turned Snoop Dogg

into a sex symbol,

you know what I'm saying?

Like, girls from our end,

they can say,

"Oh I love the hair,

I love this,"

but then MTV girls was like,

"Oh, my God, do you see this?"

[Snoop Dogg] "Doggystyle"

jumped straight pop.

Like, I was

number one pop album.

I'm tryin' figure out

how the f*** am I pop

when I don't make music

that popped?

There was always this perception,

like, you make a pop song

or a song

that has pop possibilities even,

that's not hip-hop.

But from a person who's cultural

and loves hip-hop,

that is very hip-hop.

[song continuing]

[Snoop Dogg]

Pop means that you're popular.

As real as I was,

as hard as I was,

as gangster as I was,

white America accepted it

faster than black America.

[The D.O.C.] White motherfuckers

smoke weed just like niggas,

probably more 'cause they don't

get in trouble for it.

[laughs]

You know? Sh*t.

They probably

on they bongs and sh*t

and havin' a good time.

They can relate to the Dogg.

So I became popular

with being the lead voice

from the Chronic album

that stepped into his own,

produced by Dr. Dre,

with a new spirit,

new feeling,

and a whole new swag.

Nobody had a swag

like mine that was hard

but in-pocket and mellow.

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