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Hey, this Nate Dogg.
Blow some stuff, Doctor.
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I got my natural
in effect for the Nine Trey.
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Y'all recordin'
audio on this motherfucker?
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Warren G, got the tape?
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- Right here.
- Put it on.
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One thing about
magic, when you makin' magic,
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the ingredients sometimes
don't come with instructions.
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You just gotta know
how to put that shit together.
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♪ Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
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♪ Ooh, I just can't
Find a beat ♪
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- ♪ Flash light ♪
- ♪ Ohh I will never dance ♪
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♪ Flash light ♪
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♪ Flash light ♪
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♪ Flash light ♪
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♪ Ha-da-da-dee-da
Hada-hada-da-da ♪
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♪ Oh it's no use ♪
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- ♪ Flash light ♪
- ♪ Red light ♪
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- ♪ Neon light ♪
- ♪ Ooh stop light ♪
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♪ Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
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♪ I guess I'll go
Count the sheep ♪
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♪ Oh but I will never dance ♪
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♪ Everybody gotta
Feel the light ♪
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♪ Under the sun ♪
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♪ Summertime ♪
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♪ Yeah this is C-Knight
From The Dove Shack ♪
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♪ Gettin' dojahed out ♪
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♪ Kickin' it at King's Park
With all the homies ♪
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♪ Shit.
Hey you know what I'm sayin' ♪
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♪ So why don't you, uh ♪
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♪ Check out my homie
Bo to the Roc ♪
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♪ Hear this little solo thing ♪
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♪ I ride with the
I slide with the ♪
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♪ Locs and doggs
From the LBC ♪
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♪ All of the tricks
Wanna kick it with me ♪
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♪ 'Cause I run with Warren G ♪
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♪ Braid your weaves
Bustaz and G's ♪
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I was
raised off of 21st & Lewis,
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pretty rough side
of the east side of Long Beach.
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- ♪ East Siders ♪
- ♪ East Siders ♪
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Growing up on the east side,
it was fun. It was cool.
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Lotta sports, activities.
Ways to make money.
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No matter what it was, you know,
we could get that at King Park.
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King Park was the epicenter
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of where all our
relationships started.
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- It was our home.
- ♪ Let me hear you say ♪
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♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh ♪
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♪ Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ♪
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♪ Summertime in the LBC ♪
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I would walk
to school in the morning,
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me and my sister,
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Snoop and his mom...
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His mom used to walk him
across the park
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to go to school
at the same time.
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So we used to see each other
goin' across the park.
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When we would
see each other at King Park,
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we would always, you know,
click and hang out.
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It was every time you
seen Warren, you seen Snoop,
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every time you seen Snoop,
you seen Warren.
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United Teens was a man
named Jeff in a blue van.
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We called the van the Voltron,
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and we was the Voltron Crew.
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He used to pick us up,
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take us to different
neighborhoods to sell candy.
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We would work real hard,
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we would sell all of the candy
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that's in the boxes,
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and all we would get
out of the deal
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was, like, $25, maybe.
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You know,
we'd go to school, $15, $20,
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you ballin', you know
what I'm sayin'?
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And we was able to, you know,
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learn how to hustle,
learn how to communicate
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and have dialog and dialect.
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And to be articulate,
knockin' on doors,
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"Hi, Ma'am,
we're with United Teens,"
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and learnin'
how to sell product
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and, you know,
look somebody in the eye.
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And that went
a long way with us
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because it was like a skill
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that wasn't being handed down
in the neighborhood.
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Nobody was teaching this.
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And most of the guys
that did that,
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back when we were kids,
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all of them niggas got money
or got jobs.
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He gave us the
opportunity to make something,
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even though he was makin'
a lot of money off of us.
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We weren't smart enough
to understand everything.
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Towards the late seventies,
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music had
begin to change, and
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hip-hop was being created.
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You could just see
breakdancin'
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and pop-lockin' and rappin',
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you know, become the new
sensation in the neighborhood.
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And when it comes to hip-hop,
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it was New York and Philly
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that really connected.
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That was the core of it.
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And the record
company, mainly the majors,
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they only sold it as vinyl,
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'cause they didn't think that
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hip-hop and rap music
could sell albums.
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And that was
the pioneering era.
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You know, hip-hop,
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when it came out
in the eighties,
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it... it gave us new hope.
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You got to remember
that before rap,
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you had to be in a band.
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You know, you had
to really play instruments.
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If you couldn't sing
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or you couldn't play
no instrument,
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you couldn't be
in the music business.
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You know, not as an entertainer.
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Hip-hop changed all that.
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You know, say, yo,
if you got this other skill...
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You know, if you can
make records like this,
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you know, you can hit
the same stage
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as Prince and Michael Jackson,
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and, you know, all the stars
of the day.
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And that was the
breakaway thing with hip-hop.
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Average kids were able to make
a form of music.
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Being in school,
helped me a lot as a rapper,
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because battle rap was like,
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you know, your 15 minutes
of fame back then
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as far as having
a record deal.
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Nobody really had deals
back then.
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So I entered
into the battle rap world.
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When you're an
amateur, that's all you got.
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'Cause you gonna make your mark
at nutrition
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or at lunch
on the same quad.
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You know, everybody
gonna get around and rap
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and gonna see who the best.
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It's like a gang fight.
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You know, after school
you're ready to rumble.
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And sometimes you win,
sometimes you might lose,
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sometimes you might
have a fight.
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Snoop was just...
was so talented, you know.
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And I was his
hype-man/security/MC,
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just, you know,
talkin' to the crowd.
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I would call his battles out.
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You know, I would tell him like,
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"Snoop, da-da-da-da
wanna battle.
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Let's go get him."
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Warren G was like Don King
or a promoter,
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'cause he would always,
you know,
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say, "My homeboy
could do this and do this."
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And I'd be
like, "Hold up, Snoop.
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Wait a minute.
What's that right there?"
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And I would rap about
whatever he was pointin' at.
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"Hey, Snoop, what about
that right there?"
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"Oh, you talkin'
about the water bottle?"
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Goin' off on him, off a bottle.
Dogg would bust like that.
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And he'd be like, "Hey, Snoop,
what about this Chinese food?"
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And he would rap about it
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and break it down.
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And make it work towards
whoever he's battling.
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It was incredible the things
that he could do.
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As far as Nate, Nate came
from Mississippi as a kid,
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and he rode right
into what was goin' on.
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First time I met Nate Dogg was,
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uh, Poly High School in 1986.
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We had a science class.
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I was beatin'
on the table, I think
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to a Rakim song that came out,
"I Ain't No Joke,"
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and I was doin'
that beat on the table,
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and I was rappin'
and freestylin'.
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And Nate was sittin', like,
right on the side of me.
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And he started, like, singin'
and freestylin'.
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And we just... we jammed.
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Snoop was like, "Man, you need
to get down with me and Warren."
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♪ Back in the days
At Poly High ♪
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♪ Yo, check me, yo ♪
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♪ Back in the days
At Poly High ♪
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♪ Got to get your scrap on
Do or die yo ♪
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♪ Back in the days
At Poly High ♪
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♪ Old school
Old school mother... ♪
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I didn't even know
that Nate could sing like that.
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The soulfulness
that was comin' from his voice
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was just... was incredible.
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♪ Just woke up
Off my bed ♪
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♪ And to my surprise ♪
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♪ I had to brace myself ♪
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♪ I couldn't believe my eyes ♪
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Hey! This shit burn
my motherfuckin' eyes, man!
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♪ She said to listen homes ♪
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Nate Dogg was lettin'
me use his car for the prom,
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'cause I didn't have no car.
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And we used his car
for, um, grad night
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or whatever that was
when you go to Magic Mountain,
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and we dogged his shit out.
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I mean, me and Warren G
drove that mothafucka
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till the brakes was gone.
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And that was like...
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That was like the first time
213 was really like...
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We got a group, man.
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And, uh,
we just started creatin'.
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And we liked the group 415,
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which was from the Bay Area,
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so we was like,
"Shit, we gonna be 213,"
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'cause we
from Southern California.
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Nate was the soulful vocalist,
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but keeping it gangster
at the same time.
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I was the producer/artist/DJ,
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and Snoop was just like
the architect, the player,
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the pimp, the gangster,
all in one.
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We wasn't shit
until we all came together
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and took all of those powers
and maximized our strengths.
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You know, people knew
who we were,
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so we would come in the club
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and come in and just turn
the whole club upside down.
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You know, and I set it off.
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♪ You drink whiskey
I drink wine ♪
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♪ Come on everybody
It's gangster time ♪ Boom!
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You know, those were,
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like, some of
the funnest times of my life.
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It was just
Snoop, Nate Dogg, Warren G,
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always was about the group.
All of us.
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Music, family,
you know, and just friends.
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That's what it was.
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That's how we became
popular in the city.
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You know, that's when 213
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actually started
to mean something.
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Naturally the
neighborhood loved it, but...
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it's trying to get
the world to love it.
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And once we would
take our cassette
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to certain people and have
meetings with record labels
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or executives or whatnot,
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or people that we could get
to at that time,
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we weren't what they
were lookin' for. Never.
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Dre came into my life,
230
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I probably was around
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seven, eight years old.
232
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My father married Andre's mom.
233
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I didn't have no brothers.
234
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People say they're brothers,
235
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people say
they're step-brothers,
236
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I say they're brothers.
237
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They grew up
in the same house, so...
238
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Dre, at the time, too,
239
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was really trying to figure out,
you know, his path in the game.
240
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You know,
I mean, he was producing
241
00:11:36,827 --> 00:11:38,496
World Class
Wreckin' Cru's stuff,
242
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but I don't know if his heart
was totally into that style.
243
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So he started working
with Eazy-E and me
244
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and started doing
the NWA thing.
245
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The World Class
Wreckin' Cru and the NWA,
246
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they inspired us a lot,
you know.
247
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We was around that
and just wanted to be like them.
248
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Oftentimes, Warren would come to
the studio to hang out with us.
249
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Um, this was before Death Row.
250
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I mean, you know,
I knew Warren G was...
251
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He was always there.
So I never not saw him.
252
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We shot Dre a tape of some
of the music that we had, but...
253
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I don't even know
if he listened to it or he...
254
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He did or he didn't.
255
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He was just like...
256
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Snoop used to
get discouraged a lot,
257
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you know, because
wasn't nothin' happenin'.
258
00:12:30,948 --> 00:12:32,483
My mind was tellin' me,
you know,
259
00:12:32,517 --> 00:12:34,486
"Man, fuck this rap shit.
Ain't no money in it."
260
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So I would give up
261
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and not focus on my craft.
262
00:12:38,956 --> 00:12:41,460
At one point,
I had got so frustrated
263
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where I just took
all of my rhymes,
264
00:12:44,261 --> 00:12:48,566
I had about, like, 100 raps
all wrote down on paper.
265
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I just took all
them motherfuckers
266
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and just threw them
in the trash,
267
00:12:51,503 --> 00:12:53,372
like, "Fuck this shit.
It's all what..."
268
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And motherfuckin' Warren G
went in that motherfucker
269
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and pulled all them
out of the trashcan.
270
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All of them.
271
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It's like, you know,
272
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to be able to believe
in somebody
273
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to where it's like,
"You know what,
274
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I can't let you give up
275
00:13:06,851 --> 00:13:09,855
because your dream
is our dream.
276
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If you make it, we make it."
277
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You had three guys
that, you know, was talented,
278
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but at the same time,
279
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we still was tryin'
to survive and really
280
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the only way we knew
to get money was to...
281
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you know, get into the,
you know, the drug trade.
282
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Go find me a rapper
283
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who didn't start his career
on crack cocaine profits.
284
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There was not
a lot of people who saw
285
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the path of staying away
from that shit.
286
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'Cause you taste it,
you're hooked.
287
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You try it, you're hooked.
288
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If you sell it, you're hooked.
289
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Frequent use has
almost doubled in the last few years,
290
00:13:52,596 --> 00:13:55,366
and that's why
habitual cocaine users,
291
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especially crack users,
292
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are the most pressing
immediate drug problem.
293
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All of a sudden, you had
this influx of this new drug
294
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that's making all kinds of money
and creating addicts.
295
00:14:06,477 --> 00:14:10,081
You know, I remember doing
music, and we were doing clubs,
296
00:14:10,115 --> 00:14:12,584
and cats was hyper in the club
till like 6:00 in the morning.
297
00:14:12,616 --> 00:14:14,652
We thinkin' it's just the music.
298
00:14:14,686 --> 00:14:16,455
Nah, cats was...
299
00:14:16,488 --> 00:14:19,291
back there, like, zoned out,
not even blinkin'.
300
00:14:19,323 --> 00:14:23,361
Dope game just
blew out of proportion in L.A.
301
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and cross-country.
302
00:14:25,163 --> 00:14:28,466
To win in the war against
addictive drugs like crack
303
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will take more
than just a federal strategy.
304
00:14:31,469 --> 00:14:34,339
It will take
a national strategy.
305
00:14:34,371 --> 00:14:37,975
It is a rock
house and a smoke house.
306
00:14:38,009 --> 00:14:40,645
That is they buy rock here
and smoke it here.
307
00:14:40,678 --> 00:14:43,615
I can't say enough
for the, uh... for the police
308
00:14:43,648 --> 00:14:45,117
and the SWAT team,
309
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They're just doing
a fantastic job.
310
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When you have a
million-dollar business,
311
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and it's street money illegal,
312
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you gotta protect it.
313
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We went from just guys havin'
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six shooters and shotguns
and shit like that
315
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to fuckin' M16s
and all this shit.
316
00:15:01,432 --> 00:15:03,067
Man, it's like
you got a fuckin' gun
317
00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,703
that's gonna shoot...
pop pop pop pop pop pop...
318
00:15:05,736 --> 00:15:07,639
and not stop
for a long fuckin' time?
319
00:15:10,008 --> 00:15:14,513
This influx of drugs,
guns, addiction,
320
00:15:14,546 --> 00:15:17,015
Reagan and Bush
disenfranchisement.
321
00:15:17,048 --> 00:15:18,417
When Reaganomics kicked in,
322
00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:21,320
it took away
all the after-school programs.
323
00:15:21,352 --> 00:15:23,354
So what else is there
for you to do
324
00:15:23,388 --> 00:15:25,724
but hang out in the streets?
325
00:15:25,756 --> 00:15:28,492
You got your friend
comin' over to you,
326
00:15:28,525 --> 00:15:31,228
talkin' 'bout,
"I got $500 for doing this."
327
00:15:31,261 --> 00:15:34,365
And you're like,
"For real? Dang!
328
00:15:34,399 --> 00:15:36,969
How can I get me some?"
329
00:15:37,001 --> 00:15:40,004
It all started to turn
into a cocktail.
330
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You know, more murders went up,
331
00:15:42,106 --> 00:15:46,010
it separated
territorial groupings
332
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and made them hardcore
gun gangs and drug gangs.
333
00:15:49,780 --> 00:15:50,982
9-3 and 3-0-8.
334
00:15:51,015 --> 00:15:53,317
13-03's behind the unit.
335
00:15:53,350 --> 00:15:56,288
13-43. Stopping
the vehicle, Central and 40th Place.
336
00:16:04,796 --> 00:16:08,700
We got involved
with all of the wrong shit.
337
00:16:08,732 --> 00:16:12,236
Gang-bangin', sellin' drugs,
shootin', gettin' shot at,
338
00:16:12,269 --> 00:16:14,038
watchin'
the homies go to jail.
339
00:16:15,105 --> 00:16:16,640
I mean, all of the above.
340
00:16:16,673 --> 00:16:19,677
I was like, "Look, man,
we can't keep doin' this.
341
00:16:19,711 --> 00:16:22,214
You know, you goin' to jail,
me goin' to jail.
342
00:16:22,246 --> 00:16:24,048
We got to let
all this stuff go, man,
343
00:16:24,081 --> 00:16:26,317
and just be some squares."
344
00:16:26,350 --> 00:16:30,188
My theory was if we did that,
we would get blessed.
345
00:16:34,292 --> 00:16:38,196
I don't know what made me call
my brother Dre.
346
00:16:38,229 --> 00:16:40,298
I just called him, like,
"Man, what's up?" you know.
347
00:16:40,331 --> 00:16:41,533
Just to say hi.
348
00:16:41,566 --> 00:16:43,435
And he was just like,
349
00:16:43,467 --> 00:16:45,437
"Shit, come up to
this bachelor party we havin'."
350
00:16:45,470 --> 00:16:47,205
So I was like, "All right."
351
00:16:47,238 --> 00:16:51,276
♪ California
knows how to party ♪
352
00:16:51,308 --> 00:16:54,512
♪ California knows
How to party ♪
353
00:16:55,613 --> 00:16:59,818
♪ In the city of L.A. ♪
354
00:16:59,850 --> 00:17:03,422
♪ In the city
Of good ol' Watts ♪
355
00:17:05,155 --> 00:17:08,426
I was getting married.
Dr. Dre was my best man.
356
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:11,462
We had a few guys
come over to the party.
357
00:17:11,496 --> 00:17:13,365
My last night of freedom,
358
00:17:13,397 --> 00:17:15,666
Warren G being one of them,
359
00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:18,670
and, uh, the DJ
ran out of music,
360
00:17:18,702 --> 00:17:23,674
so Warren presented me
with his demo tape at the time,
361
00:17:23,708 --> 00:17:26,845
and we popped it in, played it,
362
00:17:26,877 --> 00:17:29,580
heads went to bobbin'.
363
00:17:29,614 --> 00:17:32,683
Of course, Dre wanted to know,
"Who was that?"
364
00:17:32,717 --> 00:17:36,388
and I told him, "That's 213."
365
00:17:36,421 --> 00:17:38,590
And I was like,
"Snoop, I seen Dre
366
00:17:38,623 --> 00:17:39,790
and I played
some of our music,
367
00:17:39,824 --> 00:17:41,560
and he liked it, man."
368
00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:43,161
Snoop was like,
"Fuck that shit,"
369
00:17:43,193 --> 00:17:45,730
boom, hang the phone up.
370
00:17:45,762 --> 00:17:49,100
Warren G was always
pushin' to get Dre to hear me.
371
00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:52,471
Whenever Dre would come by for
a family function or a holiday,
372
00:17:52,503 --> 00:17:54,805
Warren G was like "Snoopy, rap.
373
00:17:54,838 --> 00:17:57,375
Snoopy can rap."
He's like, "Oh, okay."
374
00:17:57,407 --> 00:17:59,410
And I'm like, "Okay,
he ain't payin' no attention."
375
00:17:59,443 --> 00:18:04,648
Snoop was exactly
what Dre needed at that time.
376
00:18:04,682 --> 00:18:06,550
Eazy had gone this way,
377
00:18:06,584 --> 00:18:08,353
Cube had gone that way,
378
00:18:08,385 --> 00:18:10,654
Dre needed a rapper.
379
00:18:10,688 --> 00:18:13,225
So I called him again.
I said, "Snoop, please, look,
380
00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:16,595
Dre want us to come
to studio on Monday."
381
00:18:16,627 --> 00:18:19,196
And it just was like,
"You know what?
382
00:18:19,230 --> 00:18:23,201
We gonna go see Dre,
see what he talkin' 'bout."
383
00:18:23,233 --> 00:18:25,269
And we went to go see him,
we never came back.
384
00:18:37,781 --> 00:18:40,751
One thing about music,
it always has a forefather,
385
00:18:40,785 --> 00:18:43,388
and it always has a generation
that takes it to the next level.
386
00:18:43,421 --> 00:18:46,423
G-Funk, to me,
is the extension of P-Funk.
387
00:18:46,457 --> 00:18:49,728
P-Funk was created by George
Clinton of the Parliament.
388
00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,397
P-Funk is the combination
of all the eras of funk
389
00:18:53,431 --> 00:18:55,299
that we've done.
390
00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:58,937
Parliament started in
the fifties as a doo-wop group,
391
00:18:58,970 --> 00:19:00,805
came through Motown,
392
00:19:00,837 --> 00:19:03,575
then we started doing
the psychedelic
393
00:19:03,607 --> 00:19:05,609
Jimi Hendrix thing
with Funkadelic,
394
00:19:05,643 --> 00:19:08,712
and then we got horns
and all that mixed together
395
00:19:08,746 --> 00:19:09,948
and we called it P-Funk.
396
00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:13,184
On the West Coast,
it was religion.
397
00:19:13,218 --> 00:19:14,286
We were raised
on Parliament-Funkadelic.
398
00:19:16,221 --> 00:19:18,222
Funk was all
I had to grow up on.
399
00:19:18,256 --> 00:19:20,892
Parliament came on,
I could boogie, baby.
400
00:19:20,924 --> 00:19:23,427
That was like
the most gang-bangin' shit ever.
401
00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:27,199
♪ Boy was it neat yeah ♪
402
00:19:27,231 --> 00:19:29,401
♪ Not just knee deep
She was totally deep ♪
403
00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:31,603
♪ When she did
The freak with me ♪
404
00:19:33,337 --> 00:19:35,606
Well, my musical background was
405
00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,310
basically given to me
hands-on by my mama first.
406
00:19:40,411 --> 00:19:42,380
My mama loved great music.
407
00:19:42,413 --> 00:19:44,883
She had a bar where she had
eight-track cassette players.
408
00:19:44,915 --> 00:19:48,319
Always had parties
in the living room.
409
00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:51,256
Man, my mama partied
Monday through Monday.
410
00:19:51,288 --> 00:19:53,325
♪ Hush now child ♪
411
00:19:53,357 --> 00:19:54,893
And that's how
it was back then.
412
00:19:54,925 --> 00:19:57,261
You know, her friends
would come over,
413
00:19:57,295 --> 00:19:58,462
there would be partyin',
drinkin',
414
00:19:58,496 --> 00:20:00,232
music in the living room,
415
00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:01,866
and all the kids
would be in the back room.
416
00:20:01,898 --> 00:20:06,637
And then, me, I would come out.
417
00:20:06,671 --> 00:20:09,341
And I'd come out there and dance
and bump with a big fat girl,
418
00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:11,910
you know, do my thing
and whatnot.
419
00:20:11,942 --> 00:20:14,011
♪ You may find
From time to time ♪
420
00:20:14,045 --> 00:20:16,881
The entertainer side of me
was being groomed
421
00:20:16,913 --> 00:20:18,584
without me even knowing it.
422
00:20:19,884 --> 00:20:21,853
My family members and my mom
423
00:20:21,885 --> 00:20:25,624
would be the ones who would
encourage me to be,
424
00:20:25,656 --> 00:20:27,992
like, the life of the party
at the age I was at.
425
00:20:28,026 --> 00:20:29,794
Party, dance,
426
00:20:29,826 --> 00:20:33,330
and, occasionally, sip
some Schlitz Malt Liquor bull.
427
00:20:33,364 --> 00:20:34,798
You hear me?
428
00:20:34,832 --> 00:20:37,936
My mama was like,
"Snoopy how you feel?"
429
00:20:37,969 --> 00:20:39,837
I said, "How the hell
you think I feel?"
430
00:20:39,871 --> 00:20:41,873
And then she's like,
431
00:20:41,905 --> 00:20:43,674
"You ain't never havin' another
drink again a day in your life.
432
00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:45,877
You ain't
gonna talk to me like that."
433
00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:47,746
♪ Just move on up ♪
434
00:20:47,778 --> 00:20:51,449
That's how I got my first dose
of real good music,
435
00:20:51,481 --> 00:20:53,317
you know,
the R&B, the Betty Whites,
436
00:20:53,351 --> 00:20:55,687
the Isley Brothers,
the Gap Bands,
437
00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,521
the Curtis Mayfield,
Marvin Gayes,
438
00:20:57,555 --> 00:20:59,891
all of the above
came from Mama.
439
00:20:59,923 --> 00:21:01,660
♪ So hush my child ♪
440
00:21:01,692 --> 00:21:03,427
I'm a very soulful person.
441
00:21:03,461 --> 00:21:06,931
I like to do music
to make people to feel good.
442
00:21:06,963 --> 00:21:11,568
And that came from, you know,
being around my father.
443
00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:20,944
I'd come over,
stay with him, uh...
444
00:21:20,978 --> 00:21:22,781
He had his little plants,
445
00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:25,817
and, you know, he would water
his plants, and...
446
00:21:25,849 --> 00:21:28,852
you know, he would go in
you know, to his room, and...
447
00:21:28,885 --> 00:21:30,821
I would smell the smell.
448
00:21:30,855 --> 00:21:33,724
I didn't know
what it was... back then.
449
00:21:33,758 --> 00:21:35,894
I would just lay down
by the records,
450
00:21:35,926 --> 00:21:37,995
you know, with my headphones on
that he got me,
451
00:21:38,028 --> 00:21:41,598
and just listen
to music all day.
452
00:21:49,807 --> 00:21:51,843
Everything's supposed
to have a period, time period
453
00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:53,444
and supposed to
get out of there.
454
00:21:53,478 --> 00:21:55,580
People didn't have
enough of funk
455
00:21:55,613 --> 00:21:56,980
when our time was over.
456
00:21:57,013 --> 00:21:59,650
There was always
the area funk
457
00:22:00,751 --> 00:22:02,886
that was laying around,
458
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,691
that was always in the crates
of that uncle
459
00:22:06,723 --> 00:22:09,426
who might've just collected 45s.
460
00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:11,563
So when we go
make our own music,
461
00:22:11,596 --> 00:22:13,832
we're just kind of doing an
interpretation of what we grew up on.
462
00:22:13,865 --> 00:22:15,567
You got these influences.
463
00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:17,534
The G-Funk was really like
464
00:22:17,567 --> 00:22:21,373
bringing Parliament
and bringing that sound
465
00:22:21,405 --> 00:22:22,941
to hip-hop.
466
00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:36,388
♪ Very fine ♪
467
00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:38,724
The "G" in
G-Funk stands for Gangster.
468
00:22:40,023 --> 00:22:41,725
Above The Law was the group
469
00:22:41,759 --> 00:22:43,928
who made me a part
of what was goin' on,
470
00:22:43,961 --> 00:22:45,462
which was the Gangster Funk.
471
00:22:45,496 --> 00:22:46,898
Gangster Funk.
472
00:22:46,931 --> 00:22:48,600
That's our shit,
we some gangsters,
473
00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,802
we make funky music,
we talk gangster shit,
474
00:22:50,835 --> 00:22:52,703
music sound good,
makes you feel good.
475
00:22:52,737 --> 00:22:56,141
Sounded like
gang-affiliated street,
476
00:22:56,173 --> 00:22:58,742
hip-hop music coming
from the underbelly of society
477
00:22:58,776 --> 00:23:00,445
despite the melody.
478
00:23:00,478 --> 00:23:03,515
It was poppy, but under it,
you could hear the grit.
479
00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:05,682
Well, the East Coast
perspective of G-Funk,
480
00:23:05,715 --> 00:23:08,752
you know, is the East Coast
perspective, back then, of funk.
481
00:23:08,786 --> 00:23:11,956
Funk
didn't get played in New York.
482
00:23:11,989 --> 00:23:13,892
'Cause New York's
on this rhythm,
483
00:23:13,924 --> 00:23:16,627
there was only certain records
that New York wanted to hear.
484
00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:18,496
We were disconnected
from our black music.
485
00:23:18,528 --> 00:23:20,765
We had disco music,
so we missed funk.
486
00:23:20,798 --> 00:23:22,500
People always
try to differentiate,
487
00:23:22,532 --> 00:23:27,704
like, West Coast rap
from East Coast rap.
488
00:23:27,738 --> 00:23:29,707
I always would say it has to do
with the lifestyles.
489
00:23:29,740 --> 00:23:32,443
New York, you have
a static lifestyle.
490
00:23:32,477 --> 00:23:34,546
You're on the train,
everything is in front of you.
491
00:23:34,578 --> 00:23:37,115
When you're listening
to something smooth, G-Funk,
492
00:23:37,147 --> 00:23:40,451
it doesn't really match
walking through Times Square.
493
00:23:40,484 --> 00:23:42,486
The beats that
were coming out of the East
494
00:23:42,519 --> 00:23:45,956
were, like, 90, 95,
100 beats per minute.
495
00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:48,893
But in L.A., you in
your low low, you rollin',
496
00:23:48,925 --> 00:23:50,160
you need somethin' to ride to.
497
00:23:50,193 --> 00:23:51,962
Go funky,
498
00:23:51,996 --> 00:23:55,033
and funky meant
droppin' it down
499
00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:57,168
to 80 beats per minute,
500
00:23:57,201 --> 00:24:00,038
get some instrumentation
in there, and ride it out.
501
00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:04,141
It was sine waves,
it was, you know, oscillators
502
00:24:04,174 --> 00:24:08,480
and bass guitars and guitars
at the same time with keys.
503
00:24:08,512 --> 00:24:10,848
You know,
all mixed up in melody.
504
00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:12,984
And nobody was doin' that,
505
00:24:13,017 --> 00:24:16,221
and that's what
was changing the game.
506
00:24:16,253 --> 00:24:17,921
Yeah, but
they brought up all that punk,
507
00:24:17,954 --> 00:24:19,624
'cause I didn't see
if it was Chronic.
508
00:24:19,656 --> 00:24:21,192
If it was Chronic,
it would have been no problem.
509
00:24:21,224 --> 00:24:23,694
They brought up
some Backyard Boogie...
510
00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:25,964
Summer of '92, you know,
511
00:24:25,997 --> 00:24:28,266
there was about 20 guys
staying at my house at the time.
512
00:24:28,298 --> 00:24:31,168
You know, Snoop, Warren,
all the guys,
513
00:24:31,201 --> 00:24:32,769
just, um, that were
on The Chronic,
514
00:24:32,803 --> 00:24:34,005
they were involved
in that album.
515
00:24:34,038 --> 00:24:35,073
Turn the music up, cuz.
516
00:24:35,105 --> 00:24:37,509
Come here, Warren G.
517
00:24:37,541 --> 00:24:41,578
Movin' in with Dre, he
was just being a big brother to us
518
00:24:41,612 --> 00:24:44,015
and giving us a place to stay,
because...
519
00:24:44,048 --> 00:24:46,617
he knew that...
520
00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:49,053
a lot of the situations
that was going on
521
00:24:49,086 --> 00:24:51,055
where we was from,
it wasn't cool.
522
00:24:51,087 --> 00:24:52,589
You know what I'm sayin'?
523
00:24:52,623 --> 00:24:54,992
So he took us out
of the urban community,
524
00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,262
away from the drive-by's
and stuff
525
00:24:57,295 --> 00:24:59,596
to create some dope records
526
00:24:59,630 --> 00:25:01,299
that we were doin'
for The Chronic.
527
00:25:06,237 --> 00:25:10,807
Snoop, D.O.C., RBX,
Daz, Kurupt,
528
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,877
they were all the guys
that would write.
529
00:25:13,911 --> 00:25:16,914
Rage, Nate, and Jewell,
530
00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:19,217
they're role was
to create melodies.
531
00:25:19,250 --> 00:25:21,152
I was the guy that'd go out
532
00:25:21,184 --> 00:25:25,022
and go buy records and find
ideas and stuff like that.
533
00:25:25,056 --> 00:25:26,958
And then if he liked it,
I was like,
534
00:25:26,990 --> 00:25:28,992
"Take it.
I mean, we're family."
535
00:25:29,026 --> 00:25:31,895
It wasn't, like,
on no business shit like,
536
00:25:31,929 --> 00:25:35,133
"I did this or that." No.
537
00:25:35,165 --> 00:25:37,067
You my big brother,
538
00:25:37,101 --> 00:25:40,972
and I'm with you.
I'm ride or die with you.
539
00:25:41,005 --> 00:25:44,008
So whatever I do,
you can take that shit.
540
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,077
I would come in and show him
a few things every now and then.
541
00:25:47,111 --> 00:25:49,314
But he basically
picked it up on his own.
542
00:25:49,346 --> 00:25:51,348
He actually taught me how,
543
00:25:51,382 --> 00:25:53,585
you know, to start samplin'.
544
00:25:53,617 --> 00:25:55,852
You know, so I started
gettin' the records,
545
00:25:55,885 --> 00:25:57,821
I started samplin'
different sounds
546
00:25:57,855 --> 00:25:59,856
and makin' my own shit.
547
00:25:59,890 --> 00:26:03,261
"Little Ghetto Boy,"
he brought that... that sample.
548
00:26:03,294 --> 00:26:04,796
Wassup.
Rhythm Rock live.
549
00:26:04,828 --> 00:26:06,029
We're in the studio
meeting the killaz.
550
00:26:06,063 --> 00:26:07,265
We got Warren G right here.
551
00:26:07,298 --> 00:26:08,799
You better work
on yourself, man.
552
00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:11,970
Here's a song called
"Back in the Day."
553
00:26:12,002 --> 00:26:14,972
♪ Little ghetto boy ♪
554
00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:17,642
One of the
ones that he really liked
555
00:26:17,674 --> 00:26:19,743
was the "Let Me Ride" sample.
556
00:26:19,777 --> 00:26:21,946
And he took it and re-did it.
557
00:26:21,979 --> 00:26:25,817
Dre just went back to, you know,
Leon Hayward, 1974,
558
00:26:25,849 --> 00:26:28,151
"I Want To Do
Something Freaky To You."
559
00:26:28,184 --> 00:26:31,355
Big, you know, black hit.
He's old enough to know that.
560
00:26:31,388 --> 00:26:33,824
New kids not old enough
to know it exists.
561
00:26:33,857 --> 00:26:36,326
Figure that out, figure out
how to run the studio,
562
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,062
find somebody with
a rap style over it, boom.
563
00:26:39,096 --> 00:26:42,366
You got an old cat diggin' it
on their memory,
564
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,703
you got a young cat diggin' it on the
rhythm that's already in their blood.
565
00:26:45,736 --> 00:26:47,839
Crank the beat up for me.
566
00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:49,941
♪ Motherfuckin' Dr. Dre
Is on the piano ♪
567
00:26:49,973 --> 00:26:51,875
♪ Doggie Dogg
Is on the vocals ♪
568
00:26:51,909 --> 00:26:53,411
♪ And I swing like soprano ♪
569
00:26:53,443 --> 00:26:54,811
♪ An old tin can-o ♪
570
00:26:54,845 --> 00:26:56,814
♪ Oh my God like oh man-o ♪
571
00:26:56,846 --> 00:26:58,281
♪ It's Snoop Doggie Dogg
He's on the mic ♪
572
00:26:58,315 --> 00:26:59,750
♪ You understand as well ♪
573
00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:01,953
Once Snoop came in,
574
00:27:01,986 --> 00:27:04,122
and we decided
that this is the person
575
00:27:04,154 --> 00:27:05,389
that we're going to work with,
576
00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:07,025
this is the road we gonna take,
577
00:27:07,057 --> 00:27:10,228
I took it upon myself to
578
00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,029
put the kind of
energy into him
579
00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:14,799
it would take for him
to be great.
580
00:27:16,933 --> 00:27:19,002
♪ Yeah, this is a story
Of a famous dog ♪
581
00:27:19,036 --> 00:27:20,738
♪ Rhythmic dogs ♪
582
00:27:20,770 --> 00:27:22,673
♪ Harmonic dogs ♪
583
00:27:22,707 --> 00:27:24,809
♪ House dogs street dogs ♪
584
00:27:24,842 --> 00:27:28,046
D.O.C., that's
when he became my sensei
585
00:27:28,078 --> 00:27:29,713
and my... my writing guru.
586
00:27:29,747 --> 00:27:34,419
Dr. Dre and D.O.C.
had a bond with Snoop.
587
00:27:34,451 --> 00:27:36,220
It's called artist development,
588
00:27:36,252 --> 00:27:39,790
'cause Dr. Dre had the beats,
D.O.C. with the lyrics.
589
00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:42,060
We would go to his house
to write the songs
590
00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:44,394
and get the music
and create the ideas.
591
00:27:44,428 --> 00:27:46,831
We took the beat home
from Dre's place.
592
00:27:46,864 --> 00:27:48,900
We'd walk up the street
to the store
593
00:27:48,932 --> 00:27:50,867
and get us some
Miller Genuine Drafts.
594
00:27:50,901 --> 00:27:52,704
And we'd sit down,
we'd listened to the thing,
595
00:27:52,737 --> 00:27:54,872
and I said,
"Okay, now you take the beat.
596
00:27:54,904 --> 00:27:57,141
You go upstairs, I'm gonna stay
down, and we're gonna write.
597
00:27:57,173 --> 00:28:00,177
He would go upstairs,
take about an hour, we meet up,
598
00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:02,113
he goes down what he wrote.
599
00:28:02,145 --> 00:28:04,048
"That part is
really cool, Doggy,
600
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,116
the way you started it off
was kinda iffy.
601
00:28:06,150 --> 00:28:08,019
So let's erase these four,
602
00:28:08,051 --> 00:28:09,721
let's move these eight up.
603
00:28:09,753 --> 00:28:12,189
Let's make four new ones.
604
00:28:12,222 --> 00:28:15,026
Now we got sixteen."
605
00:28:15,058 --> 00:28:21,065
Now you understand what it takes
to make a verse complete,
606
00:28:21,097 --> 00:28:22,500
from beginning to end,
no flaws,
607
00:28:22,532 --> 00:28:25,235
everybody can ride.
There are no mistakes.
608
00:28:25,269 --> 00:28:30,074
♪ Atomic dog ♪
609
00:28:30,106 --> 00:28:31,142
♪ Bow wow wow
Yippie-yo yippie-yay ♪
610
00:28:31,174 --> 00:28:32,976
♪ Bow wow yippie-yo ♪
611
00:28:33,009 --> 00:28:34,979
Dr. Dre is a bad motherfucker
in the studio,
612
00:28:35,011 --> 00:28:39,116
meaning that you could be doin'
this shit that sound like this,
613
00:28:39,150 --> 00:28:41,486
and when he finished with it, that
mothafucka gonna sound like that.
614
00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:43,954
Even with me, when I came
to Dr. Dre, I was good,
615
00:28:43,988 --> 00:28:45,389
but he made me great.
616
00:28:45,422 --> 00:28:47,959
Like, that's what he has
the ability to
617
00:28:47,991 --> 00:28:50,327
make you great, to shine you up,
to polish you up.
618
00:28:50,361 --> 00:28:54,866
Like I said earlier, I deserve
a lifetime achievement award.
619
00:28:54,898 --> 00:28:56,833
You know, everybody
knew a little somethin',
620
00:28:56,866 --> 00:28:59,936
but Dr. Dre enhanced it,
developed it,
621
00:28:59,970 --> 00:29:02,874
and helped it to evolved
to a higher level.
622
00:29:02,906 --> 00:29:04,509
Yeah, man,
The Chronic is like, you know,
623
00:29:04,541 --> 00:29:07,177
it's the bomb thing on the
street right now, you know?
624
00:29:07,211 --> 00:29:10,080
And I figure, you know, my album is
the bomb, so I had to call it that.
625
00:29:13,250 --> 00:29:16,287
Rap has always
been like the NFL, man.
626
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:18,990
Some cats are Pro-Bowlers,
other ones are just good,
627
00:29:19,022 --> 00:29:21,358
But The Chronic was like,
you know, shoot,
628
00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:23,361
that was Hall of Fame
type stuff, man.
629
00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:26,329
I had the same feeling about that
album back then as I do now.
630
00:29:26,363 --> 00:29:29,133
Wow! Dang!
631
00:29:29,165 --> 00:29:31,034
Of that era,
that was the best album.
632
00:29:31,067 --> 00:29:34,038
It had everything
you could want in a record.
633
00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:38,108
Political, socialism,
fun, enjoyment.
634
00:29:38,142 --> 00:29:41,245
And it was revolutionary
because it was transcending,
635
00:29:41,278 --> 00:29:42,346
and it was gonna
change the world
636
00:29:42,378 --> 00:29:44,080
to have different people
637
00:29:44,114 --> 00:29:46,584
who never would listen
to hip-hop listening to hip-hop.
638
00:29:46,616 --> 00:29:48,251
When we get somebody like Dre
639
00:29:48,285 --> 00:29:50,888
and you have access
to all that good talent,
640
00:29:50,921 --> 00:29:53,124
it was just a masterpiece.
641
00:29:53,156 --> 00:29:57,360
When The Chronic was released,
that was your introduction.
642
00:29:57,394 --> 00:30:00,330
'Cause we already knew Dre
from Wreckin' Cru,
643
00:30:00,364 --> 00:30:02,365
we knew Dre from NWA,
644
00:30:02,398 --> 00:30:06,903
but now you got Dr. Dre
as a producer again,
645
00:30:06,936 --> 00:30:10,841
but he's introducing you to cats
that you've never heard of.
646
00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:13,443
Now you can look and
you can say, "Oh, Snoop Dogg,
647
00:30:13,477 --> 00:30:15,379
Lady of Rage, Daz, Kurupt,"
648
00:30:15,412 --> 00:30:18,082
those are names that you've
been knowing for years.
649
00:30:18,115 --> 00:30:20,384
These dudes was
masters of their craft.
650
00:30:20,416 --> 00:30:24,588
It was like a dern dream team
right here on one album.
651
00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:27,490
The songs never really
ended before the next one started.
652
00:30:27,523 --> 00:30:29,426
It was... they fused together,
653
00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:31,495
and it just...
It was an experience.
654
00:30:31,528 --> 00:30:33,897
You weren't allowed
to skip to the next song.
655
00:30:33,931 --> 00:30:36,167
You just listened to the album
and let it play.
656
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,134
I think what made
The Chronic different
657
00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:39,903
than anything
that came before it,
658
00:30:39,936 --> 00:30:42,639
was that you heard voices
659
00:30:42,673 --> 00:30:46,076
matched with
great production concept.
660
00:30:46,109 --> 00:30:50,947
It was a story.
It told a story of an era
661
00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:54,518
in Los Angeles, California,
around the riots.
662
00:30:54,550 --> 00:30:59,022
If NWA scared you,
for whatever reason,
663
00:30:59,056 --> 00:31:01,959
Snoop, Dre and everybody was pretty
much saying some ill shit, too.
664
00:31:01,991 --> 00:31:04,361
They just
presented it different.
665
00:31:04,394 --> 00:31:07,898
I don't believe that
white America could take NWA
666
00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:09,366
as much as they could
take The Chronic.
667
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,936
NWA opened their eyes,
668
00:31:11,969 --> 00:31:14,205
but The Chronic
opened their ears.
669
00:31:14,238 --> 00:31:16,474
They didn't understand
what NWA was goin' through
670
00:31:16,507 --> 00:31:19,509
when they was sayin', "Fuck the
police, they doin' this to us.
671
00:31:19,542 --> 00:31:20,677
This is then dah dah."
672
00:31:20,711 --> 00:31:22,413
But when The Chronic came out,
673
00:31:22,445 --> 00:31:24,481
Rodney King got his ass beat.
674
00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:26,384
"Oh, that's what you niggas
was talking about."
675
00:31:32,556 --> 00:31:36,494
It's funny.
It seemed like a time
676
00:31:36,527 --> 00:31:39,363
black folks as a culture
were progressing.
677
00:31:39,395 --> 00:31:41,499
The Cosby era.
678
00:31:41,531 --> 00:31:43,366
But when I got to California,
679
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,239
the police was doin'
those dudes real bad.
680
00:31:48,271 --> 00:31:52,309
The 362 page
report was unsealed this morning,
681
00:31:52,343 --> 00:31:55,079
presenting what one
high-ranking official said
682
00:31:55,112 --> 00:31:57,548
was an ugly picture
of his own department.
683
00:31:57,580 --> 00:31:59,716
What the
report clearly says to us
684
00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:01,986
as the leaders of the
Los Angeles Police Department
685
00:32:02,019 --> 00:32:04,221
is mediocrity is alive and well.
686
00:32:04,253 --> 00:32:06,656
L.A.P.D. is
a totally different type
687
00:32:06,690 --> 00:32:09,059
of police force
than any other.
688
00:32:09,093 --> 00:32:11,696
And when they come out of those
cars, they're on a mission.
689
00:32:11,729 --> 00:32:13,029
They're never coming
out that car
690
00:32:13,063 --> 00:32:14,665
to talk to you,
to be nice.
691
00:32:14,698 --> 00:32:17,567
I got a bunch of stories.
They always used to whoop on us.
692
00:32:17,601 --> 00:32:20,037
You could be, um,
in your white shorts,
693
00:32:20,069 --> 00:32:21,571
and that motherfucker be like,
"Lay on the ground."
694
00:32:21,605 --> 00:32:23,641
Then they'd pat you down,
let you go,
695
00:32:23,673 --> 00:32:26,109
your clean white pants
are now brown and black.
696
00:32:26,143 --> 00:32:27,411
Guy rolls off
like it never happened.
697
00:32:27,443 --> 00:32:31,147
I got arrested,
uh, for some warrants,
698
00:32:31,181 --> 00:32:33,317
and on the way to the station,
699
00:32:33,349 --> 00:32:37,320
I got a beatdown.
I mean, straight up beat.
700
00:32:37,354 --> 00:32:40,257
Boom!
701
00:32:40,289 --> 00:32:43,728
If they're
acquitted, there'll be an outcry,
702
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:48,132
a lasting fear and mistrust
of the law in L.A.
703
00:32:48,164 --> 00:32:50,701
I don't think Rodney King's
beating was a big deal
704
00:32:50,733 --> 00:32:54,504
to anybody who was
from anywhere in the streets.
705
00:32:54,538 --> 00:32:56,640
That was just another nigga
706
00:32:56,673 --> 00:32:58,776
got his ass whooped,
except on camera.
707
00:32:58,808 --> 00:33:02,346
I have no complaints
about my police officers.
708
00:33:02,378 --> 00:33:05,348
I watched them, I was there
on the streets for 36 hours.
709
00:33:05,382 --> 00:33:08,419
And I watched them time
and time and time again.
710
00:33:08,451 --> 00:33:10,121
Now, there's lots of ways
you could deal with this.
711
00:33:10,153 --> 00:33:12,222
You could be mad at the police.
712
00:33:12,256 --> 00:33:14,492
Call them out,
talk shit about it.
713
00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:17,294
But at the end of the day
all we was saying is,
714
00:33:17,326 --> 00:33:18,663
"We just want a fair shot."
715
00:33:40,616 --> 00:33:42,153
What we saw last night
716
00:33:42,185 --> 00:33:44,355
and the night before
in Los Angeles,
717
00:33:44,387 --> 00:33:47,524
is not about civil rights.
718
00:33:47,557 --> 00:33:49,692
It's not about
the great cause of equality
719
00:33:49,726 --> 00:33:52,797
that all Americans must uphold.
720
00:33:52,829 --> 00:33:55,398
It's not a message of protest.
721
00:33:55,432 --> 00:33:59,537
It's been the brutality
of a mob, pure and simple.
722
00:33:59,569 --> 00:34:02,472
That affected my lyrics on Dr.
Dre's album, The Chronic.
723
00:34:02,506 --> 00:34:05,342
Naturally the music is going to
depict what we're livin' like.
724
00:34:05,375 --> 00:34:08,079
The lifestyle of the music
is the lifestyle of the person.
725
00:34:08,112 --> 00:34:11,682
Eased rap,
stories that are relative.
726
00:34:11,715 --> 00:34:14,351
Yeah, there's gonna be
some anger in some of it,
727
00:34:14,384 --> 00:34:15,786
'cause the anger
never dissipates
728
00:34:15,818 --> 00:34:17,822
until it has clarity
of education.
729
00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:19,824
It's commentary. We were
speaking, not just to us,
730
00:34:19,856 --> 00:34:21,659
we were speaking
to the world.
731
00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:24,695
What do you think the reason
people were so into the album?
732
00:34:24,728 --> 00:34:26,630
Why do you think?
733
00:34:26,663 --> 00:34:29,199
'Cause, you know, it's just
some funky shit, you know.
734
00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:32,503
There's nothing out right now
that can compare to that album.
735
00:34:32,536 --> 00:34:34,472
You know, I spent a whole
year working on it.
736
00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:37,273
This is the longest I ever
spent workin' on a project.
737
00:34:37,306 --> 00:34:40,844
And, um...
it definitely deserves...
738
00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:43,780
deserves everything
it's gettin' right now.
739
00:34:43,813 --> 00:34:45,682
You know,
'cause its a good album.
740
00:34:45,715 --> 00:34:47,451
You know, people want
to hear some good shit.
741
00:34:47,483 --> 00:34:50,753
Dr. Dre took
a chance on all of us,
742
00:34:50,786 --> 00:34:54,290
and it paid off in many ways,
743
00:34:54,324 --> 00:34:55,793
not just financially,
744
00:34:55,826 --> 00:34:58,795
just being a part
of hip-hop history
745
00:34:58,829 --> 00:35:03,267
by puttin' entities in the game
that helped change the game.
746
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:05,269
Never play
your life like...
747
00:35:05,302 --> 00:35:07,538
This is a song I composed.
748
00:35:07,570 --> 00:35:10,373
When I first made it,
I took it home,
749
00:35:10,407 --> 00:35:12,209
and I played it for my mama.
750
00:35:12,242 --> 00:35:13,911
And I'd like to
play it, and here it go.
751
00:35:13,943 --> 00:35:16,746
And, uh,
when I played it...
752
00:35:16,780 --> 00:35:19,550
She looked at me and said, "Boy, I know
you're not gonna sing another song."
753
00:35:19,583 --> 00:35:23,221
- Yeah.
- Chronic, baby!
754
00:35:25,355 --> 00:35:27,224
Check it out!
755
00:35:27,257 --> 00:35:29,860
♪ My Chronic on
Your motherfuckin' ass ♪
756
00:35:29,893 --> 00:35:31,795
♪ With my naked dance ♪
757
00:35:31,827 --> 00:35:34,398
Yo, just
sing just like that...
758
00:35:34,431 --> 00:35:37,434
When I went to the earlier sessions
before the Suge influence,
759
00:35:37,467 --> 00:35:38,635
they were havin',
like, a party, man.
760
00:35:38,668 --> 00:35:40,237
They were...
they were like a family.
761
00:35:40,269 --> 00:35:42,172
And we sittin' here
with Dr. Dre right here.
762
00:35:43,639 --> 00:35:45,241
Gin and juice.
763
00:35:52,615 --> 00:35:54,684
Nobody was
thinkin' about money,
764
00:35:54,717 --> 00:35:56,719
which is why
the music came out great.
765
00:35:56,753 --> 00:35:59,356
Dre, he's not greedy at all.
766
00:35:59,389 --> 00:36:02,760
He's probably the most
nonchalant with money
767
00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:05,229
and with the business
part of it,
768
00:36:05,262 --> 00:36:09,900
because he's not sittin' here
going, "What can I get?"
769
00:36:09,932 --> 00:36:11,902
He's like, "What can I create?"
770
00:36:11,934 --> 00:36:14,371
♪ Dee dah dah ♪
771
00:36:17,340 --> 00:36:19,609
Suge took over.
It was a different vibe there.
772
00:36:19,643 --> 00:36:21,644
It was a little more intense.
773
00:36:21,677 --> 00:36:25,848
And Suge was the CEO.
He ran the whole ball game.
774
00:36:25,882 --> 00:36:28,851
You know what I'm saying?
He ran Death Row.
775
00:36:28,885 --> 00:36:33,324
Dr. Dre just gave us the lane
to do what we loved to do.
776
00:36:33,356 --> 00:36:35,759
We loved to make music
and work and all that.
777
00:36:35,791 --> 00:36:38,328
And Suge made sure
we had that lane
778
00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:40,463
and made sure
that lane was clean.
779
00:36:40,496 --> 00:36:42,732
Suge didn't do shit musically.
780
00:36:42,766 --> 00:36:44,735
Suge wouldn't know
a hit record
781
00:36:44,768 --> 00:36:47,804
if you took
a Parliament Funkadelic album
782
00:36:47,838 --> 00:36:49,540
and slapped him
in the face with it.
783
00:36:49,572 --> 00:36:53,676
But he helped
facilitate the deals
784
00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:56,380
that put us in a place
to be able to do shit.
785
00:36:56,413 --> 00:36:58,615
And then
once we started doing shit
786
00:36:58,648 --> 00:37:01,818
then he started going and making
back door deals by himself.
787
00:37:01,851 --> 00:37:05,922
He started to bring in people
that he termed as "security."
788
00:37:05,956 --> 00:37:07,691
Suge had all these,
like, gang-banger kinda cats
789
00:37:07,724 --> 00:37:09,660
all over the place,
790
00:37:09,693 --> 00:37:11,662
and then you'd come in the door
and like, "You got a gun on you?"
791
00:37:11,695 --> 00:37:13,397
and if you did,
they were like,
792
00:37:13,429 --> 00:37:14,530
"Can you just check it
right here at the front desk?"
793
00:37:14,563 --> 00:37:16,399
so they'd open up the drawer,
794
00:37:16,432 --> 00:37:17,835
and there'd be like
20 guns in the fuckin' drawer.
795
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:20,538
You're like, "Man,
where the fuck am I at?"
796
00:37:26,443 --> 00:37:29,413
At that time, we was right in
the middle of doin' a lot of good music,
797
00:37:29,445 --> 00:37:31,748
and we was creatin'
some dope records.
798
00:37:31,782 --> 00:37:34,351
Things was movin'
in the right direction,
799
00:37:34,384 --> 00:37:37,554
so there was a tour
for The Chronic.
800
00:37:37,586 --> 00:37:38,922
I was charged up,
'cause I'm like,
801
00:37:38,954 --> 00:37:41,424
"Shit, I'm gettin' ready
to go on tour."
802
00:37:41,458 --> 00:37:45,762
And, uh... packed up clothes,
everything, and, uh...
803
00:37:46,862 --> 00:37:48,331
got up to the airport,
804
00:37:48,364 --> 00:37:50,634
and everybody
had a ticket but me.
805
00:37:52,735 --> 00:37:56,739
My best friend, my brother,
everybody out havin' fun,
806
00:37:56,773 --> 00:37:59,910
and I'm sittin' up here
just tore up.
807
00:38:01,811 --> 00:38:03,579
Warren G was a part
of The Chronic album, too.
808
00:38:03,612 --> 00:38:05,615
Don't get it fucked up.
He brought a lot music
809
00:38:05,648 --> 00:38:09,420
and, you know, ideas and,
you know, shit to the table,
810
00:38:09,452 --> 00:38:10,920
skits and this and that.
811
00:38:10,954 --> 00:38:13,557
It made me feel like, you know,
812
00:38:13,590 --> 00:38:16,327
"Motherfuckers
don't even give a fuck."
813
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:17,695
You know what I'm sayin'?
814
00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:19,963
It's like,
"Damn, I thought I was...
815
00:38:19,996 --> 00:38:24,101
really tight, you know,
with... in the... in the family."
816
00:38:24,134 --> 00:38:26,603
And it was fucked up, man,
it was real fucked up,
817
00:38:26,635 --> 00:38:27,838
'cause it was like
818
00:38:27,871 --> 00:38:29,740
you could just see
819
00:38:29,773 --> 00:38:32,543
the frustration in his face.
820
00:38:32,576 --> 00:38:34,711
And it was like it was hard
for him to deal with it.
821
00:38:34,744 --> 00:38:36,612
It was real hard
to deal with it.
822
00:38:36,646 --> 00:38:40,984
It was a very,
very devastating situation.
823
00:38:41,016 --> 00:38:43,119
Just me not being able to go
824
00:38:43,152 --> 00:38:46,622
and be a part of the people
who I was down with,
825
00:38:46,655 --> 00:38:49,759
you know, with 110%.
826
00:38:51,561 --> 00:38:53,731
Warren G was never signed
to Death Row records.
827
00:38:53,764 --> 00:38:55,666
And they did it
so scandalous to where
828
00:38:55,699 --> 00:38:57,501
they didn't present
him a contract.
829
00:38:57,534 --> 00:38:59,436
Nate didn't sign, either,
830
00:38:59,469 --> 00:39:01,070
but he was so tight,
831
00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:02,939
Dr. Dre couldn't do a record
without Nate.
832
00:39:02,972 --> 00:39:04,608
In my hand,
it says "all access."
833
00:39:04,641 --> 00:39:06,610
I got it goin' on here.
834
00:39:06,643 --> 00:39:08,411
Suge was fuckin' with Warren.
835
00:39:08,445 --> 00:39:10,114
He was treatin' Warren funny.
836
00:39:10,146 --> 00:39:12,648
It was real
fucked up because...
837
00:39:12,681 --> 00:39:14,384
I'm not sayin' that Dre knew,
838
00:39:14,418 --> 00:39:15,853
but I felt like
he could've made it happen.
839
00:39:15,885 --> 00:39:18,021
We're here live
in the house.
840
00:39:18,054 --> 00:39:20,990
And then one day they
called me up to another floor,
841
00:39:21,023 --> 00:39:22,625
and the contract was there.
842
00:39:22,659 --> 00:39:25,429
And I'm askin',
"Where's Warren G?
843
00:39:25,461 --> 00:39:27,063
and, you know,
the rest... Nate Dogg?"
844
00:39:27,097 --> 00:39:28,899
"Oh, they gonna
come do theirs later."
845
00:39:28,931 --> 00:39:30,999
I went to Dre,
and I talked to him.
846
00:39:31,034 --> 00:39:32,503
You know,
and he was just like,
847
00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:34,605
"You know,
you gotta be your own man.
848
00:39:34,637 --> 00:39:37,039
I don't want you
to go through no bullshit,
849
00:39:37,072 --> 00:39:39,809
so just go out
and create your own shit,
850
00:39:39,842 --> 00:39:41,811
you know, on your own."
851
00:39:41,844 --> 00:39:43,112
But, me,
852
00:39:43,146 --> 00:39:48,552
uh, being such a fan of him,
853
00:39:48,585 --> 00:39:49,920
it hurt.
854
00:39:49,952 --> 00:39:52,054
I think Warren G
is one of the unsung heroes
855
00:39:52,088 --> 00:39:55,826
when it comes
to that whole crew.
856
00:39:55,858 --> 00:39:59,195
Without Snoop,
there is no Chronic.
857
00:39:59,228 --> 00:40:02,598
Without Warren,
there is no Snoop.
858
00:40:02,632 --> 00:40:06,135
That early explosion,
had a lot to do with Warren G.
859
00:40:06,168 --> 00:40:08,605
He was there and Dre
is not the kinda guy
860
00:40:08,637 --> 00:40:10,807
who gives everybody
detailed credits.
861
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:11,875
We was just kickin' it around.
862
00:40:11,907 --> 00:40:13,643
I put some samples together.
863
00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:16,113
Snoop and D.O.C. came over
and put some lyrics to it,
864
00:40:16,146 --> 00:40:17,914
and, uh,
just put it together like that,
865
00:40:17,947 --> 00:40:19,782
and it was the bomb.
866
00:40:19,815 --> 00:40:22,518
Nobody gets to make a record
that Dre doesn't control.
867
00:40:22,552 --> 00:40:25,956
He's not gonna
barter his brand,
868
00:40:25,989 --> 00:40:31,028
and so if Dre doesn't see you
as valuable behind a microphone,
869
00:40:31,061 --> 00:40:34,131
then your work is dead
in the water, period.
870
00:40:36,065 --> 00:40:38,634
That was supposed to be
the thing that made us all win.
871
00:40:38,668 --> 00:40:40,204
When it cracked,
872
00:40:40,237 --> 00:40:42,807
it's just the thing
that made Suge and Dre win.
873
00:40:45,208 --> 00:40:48,045
Warren G,
he didn't get anything.
874
00:40:48,077 --> 00:40:51,614
Death Row pushed him out
when it started to explode.
875
00:40:55,751 --> 00:40:58,855
After that, that kind
of, like, made me feel like
876
00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:01,024
I gotta go do my own thing,
877
00:41:01,056 --> 00:41:03,092
so I went back to the hood,
878
00:41:03,126 --> 00:41:05,729
you know, slept
on my sister's floor
879
00:41:05,762 --> 00:41:07,130
and just started
tryin' to build myself
880
00:41:07,163 --> 00:41:09,932
back into who I knew I was.
881
00:41:09,965 --> 00:41:12,635
So, now, tell me a little bit
about Death Row Records here.
882
00:41:12,668 --> 00:41:15,105
Death Row Records. Death Row
Records gonna be the next Motown.
883
00:41:15,137 --> 00:41:16,239
- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Mm-hmm.
884
00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:18,008
We buildin' up somethin'.
885
00:41:18,041 --> 00:41:20,210
You know, the Chronic
album was the foundation,
886
00:41:20,242 --> 00:41:21,878
Snoop's album is gonna be
887
00:41:21,911 --> 00:41:23,713
another brick in the house
that Death Row built.
888
00:41:23,746 --> 00:41:25,615
♪ And I don't need
No type of support ♪
889
00:41:25,648 --> 00:41:27,550
♪ I stand on my own two feet ♪
890
00:41:27,583 --> 00:41:30,786
♪ I defeat any MC
Who tries to step to me ♪
891
00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:32,588
♪ Blow 'em like ashes ♪
892
00:41:32,621 --> 00:41:35,125
♪ Mashes with the DPGs
Niggas freeze at ease ♪
893
00:41:35,157 --> 00:41:37,226
♪ Please I'm the S
Oh yes I guess I'm blessed ♪
894
00:41:37,260 --> 00:41:39,897
♪ When I take the microphone
I don't be smokin' ♪
895
00:41:39,929 --> 00:41:41,664
I would've never signed it
896
00:41:41,697 --> 00:41:43,199
if I'd have known
he didn't have a deal.
897
00:41:43,233 --> 00:41:44,968
You know,
it was thrown in my face
898
00:41:45,001 --> 00:41:47,571
like everybody was signed.
899
00:41:47,603 --> 00:41:49,306
And then once
I found out he wasn't,
900
00:41:49,338 --> 00:41:50,706
what was I supposed to do,
go tell them,
901
00:41:50,739 --> 00:41:52,675
"Hey, take my name
of the paper"?
902
00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:54,777
I had to continue to do
what I was doin',
903
00:41:54,811 --> 00:41:56,613
and this is what you wanted.
904
00:41:56,646 --> 00:41:58,048
You've been wantin' me
to do this shit
905
00:41:58,081 --> 00:41:59,916
for the longest.
I'm here now.
906
00:41:59,949 --> 00:42:02,618
But at the same time,
I can't do it with you,
907
00:42:02,652 --> 00:42:05,889
but I involved him
in everything that we did.
908
00:42:17,367 --> 00:42:20,237
I was around Snoop
sessions around '93,
909
00:42:20,269 --> 00:42:22,706
just bein' there
to try to be creative
910
00:42:22,739 --> 00:42:24,708
and try to help my homeboy
be successful.
911
00:42:33,083 --> 00:42:37,721
Just seein' and watchin'
how far he went from being here
912
00:42:37,753 --> 00:42:40,857
to growin' up
into a full fledged artist.
913
00:42:51,233 --> 00:42:53,769
♪ From the depths of the sea
Back to the block ♪
914
00:42:53,802 --> 00:42:56,138
♪ Snoop Doggy Dogg
Funky as the the The D.O.C. ♪
915
00:42:56,172 --> 00:42:58,307
♪ Went solo on that ass
But it's still the same ♪
916
00:42:58,340 --> 00:43:01,077
♪ Long Beach is the spot
Where I served my cane ♪
917
00:43:01,110 --> 00:43:03,913
Doggystyle was the most
anticipated rap album
918
00:43:03,947 --> 00:43:05,715
of all time when it came out.
919
00:43:05,748 --> 00:43:07,683
It was like you just
couldn't get enough Snoop.
920
00:43:07,717 --> 00:43:11,989
- ♪ Snoop Doggy Dogg ♪
- ♪ Yeah yeah yeah ♪
921
00:43:12,021 --> 00:43:15,826
♪ Snoop Doggy Dogg ♪
922
00:43:15,858 --> 00:43:18,828
Everybody had heard Snoop
on The Chronic
923
00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,664
and was waitin'
on his own record.
924
00:43:20,697 --> 00:43:22,399
The stage was set.
925
00:43:22,431 --> 00:43:26,369
That was a record
that introduced the world,
926
00:43:26,402 --> 00:43:28,337
not just to Dogg,
because we got The Chronic,
927
00:43:28,371 --> 00:43:30,673
But I'm talking about
introduced the world to
928
00:43:30,706 --> 00:43:34,176
what Long Beach was,
what this look was,
929
00:43:34,210 --> 00:43:36,045
what "cuz" meant.
930
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:38,815
Then when you think about
the "What's My Name" video,
931
00:43:38,847 --> 00:43:41,018
to be in Long Beach
932
00:43:41,050 --> 00:43:44,221
and shoot that video on top of,
you know, the V.I.P.
933
00:43:44,253 --> 00:43:47,089
It wasn't a pretty video
934
00:43:47,123 --> 00:43:48,724
where it had to be
pretty ladies,
935
00:43:48,757 --> 00:43:50,092
and it had to be
the most beautiful car.
936
00:43:50,126 --> 00:43:51,828
It was like,
"Nah, I'm in the hood,
937
00:43:51,860 --> 00:43:55,364
this is where I come from,
this is where they love me and
938
00:43:55,398 --> 00:43:56,867
this is where they accept me."
939
00:43:56,900 --> 00:44:00,003
♪ Doggy Dogg Doggy Dogg ♪
940
00:44:00,036 --> 00:44:02,304
When he hit, he hit.
He hit it out the park.
941
00:44:02,338 --> 00:44:05,275
He hit it out the park,
believe me.
942
00:44:05,307 --> 00:44:08,277
♪ Snoop Doggy Dogg in the house
With the fans like every day ♪
943
00:44:08,311 --> 00:44:10,914
♪ And I'm right back up in here
With Dr. Dre ♪
944
00:44:10,947 --> 00:44:14,017
♪ And like I said none
Of y'all can get with this ♪
945
00:44:14,050 --> 00:44:16,353
♪ And none of y'all
Can get with that ♪
946
00:44:22,858 --> 00:44:24,827
- Hey, Snoop, how you doin'?
- Excited.
947
00:44:24,860 --> 00:44:26,228
You are?
948
00:44:26,262 --> 00:44:27,831
Nancy Fletcher.
949
00:44:27,864 --> 00:44:30,967
- Jewell.
- Warren G.
950
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,135
- How you doin', Snoop?
- I'm chillin'.
951
00:44:33,168 --> 00:44:34,937
So what's the message that
you're trying to send out
952
00:44:34,971 --> 00:44:37,139
on your new debut LP?
953
00:44:37,172 --> 00:44:39,442
Just somethin' to groove to.
Get your mind off your problems.
954
00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:42,311
Stop the violence.
Somethin' to groove to.
955
00:44:42,344 --> 00:44:45,314
So I understand Dr. Dre is
a major influence on you?
956
00:44:45,347 --> 00:44:47,284
It's all a family thing.
957
00:44:47,317 --> 00:44:48,818
You know what I'm sayin'?
It's a Death Row coalition.
958
00:44:48,851 --> 00:44:50,820
It's like his music
with my words.
959
00:44:50,853 --> 00:44:53,056
It's like it's a family thing.
Somethin' to groove to.
960
00:44:53,088 --> 00:44:55,058
Give it up for
Snoop Doggy Dogg.
961
00:44:57,827 --> 00:44:59,463
The day
that it was released,
962
00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:01,865
me and Snoop just rolled
around L.A.
963
00:45:01,898 --> 00:45:04,968
and saw the lines in all
the record stores, you know.
964
00:45:05,001 --> 00:45:09,072
And I remember that because
he was so blown away by it.
965
00:45:09,105 --> 00:45:11,474
He had to have known
on some level,
966
00:45:11,507 --> 00:45:14,210
but I think Snoop is just
a really humble guy.
967
00:45:14,244 --> 00:45:16,213
Everywhere I went,
all you could hear
968
00:45:16,246 --> 00:45:19,282
was something coming out
somebody's window,
969
00:45:19,315 --> 00:45:21,384
and it was Dogg
or the conversations of,
970
00:45:21,416 --> 00:45:23,920
"Man, have you heard this one?
What's your favorite?"
971
00:45:23,952 --> 00:45:26,155
Let's just hold
Snoop Dogg up on a pedestal.
972
00:45:26,188 --> 00:45:29,326
He's a worldwide household name.
973
00:45:29,358 --> 00:45:32,295
Icon. Iconic. Snoop Dogg.
974
00:45:32,327 --> 00:45:36,065
That is the G-Funk
in a lightning bolt.
975
00:45:36,099 --> 00:45:37,334
Like, that's it.
976
00:45:37,367 --> 00:45:39,002
Snoop was dope.
977
00:45:39,034 --> 00:45:41,937
I just wanted to hear more
and more music from him.
978
00:45:41,971 --> 00:45:44,507
Such a cool person,
you know.
979
00:45:44,541 --> 00:45:48,111
White girls turned Snoop Dogg
into a sex symbol,
980
00:45:48,143 --> 00:45:49,545
you know what I'm saying?
981
00:45:49,579 --> 00:45:51,248
Like, girls from our end,
they can say,
982
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,115
"Oh I love the hair,
I love this,"
983
00:45:53,148 --> 00:45:56,485
but then MTV girls was like,
"Oh, my God, do you see this?"
984
00:45:56,518 --> 00:45:59,155
"Doggystyle"
jumped straight pop.
985
00:45:59,188 --> 00:46:01,257
Like, I was
number one pop album.
986
00:46:01,291 --> 00:46:03,059
I'm tryin' figure out
how the fuck am I pop
987
00:46:03,092 --> 00:46:05,295
when I don't make music
that popped?
988
00:46:05,327 --> 00:46:08,264
There was always this perception,
like, you make a pop song
989
00:46:08,297 --> 00:46:10,833
or a song
that has pop possibilities even,
990
00:46:10,867 --> 00:46:12,335
that's not hip-hop.
991
00:46:12,367 --> 00:46:15,105
But from a person who's cultural
and loves hip-hop,
992
00:46:15,137 --> 00:46:16,373
that is very hip-hop.
993
00:46:18,141 --> 00:46:19,809
Pop means that you're popular.
994
00:46:19,842 --> 00:46:22,378
As real as I was,
as hard as I was,
995
00:46:22,411 --> 00:46:24,180
as gangster as I was,
996
00:46:24,213 --> 00:46:28,217
white America accepted it
faster than black America.
997
00:46:28,251 --> 00:46:31,321
White motherfuckers
smoke weed just like niggas,
998
00:46:31,353 --> 00:46:34,390
probably more 'cause they don't
get in trouble for it.
999
00:46:34,423 --> 00:46:36,393
You know? Shit.
1000
00:46:36,425 --> 00:46:38,929
They probably
on they bongs and shit
1001
00:46:38,961 --> 00:46:40,597
and havin' a good time.
1002
00:46:40,630 --> 00:46:42,231
They can relate to the Dogg.
1003
00:46:42,264 --> 00:46:46,101
So I became popular
with being the lead voice
1004
00:46:46,135 --> 00:46:49,272
from the Chronic album
that stepped into his own,
1005
00:46:49,304 --> 00:46:51,907
produced by Dr. Dre,
with a new spirit,
1006
00:46:51,940 --> 00:46:54,176
new feeling,
and a whole new swag.
1007
00:46:54,210 --> 00:46:56,445
Nobody had a swag
like mine that was hard
1008
00:46:56,478 --> 00:46:58,347
but in-pocket and mellow.
1009
00:46:58,380 --> 00:47:00,382
Snoop had
an original flow,
1010
00:47:00,416 --> 00:47:03,486
an original cadence,
an original look.
1011
00:47:03,518 --> 00:47:05,855
Never seen somebody
where they were
1012
00:47:05,889 --> 00:47:08,925
gettin' their hair braided
on the porch in their video.
1013
00:47:08,958 --> 00:47:10,260
You know what I'm sayin',
you'd never seen someone
1014
00:47:10,293 --> 00:47:11,894
doing a black Home Alone.
1015
00:47:14,364 --> 00:47:17,233
Aah!
1016
00:47:17,266 --> 00:47:18,868
His vocals was funk.
1017
00:47:18,902 --> 00:47:20,302
His vocals was some vocals
1018
00:47:20,335 --> 00:47:22,171
that people ain't
never heard like that.
1019
00:47:22,204 --> 00:47:23,873
You know,
Ice Cube was coming East Coast.
1020
00:47:23,907 --> 00:47:25,442
"I'm coming at you" style.
1021
00:47:25,474 --> 00:47:27,509
Snoop was
"I'm in the pocket" funk,
1022
00:47:27,543 --> 00:47:29,278
way in the back,
1023
00:47:29,311 --> 00:47:32,081
I'm a straight-up,
no-ice liquor,
1024
00:47:32,114 --> 00:47:34,350
and Snoop was one of them
Long Island Iced Teas.
1025
00:47:34,384 --> 00:47:37,387
You know, it's smooth,
it goes down nice,
1026
00:47:37,420 --> 00:47:39,956
it flows,
but it has the same effect.
1027
00:47:39,989 --> 00:47:42,992
He was laid-back.
He didn't really care about you.
1028
00:47:43,025 --> 00:47:44,493
But he'd shoot you.
1029
00:47:44,527 --> 00:47:46,996
That's why when I came,
I was the one and only.
1030
00:47:47,030 --> 00:47:50,601
And the number-one male
artist of the year is...
1031
00:47:52,702 --> 00:47:54,537
Snoop Doggy Dogg!
1032
00:48:14,523 --> 00:48:17,559
You are responsible for the
producing of this album.
1033
00:48:17,592 --> 00:48:19,161
Now what goes
into being the producer
1034
00:48:19,195 --> 00:48:21,030
of a hit album
like this?
1035
00:48:21,063 --> 00:48:24,634
A lot of hard work, you know,
kickin' it in the studio.
1036
00:48:24,666 --> 00:48:26,502
A lot of people
like these people in the studio.
1037
00:48:26,536 --> 00:48:29,204
You know what I'm sayin'?
1038
00:48:29,237 --> 00:48:31,540
Everybody drops their two
cents in the bucket.
1039
00:48:31,574 --> 00:48:33,376
You know,
I can't do it by myself,
1040
00:48:33,409 --> 00:48:34,978
and we come up
with a masterpiece.
1041
00:48:35,010 --> 00:48:36,980
Dr. Dre, give it up.
1042
00:48:37,012 --> 00:48:39,982
You know,
things went the way they went.
1043
00:48:40,016 --> 00:48:41,518
I still wasn't gonna give up
1044
00:48:41,550 --> 00:48:44,621
on bein' a part
of what was goin' on.
1045
00:48:44,653 --> 00:48:46,690
You know, they was...
They my family.
1046
00:48:46,722 --> 00:48:48,657
One day,
I was up at the studio with...
1047
00:48:48,690 --> 00:48:51,427
You know, with...
with everybody, with Dre,
1048
00:48:51,460 --> 00:48:54,163
Snoop, and just everybody,
our whole crew.
1049
00:48:54,197 --> 00:48:58,101
And, uh, John Singleton
and Paul Stewart was up there,
1050
00:48:58,134 --> 00:49:00,469
you know, lookin' for songs
for their soundtrack.
1051
00:49:00,503 --> 00:49:03,373
I had recently got hired
by John Singleton
1052
00:49:03,405 --> 00:49:06,041
as the music supervisor
for his second film,
1053
00:49:06,074 --> 00:49:08,210
Poetic Justice,
and we talked about,
1054
00:49:08,244 --> 00:49:11,181
you know, trying to get a Snoop
record for our soundtrack.
1055
00:49:11,213 --> 00:49:13,382
So while I was
hangin' out the studio,
1056
00:49:13,416 --> 00:49:16,019
tryin' to get this Snoop
song, I met Warren.
1057
00:49:16,052 --> 00:49:18,387
♪ I can see the lens
I mean it's Minolta ♪
1058
00:49:18,420 --> 00:49:20,556
♪ It's me Warren G breakin'
Shit like ♪
1059
00:49:20,590 --> 00:49:22,726
And, uh,
Warren came up to me,
1060
00:49:22,759 --> 00:49:24,461
and I'll never forget,
he said...
1061
00:49:24,494 --> 00:49:27,329
"Man, can I play, you know,
this cassette for you?"
1062
00:49:27,362 --> 00:49:29,331
And I was like, "Okay,"
and we went out
1063
00:49:29,364 --> 00:49:30,766
to my Ford Explorer truck.
1064
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:34,371
I pop in a cassette,
and I played it,
1065
00:49:34,403 --> 00:49:36,139
and it was a song
called "Indo Smoke."
1066
00:49:36,172 --> 00:49:38,074
It was me and Mista Grimm.
1067
00:49:38,106 --> 00:49:40,643
♪ Smokin' on the bud
Feelin' kinda high ♪
1068
00:49:40,675 --> 00:49:43,145
♪ Sippin' on the gin
Feelin' kinda fly ♪
1069
00:49:43,179 --> 00:49:45,481
♪ A Warren G production
Sits in the tape deck ♪
1070
00:49:45,514 --> 00:49:47,016
♪ As Mista Grimm raps ♪
1071
00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:49,352
Yes, we're signing this.
This is done.
1072
00:49:49,385 --> 00:49:51,187
I already knew I loved it.
I didn't have to hear any more.
1073
00:49:51,219 --> 00:49:52,187
I was sold.
1074
00:49:52,221 --> 00:49:53,757
And I was like, "What?"
1075
00:49:53,789 --> 00:49:55,492
Said,
"You gotta be kiddin' me."
1076
00:49:55,525 --> 00:49:57,394
I mean,
the 213 stuff was demos.
1077
00:49:57,427 --> 00:49:59,195
They never came out or anything.
1078
00:49:59,228 --> 00:50:01,697
So this was the first records
that ever came out by him.
1079
00:50:01,731 --> 00:50:04,367
♪ Whoo hey
Now you know ♪
1080
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,668
♪ Inhale exhale with my flow ♪
1081
00:50:06,702 --> 00:50:09,205
♪ Breakaway
Come again like this ♪
1082
00:50:09,237 --> 00:50:11,707
♪ The LB to the C
Two times don't miss ♪
1083
00:50:11,740 --> 00:50:14,210
♪ 'Cause if you do you break
You get broke ♪
1084
00:50:14,242 --> 00:50:17,313
♪ Me and Mista G
And the Indo Smoke ♪
1085
00:50:17,346 --> 00:50:19,681
"Indo Smoke"
opened up the flood gates
1086
00:50:19,715 --> 00:50:21,617
for a lot
of the record companies
1087
00:50:21,650 --> 00:50:24,486
to start reaching out to me.
1088
00:50:24,519 --> 00:50:27,056
'Cause "Indo Smoke" was
on the radio being promoted.
1089
00:50:27,090 --> 00:50:28,825
People was just like,
"Who is this guy?
1090
00:50:28,858 --> 00:50:30,360
Who's the other guy?"
1091
00:50:30,393 --> 00:50:32,095
They wanted to know
who we were.
1092
00:50:32,128 --> 00:50:33,496
It's about
is there a melody?
1093
00:50:33,528 --> 00:50:36,298
Is it soft?
Is it accessible?
1094
00:50:36,331 --> 00:50:39,201
"Indo Smoke" was made to be
on the radio,
1095
00:50:39,235 --> 00:50:40,702
to go through the roof.
1096
00:50:40,735 --> 00:50:43,272
That was street
even though it had melody.
1097
00:50:47,876 --> 00:50:50,413
♪ Down with the king ♪
1098
00:50:50,445 --> 00:50:52,815
♪ Down with the king for years
About ten of 'em ♪
1099
00:50:52,849 --> 00:50:54,684
I wanted to be
on Def Jam Records as a kid.
1100
00:50:54,717 --> 00:50:57,420
Def Jam was the home
of all of my favorites
1101
00:50:57,452 --> 00:51:00,422
The opportunity to be
on a label
1102
00:51:00,456 --> 00:51:03,626
with all these different groups
that I look up to and that...
1103
00:51:03,659 --> 00:51:05,662
and never think I was gonna
be able to be around them.
1104
00:51:05,695 --> 00:51:07,463
♪ Or rather form a circle
Around a loud ♪
1105
00:51:07,496 --> 00:51:09,431
♪ 'Cause brothers
Or others... ♪
1106
00:51:09,465 --> 00:51:12,402
But I didn't know
that the company was in debt.
1107
00:51:12,434 --> 00:51:13,769
Def Jam was dying.
1108
00:51:13,802 --> 00:51:15,538
Def Jam wasn't making
no fuckin' hits.
1109
00:51:15,570 --> 00:51:18,208
They was dead.
We was wearin' their asses out.
1110
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:22,177
Death Row, we was
the number-one label, period.
1111
00:51:22,210 --> 00:51:23,812
You understand me?
1112
00:51:23,846 --> 00:51:26,748
Gangster rap
and in this music industry,
1113
00:51:26,782 --> 00:51:29,586
but Def Jam
is historic for hip-hop.
1114
00:51:29,619 --> 00:51:32,288
You know, they'd had that huge
run with the Beastie Boys
1115
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:33,755
and Public Enemy
and all that stuff,
1116
00:51:33,789 --> 00:51:36,226
and they had kind of lost
their way, so to speak.
1117
00:51:36,259 --> 00:51:37,894
Here's a company
that's 20 million in the hole,
1118
00:51:37,927 --> 00:51:39,729
and we had just reset
the company.
1119
00:51:39,762 --> 00:51:41,764
Polygram was in.
1120
00:51:41,797 --> 00:51:45,601
And the first thing
that came out was Warren G.
1121
00:51:45,635 --> 00:51:49,539
They needed something to
take them into the next realm.
1122
00:51:49,572 --> 00:51:52,709
And by that time, you know,
funk had gotten around.
1123
00:51:52,742 --> 00:51:56,412
G-Funk had been around,
and the East Coast record label
1124
00:51:56,445 --> 00:51:59,649
had to figure out how they
could kinda get in on this.
1125
00:51:59,681 --> 00:52:04,186
The signing of Warren G
to Def Jam at that point
1126
00:52:04,219 --> 00:52:06,889
was a lifesaver for the label.
1127
00:52:06,922 --> 00:52:10,392
- Is this filming?
- Yeah.
1128
00:52:10,425 --> 00:52:12,194
Hey, this is Warren G,
you know what I'm sayin'?
1129
00:52:12,228 --> 00:52:13,596
This is live coverage,
you know what I'm sayin'?
1130
00:52:13,628 --> 00:52:15,931
My documentary.
I'm up here at the studio.
1131
00:52:15,965 --> 00:52:17,667
You know what I'm sayin',
handlin' business.
1132
00:52:21,204 --> 00:52:22,739
Regulators.
1133
00:52:22,771 --> 00:52:24,940
We regulate any stealin'
of his property.
1134
00:52:24,974 --> 00:52:26,676
We're damn good, too.
1135
00:52:26,708 --> 00:52:29,378
But you can't be
any geek off the street.
1136
00:52:29,411 --> 00:52:31,680
Gotta be handy with the steel,
if you know what I mean,
1137
00:52:31,713 --> 00:52:33,315
earn your keep.
1138
00:52:33,349 --> 00:52:37,187
Regulators! Mount up.
1139
00:52:37,219 --> 00:52:39,521
"Regulate"
was a song I did for my album.
1140
00:52:39,554 --> 00:52:41,456
What I told Nate to do
was sing...
1141
00:52:41,489 --> 00:52:43,358
you know,
"Let's tell a story,"
1142
00:52:43,391 --> 00:52:44,693
you know,
"just follow my lead."
1143
00:52:44,726 --> 00:52:48,197
So I set it off by saying,
you know,
1144
00:52:48,231 --> 00:52:49,899
"It was a clear black night,
a clear white moon,
1145
00:52:49,931 --> 00:52:51,867
Warren G was on the streets."
1146
00:52:51,900 --> 00:52:53,869
♪ Tryin' to consume
Some skirts for the eve ♪
1147
00:52:53,902 --> 00:52:56,605
♪ So I can get some funk
Rollin' in my ride ♪
1148
00:52:56,639 --> 00:52:58,407
- ♪ Chillin' all alone ♪
Nate came in,
1149
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,209
and he followed what I said.
1150
00:53:00,242 --> 00:53:02,978
He was like, "Just hit
the east side of the LBC."
1151
00:53:03,012 --> 00:53:05,315
♪ On a mission tryin'
To find Mr. Warren G ♪
1152
00:53:05,347 --> 00:53:07,849
♪ Seen a car full of girls
Ain't no need to tweak ♪
1153
00:53:07,882 --> 00:53:10,719
♪ All you skirts know
What's up with 213 ♪
1154
00:53:10,753 --> 00:53:12,521
It's a duet,
you know what I mean?
1155
00:53:12,554 --> 00:53:15,257
It's like a great answer
back-and-forth kind of record.
1156
00:53:15,291 --> 00:53:18,394
Here's the way it's sang,
really melodic and no problems,
1157
00:53:18,427 --> 00:53:20,296
but it had
a threatening tone to it.
1158
00:53:20,329 --> 00:53:21,931
That's what made it cool,
right?
1159
00:53:21,963 --> 00:53:23,833
We would feed
off of each other.
1160
00:53:23,865 --> 00:53:25,969
We didn't even think
that it was gonna be
1161
00:53:26,001 --> 00:53:27,737
as big as it is today.
1162
00:53:27,769 --> 00:53:29,239
First time I heard "Regulate,"
1163
00:53:29,271 --> 00:53:32,007
like, "Dang, who's this?
1164
00:53:32,041 --> 00:53:35,912
This... You know what?
It's smooth."
1165
00:53:35,945 --> 00:53:38,014
I felt inspired
when I heard it.
1166
00:53:38,047 --> 00:53:40,516
You know, I felt something,
like, "Oh, shit, hit."
1167
00:53:40,548 --> 00:53:43,619
And then, of course,
he had Nate Dogg ridin' shotgun.
1168
00:53:43,652 --> 00:53:45,554
It was un-fuck-with-able.
1169
00:53:45,588 --> 00:53:47,790
That was like
a dream team right there.
1170
00:53:47,822 --> 00:53:50,025
That was like playing two on two
with anybody you want.
1171
00:53:50,059 --> 00:53:51,961
Y'all, come on,
let's go two on two, all right?
1172
00:53:51,994 --> 00:53:53,696
I got Nate Dogg.
1173
00:53:53,728 --> 00:53:55,964
♪ I'm tweakin'
Into a whole new era ♪
1174
00:53:55,998 --> 00:53:58,701
♪ G-Funk step to this
I dare ya ♪
1175
00:53:58,733 --> 00:54:00,969
♪ Funk on a whole new level ♪
1176
00:54:01,003 --> 00:54:03,506
♪ The rhythm is the bass
And the bass is the treble ♪
1177
00:54:03,539 --> 00:54:06,009
"Regulate"
was just such a smash.
1178
00:54:06,041 --> 00:54:07,876
It was just such a huge hit.
1179
00:54:07,909 --> 00:54:11,380
And it got full,
100% West Coast respect.
1180
00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:12,749
That's classic hip-hop.
1181
00:54:12,782 --> 00:54:14,817
That record goes down
in history.
1182
00:54:14,849 --> 00:54:17,586
And most people can say
that record word for word.
1183
00:54:17,619 --> 00:54:19,721
♪ Chords strings ♪
1184
00:54:19,755 --> 00:54:22,458
♪ We brings melody ♪
1185
00:54:22,490 --> 00:54:24,293
♪ G-Funk ♪
1186
00:54:24,327 --> 00:54:26,896
♪ Where rhythm is life
And life is rhythm ♪
1187
00:54:26,929 --> 00:54:30,066
There was no love lost
between Death Row and Def Jam.
1188
00:54:30,099 --> 00:54:32,335
Def Jam had Warren signed,
but Death Row had Nate.
1189
00:54:32,367 --> 00:54:33,869
You know what I mean?
1190
00:54:33,902 --> 00:54:35,471
And one can't can't do one
without the other.
1191
00:54:35,503 --> 00:54:37,306
Suge had a problem
with Nate Dogg
1192
00:54:37,340 --> 00:54:39,909
being on Warren G's shit
because he felt like Nate Dogg
1193
00:54:39,942 --> 00:54:41,677
was a part of Death Row,
1194
00:54:41,710 --> 00:54:43,913
but if Suge was
a great businessman,
1195
00:54:43,945 --> 00:54:46,648
he would've signed Warren G
the same day he signed me.
1196
00:54:46,681 --> 00:54:48,717
You allowed that to happen.
1197
00:54:48,751 --> 00:54:50,620
Warren wasn't goin' for it.
1198
00:54:50,652 --> 00:54:51,753
He wasn't scared of Suge.
1199
00:54:51,786 --> 00:54:53,622
So he was like,
"Man, fuck you,"
1200
00:54:53,655 --> 00:54:55,358
then he went and did
his own thing.
1201
00:54:55,391 --> 00:54:58,994
And, you know, Suge didn't like
none of that.
1202
00:54:59,027 --> 00:55:00,529
At the end of the day,
1203
00:55:00,563 --> 00:55:02,565
everyone had
to kind of give in.
1204
00:55:02,597 --> 00:55:04,467
The song was featured on
the Above the Rim soundtrack,
1205
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:06,936
which is an amazing soundtrack
on Death Row Records,
1206
00:55:06,969 --> 00:55:09,771
one the best soundtracks
ever made, and
1207
00:55:09,804 --> 00:55:11,540
was Warren's first single
from his album.
1208
00:55:11,574 --> 00:55:14,376
It was incredible to come out
on Death Row
1209
00:55:14,409 --> 00:55:17,012
and be the lead single
on a Def Jam record.
1210
00:55:17,045 --> 00:55:19,081
Speaks a lot
to what a great song it was
1211
00:55:19,114 --> 00:55:21,450
and how popular it was
at the time, too.
1212
00:55:21,483 --> 00:55:25,587
♪ The phone is ringin'
And I'm in the Benz ♪
1213
00:55:25,621 --> 00:55:27,690
♪ I don't wanna answer ♪
1214
00:55:27,722 --> 00:55:31,027
♪ 'Cause I know
It's some chickenhead ♪
1215
00:55:31,059 --> 00:55:35,431
♪ Sure enough
When I picked up my phone ♪
1216
00:55:35,463 --> 00:55:41,070
♪ Supid-ass bitch
Wanted to come into my home ♪
1217
00:55:41,103 --> 00:55:44,606
♪ I'm contemplating now ♪
1218
00:55:44,639 --> 00:55:47,643
♪ Do I need to prove ♪
1219
00:55:51,045 --> 00:55:52,881
When I dropped my record
1220
00:55:52,914 --> 00:55:54,683
right before
the summer of '94,
1221
00:55:54,717 --> 00:55:56,452
it just took people by storm,
1222
00:55:56,485 --> 00:55:59,588
because they had never heard
nothin' like it.
1223
00:56:03,458 --> 00:56:05,927
I think one thing
about Warren's album was
1224
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:08,930
you know, it had all
the great G-Funk elements,
1225
00:56:08,963 --> 00:56:10,833
but it was even more accessible
in some ways
1226
00:56:10,865 --> 00:56:12,501
than, like,
the Dre/Snoop stuff,
1227
00:56:12,534 --> 00:56:14,803
'cause it was more fun party,
less gangster.
1228
00:56:14,836 --> 00:56:16,539
Warren isn't
some big gangster,
1229
00:56:16,572 --> 00:56:18,407
and he kept it real
to who he is.
1230
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:20,609
There's different levels
of gangster rap.
1231
00:56:20,643 --> 00:56:22,978
So Warren was more like,
1232
00:56:23,012 --> 00:56:25,782
"I'll shoot you if I have to"
type motherfucker, you dig?
1233
00:56:25,815 --> 00:56:27,517
Where a lot us were
1234
00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:29,852
"we're coming to get you"
type shit, you dig?
1235
00:56:29,885 --> 00:56:32,922
My reaction to hearin'
Warren G's debut album in '94
1236
00:56:32,954 --> 00:56:37,125
was classic because
Warren G wasn't a good rapper
1237
00:56:37,159 --> 00:56:38,126
as a kid to us.
1238
00:56:38,159 --> 00:56:40,061
We used to always clown,
1239
00:56:40,094 --> 00:56:41,630
'cause he used to take
all the Dr. Dre raps
1240
00:56:41,664 --> 00:56:43,699
before they came out
and be using those
1241
00:56:43,731 --> 00:56:46,168
and cheatin' and shit,
so when I heard him on there
1242
00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:48,905
rappin' and doing his shit,
his production was next level.
1243
00:56:48,938 --> 00:56:51,474
He was basically
on the same level as Dr. Dre.
1244
00:56:51,507 --> 00:56:53,943
Didn't use none of the shit
that I do, you know,
1245
00:56:53,976 --> 00:56:55,811
none of my sounds
or none of that shit.
1246
00:56:55,844 --> 00:56:58,180
He just came out
and did his own thing,
1247
00:56:58,213 --> 00:57:01,016
came up with his own shit,
which is dope.
1248
00:57:01,050 --> 00:57:04,586
His album was like
a runaway success.
1249
00:57:04,619 --> 00:57:07,456
It was very quickly
triple platinum.
1250
00:57:07,489 --> 00:57:09,524
This is Warren G,
you know what I'm sayin'?
1251
00:57:09,557 --> 00:57:11,827
Has it gone
platinum yet, Johnny?
1252
00:57:11,860 --> 00:57:12,961
It's platinum now.
1253
00:57:12,994 --> 00:57:14,864
- Almost double.
- Double.
1254
00:57:14,896 --> 00:57:16,833
It'll be double
by the end of next week.
1255
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:21,603
I don't even think Russell
and Leore and them understood
1256
00:57:21,637 --> 00:57:23,072
what was really goin' on.
1257
00:57:23,105 --> 00:57:25,240
I'm an optimist,
so I thought we would survive
1258
00:57:25,273 --> 00:57:27,576
and we would grow and we would
do something innovative,
1259
00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:29,579
and, you know,
I didn't expect that deal
1260
00:57:29,612 --> 00:57:31,213
to go just the way it did.
1261
00:57:31,246 --> 00:57:35,518
Warren's music was worldwide
because the melody plays
1262
00:57:35,550 --> 00:57:37,018
no matter what the language.
1263
00:57:37,052 --> 00:57:40,088
He showed the pop potential
of hip-hop.
1264
00:57:40,121 --> 00:57:42,891
He saved Def Jam
with that record.
1265
00:57:42,925 --> 00:57:44,660
It was the biggest record
that they had
1266
00:57:44,693 --> 00:57:46,195
in a long time,
that's for sure.
1267
00:57:46,228 --> 00:57:48,063
Without Warren G,
we would've had
1268
00:57:48,097 --> 00:57:49,699
to sell the company,
we would've fell apart.
1269
00:57:49,731 --> 00:57:53,536
Without him, would we have
a Jay-Z or a Foxy Brown?
1270
00:57:53,568 --> 00:57:55,103
I don't know.
I don't think so.
1271
00:57:55,137 --> 00:57:56,506
We certainly wouldn't have
had the support
1272
00:57:56,539 --> 00:57:58,107
to go out
and build those acts.
1273
00:57:58,139 --> 00:58:00,275
I thought I was
like the biggest thing
1274
00:58:00,309 --> 00:58:01,944
in the world
when I went to Europe.
1275
00:58:01,976 --> 00:58:04,145
I performed for,
like, 50,000, 60,000,
1276
00:58:04,179 --> 00:58:06,883
Wembley Arena, you know
what I'm sayin', I'm popular.
1277
00:58:06,916 --> 00:58:10,019
So this time I go,
Warren G is already over there.
1278
00:58:10,052 --> 00:58:12,288
So I'm like,
"I got my homeboy in the house.
1279
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,523
I'm gonna bring out
a special guest."
1280
00:58:14,556 --> 00:58:17,125
I bring this motherfucker
Warren G on stage.
1281
00:58:17,159 --> 00:58:19,095
What's up, man?
1282
00:58:19,128 --> 00:58:22,899
All 100,00 motherfuckers
stand up, lights.
1283
00:58:22,931 --> 00:58:25,166
I'm like, "This nigga
is Elvis over here."
1284
00:58:31,106 --> 00:58:33,109
That's right.
1285
00:58:33,141 --> 00:58:35,244
All right. All right.
1286
00:58:37,179 --> 00:58:39,115
That's right.
1287
00:58:39,148 --> 00:58:41,918
I gotta give it up to
1288
00:58:41,951 --> 00:58:44,920
I didn't really look
at myself as a superstar.
1289
00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:47,289
I didn't understand
what gold and platinum was.
1290
00:58:47,322 --> 00:58:52,094
And I was like, "This is what
I get for doin' music?"
1291
00:58:52,126 --> 00:58:55,163
Home videos, baby, yeah.
G-Funk rocks it every time.
1292
00:58:55,197 --> 00:58:58,668
Don't get it twisted, yeah.
Be-yotch.
1293
00:58:58,701 --> 00:59:01,871
The Lady of Rage,
Kurupt,
1294
00:59:01,903 --> 00:59:05,907
Daz and Snoop,
Nate Dogg and myself,
1295
00:59:05,940 --> 00:59:09,344
we loved it, loved it.
1296
00:59:09,378 --> 00:59:12,782
Bumped it and loved him
for doin' it.
1297
00:59:12,815 --> 00:59:14,617
But Suge reacted.
1298
00:59:14,650 --> 00:59:18,354
Suge Knight
was so fucked up at the time,
1299
00:59:18,387 --> 00:59:22,358
well, he wouldn't even allow us
to do shit for Warren G
1300
00:59:22,391 --> 00:59:24,059
without him tryin' to get paid.
1301
00:59:26,929 --> 00:59:30,166
The 1994 Billboard
Music Awards will continue.
1302
00:59:33,135 --> 00:59:37,940
The 1994 Billboard Awards,
they asked us to do "Regulate."
1303
00:59:37,972 --> 00:59:41,309
Suge told Nate
he couldn't perform with me.
1304
00:59:41,342 --> 00:59:45,313
Nobody asked me to call Suge
regarding Nate's performance.
1305
00:59:45,347 --> 00:59:46,916
That's what I was there for.
I would've called.
1306
00:59:46,949 --> 00:59:48,918
So I don't think Warren
1307
00:59:48,951 --> 00:59:51,019
was afraid of him either
at that time.
1308
00:59:51,052 --> 00:59:53,154
I had my people there.
1309
00:59:53,188 --> 00:59:56,626
We wasn't trying trying to
be the aggressors, you know,
1310
00:59:56,659 --> 00:59:59,128
but at the same time wasn't
nothing gonna happen to Nate,
1311
00:59:59,161 --> 01:00:01,097
'cause that's my homeboy.
1312
01:00:01,130 --> 01:00:03,265
♪ It was a clear black night
A clear white moon ♪
1313
01:00:03,297 --> 01:00:05,967
♪ Warren G is on the streets
Tryin' to consume ♪
1314
01:00:06,001 --> 01:00:08,371
♪ Some skirts for the eve
So I could get some funk ♪
1315
01:00:08,403 --> 01:00:10,739
♪ Rollin' in my ride,
Chillin' all alone ♪
1316
01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:13,409
♪ I just hit
the east side of the LBC ♪
1317
01:00:13,442 --> 01:00:15,811
♪ On a mission
Tryin' to find Mr. Warren G ♪
1318
01:00:15,844 --> 01:00:18,280
♪ Seen a car full of girls
Ain't no need to tweak ♪
1319
01:00:18,313 --> 01:00:20,715
♪ All of you skirts know
What's up with 213 ♪
1320
01:00:20,748 --> 01:00:23,752
♪ So I hooks a left
On 2-1 and Lewis ♪
1321
01:00:23,786 --> 01:00:26,789
I just think Suge know
that he fucked up
1322
01:00:26,822 --> 01:00:28,289
when he let Warren G go.
1323
01:00:28,322 --> 01:00:31,826
He always wanted to try
to get somethin'
1324
01:00:31,860 --> 01:00:35,164
off of the fact
that he coulda had Warren G.
1325
01:00:35,197 --> 01:00:37,867
It wasn't a good
reflection that this artist
1326
01:00:37,900 --> 01:00:40,735
who was part of his camp
and viewed as his camp
1327
01:00:40,768 --> 01:00:43,104
by almost everybody
left and kind of went
1328
01:00:43,137 --> 01:00:45,840
to this East Coast label
that he didn't like, Def Jam,
1329
01:00:45,873 --> 01:00:47,208
and had all this success.
1330
01:00:47,242 --> 01:00:48,911
You know, and we all know
1331
01:00:48,943 --> 01:00:51,179
how Suge deals with business
and negotiates.
1332
01:00:51,213 --> 01:00:53,682
♪ Just throw your hands
In the air ♪
1333
01:00:53,715 --> 01:00:56,251
♪ And wave 'em like you
Just don't care ♪
1334
01:00:56,284 --> 01:00:58,820
♪ And if you're down
With Nate Dogg and Warren G ♪
1335
01:00:58,853 --> 01:01:01,189
♪ Somebody say oh yeah ♪
1336
01:01:01,222 --> 01:01:02,791
Oh, yeah!
1337
01:01:02,824 --> 01:01:04,025
Oh, yeah!
1338
01:01:04,059 --> 01:01:06,929
Hello, Warren.
1339
01:01:06,961 --> 01:01:10,132
Hello, Patrick.
Just wanna say you guys...
1340
01:01:10,164 --> 01:01:12,134
you guys
know how to throw a party.
1341
01:01:12,166 --> 01:01:14,335
I just wanna say that...
1342
01:01:14,369 --> 01:01:17,306
that I'm having
a really good time
1343
01:01:17,338 --> 01:01:19,942
and that I'd like to play
a tune for you.
1344
01:01:29,351 --> 01:01:31,987
My nigga Warren, boy, this
the party of the year, nigga!
1345
01:01:32,019 --> 01:01:34,123
Gonna find Miss Tucker in here.
1346
01:01:34,155 --> 01:01:36,224
When I get married, I'm gonna
invite you to the weddin'!
1347
01:01:36,257 --> 01:01:41,362
During that era,
G-Funk sold more records
1348
01:01:41,396 --> 01:01:45,167
than any group
in any era number-wise.
1349
01:01:48,936 --> 01:01:50,505
No matter where we went
all over the world,
1350
01:01:50,539 --> 01:01:53,209
people embraced G-Funk
and what we did.
1351
01:01:53,242 --> 01:01:57,246
G-Funk was more
than just a sound.
1352
01:01:57,278 --> 01:01:59,914
See, G-Funk opened rap up
to a bigger audience,
1353
01:01:59,947 --> 01:02:03,118
because it would never go
out of style or come in style
1354
01:02:03,152 --> 01:02:05,086
because it was a melody.
1355
01:02:05,119 --> 01:02:06,922
People were so
intrigued for whatever reason.
1356
01:02:06,954 --> 01:02:09,324
It could have been you
really enjoyed the music,
1357
01:02:09,358 --> 01:02:11,460
you really enjoyed
the lifestyle,
1358
01:02:11,492 --> 01:02:13,795
or you also felt
this little thing where
1359
01:02:13,829 --> 01:02:15,164
you felt like, man, this is-
1360
01:02:15,197 --> 01:02:16,932
you know, this is dangerous.
1361
01:02:16,965 --> 01:02:20,369
White folks is gonna always
be fascinated with niggas.
1362
01:02:22,570 --> 01:02:24,306
It's the nature of the beast.
1363
01:02:24,338 --> 01:02:27,076
'Cause I love...
the beat lives.
1364
01:02:27,108 --> 01:02:29,411
I've always
listened to it.
1365
01:02:29,443 --> 01:02:31,380
You know, white people
are gettin' into it.
1366
01:02:31,413 --> 01:02:34,449
The reason they
fell in love with it is because
1367
01:02:34,483 --> 01:02:37,086
it's just dope, you know,
1368
01:02:37,119 --> 01:02:39,121
and they wish
they could do the shit.
1369
01:02:39,153 --> 01:02:41,123
You'd see boxers
walk out to it.
1370
01:02:41,155 --> 01:02:43,159
You would see
football players.
1371
01:02:43,192 --> 01:02:47,262
You'd see cats from baseball,
that's their walk-out song.
1372
01:02:47,295 --> 01:02:49,364
You know, most people
in their locker rooms,
1373
01:02:49,398 --> 01:02:51,800
you know, trying to get...
hype themself up to play.
1374
01:02:51,833 --> 01:02:54,135
In Atlanta with the Falcons?
1375
01:02:54,168 --> 01:02:56,437
It wasn't nothin' but noise.
1376
01:02:56,471 --> 01:02:58,541
The head coach,
Jerry Glanville,
1377
01:02:58,574 --> 01:03:00,543
he brought
in these huge speakers
1378
01:03:00,576 --> 01:03:04,045
where it was a concert
in the locker room, man.
1379
01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:08,217
I wouldn't say
it crossed over
1380
01:03:08,250 --> 01:03:11,186
because when
something's so good
1381
01:03:11,219 --> 01:03:13,254
and something's
at another level,
1382
01:03:13,288 --> 01:03:14,556
it ain't a crossover.
1383
01:03:14,590 --> 01:03:16,458
It is what it is.
1384
01:03:16,490 --> 01:03:19,161
Like Jordan's so good,
Jordan ain't black or white.
1385
01:03:19,193 --> 01:03:20,896
Jordan's Jordan, man.
1386
01:03:20,929 --> 01:03:24,333
So when you hear
that beat drop...
1387
01:03:24,365 --> 01:03:26,936
the white dudes, yeah.
1388
01:03:26,969 --> 01:03:29,137
The black dudes.
1389
01:03:29,170 --> 01:03:33,408
The coaches.
The ball boys.
1390
01:03:33,442 --> 01:03:35,476
Everybody, you know?
1391
01:03:35,510 --> 01:03:39,982
It's the lifestyle
of partyin' and smokin',
1392
01:03:40,014 --> 01:03:42,518
drinkin', hangin'.
1393
01:03:42,550 --> 01:03:44,385
Everybody gotta get on.
1394
01:03:44,418 --> 01:03:46,955
It was like a new day.
1395
01:03:46,989 --> 01:03:49,224
That basically opened the door
for East Coast listeners
1396
01:03:49,257 --> 01:03:51,292
to feel cool
with playin' West Coast music,
1397
01:03:51,326 --> 01:03:54,063
because before that point,
niggas on the East
1398
01:03:54,096 --> 01:03:56,465
couldn't just play
West Coast music like that.
1399
01:03:56,498 --> 01:03:58,367
They was looked at as like,
"Nigga, what is you doin'
1400
01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:00,970
playin' that shit?"
until we made it
1401
01:04:01,003 --> 01:04:03,572
fashionably cool with the sound
that took over America
1402
01:04:03,605 --> 01:04:05,474
to where it was like,
"Oh, you not playin' it?
1403
01:04:05,507 --> 01:04:07,376
You the only nigga on the block
that ain't playin' it."
1404
01:04:07,409 --> 01:04:09,878
Everybody
had their own level of success,
1405
01:04:09,911 --> 01:04:12,080
so there wasn't no hatin'
goin' on.
1406
01:04:12,114 --> 01:04:14,182
We were handlin' business.
Business was getting handled.
1407
01:04:14,215 --> 01:04:17,552
But at the same time,
it was just too much fun
1408
01:04:17,585 --> 01:04:20,922
at that age to be makin'
that sort of impact
1409
01:04:20,956 --> 01:04:22,391
in the music industry.
1410
01:04:22,423 --> 01:04:26,128
It was just too much there
to not enjoy.
1411
01:04:26,161 --> 01:04:29,231
And I was like, "These dudes
is turned up, man.
1412
01:04:29,264 --> 01:04:32,101
They livin' la vida loca."
1413
01:04:32,134 --> 01:04:36,105
I got handcuffs
at home waitin' for you!
1414
01:04:36,137 --> 01:04:41,242
I got handcuffs waitin' for
you on my bed at home!
1415
01:04:57,159 --> 01:04:59,128
Death Row
had really come out
1416
01:04:59,161 --> 01:05:02,998
and really made a mark
in the music business.
1417
01:05:03,030 --> 01:05:07,402
Takin' rap's shine from New York
had never been done.
1418
01:05:07,436 --> 01:05:09,704
Death Row, you know,
they was the best
1419
01:05:09,737 --> 01:05:12,507
at that G-Funk style,
1420
01:05:12,541 --> 01:05:18,480
and only people that can
even... hint
1421
01:05:18,512 --> 01:05:22,985
or sniff in their direction
was Bad Boy at the time.
1422
01:05:25,753 --> 01:05:27,489
♪ Sicka than your average ♪
1423
01:05:27,521 --> 01:05:29,391
♪ Poppa twist cabbage
off instinct ♪
1424
01:05:29,423 --> 01:05:31,393
Puffy, he
had started Bad Boy Records,
1425
01:05:31,425 --> 01:05:33,161
you know,
out there in New York.
1426
01:05:33,195 --> 01:05:35,130
♪ Timbs for my hooligans
In Brooklyn ♪
1427
01:05:35,163 --> 01:05:36,498
♪ Dead right
If the head right ♪
1428
01:05:36,530 --> 01:05:38,433
♪ Biggie there e'ry night ♪
1429
01:05:38,467 --> 01:05:40,536
♪ Poppa been smooth
Since days of Underroos ♪
1430
01:05:40,568 --> 01:05:43,105
He had signed
Biggie around this time,
1431
01:05:43,137 --> 01:05:45,373
and he was starting
to blow up with a lot of hits
1432
01:05:45,407 --> 01:05:47,509
that used the same samples
from the same era
1433
01:05:47,541 --> 01:05:50,478
that influenced us.
1434
01:05:50,512 --> 01:05:54,083
You know, but Suge,
he wasn't down with that.
1435
01:05:54,115 --> 01:05:56,719
♪ Just hit the east side
Of the LBC ♪
1436
01:05:56,751 --> 01:05:59,355
♪ On a mission trying
To find Mr. Warren G ♪
1437
01:05:59,387 --> 01:06:01,990
♪ Seen a car full of girls
Ain't no need to tweak ♪
1438
01:06:02,023 --> 01:06:04,460
♪ All of you skirts know
What's up with 213 ♪
1439
01:06:06,427 --> 01:06:09,297
First of all,
I'd like to thank God.
1440
01:06:09,331 --> 01:06:11,367
Second of all, I'd like thank
my whole, entire
1441
01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:14,302
Death Row family on both sides,
you know what I'm sayin'?
1442
01:06:16,704 --> 01:06:19,775
I'd like to tell Tupac
keep his guards up.
1443
01:06:19,807 --> 01:06:21,344
We ride with him.
1444
01:06:27,548 --> 01:06:29,717
And what else
that I'd like to say?
1445
01:06:29,751 --> 01:06:32,221
Any artist out there
wanna be an artist
1446
01:06:32,253 --> 01:06:35,023
and wanna stay a star
and don't wanna have to worry
1447
01:06:35,056 --> 01:06:38,793
about the executive producer
trying to be all in the videos,
1448
01:06:38,827 --> 01:06:43,532
all on the records,
dancin', come to Death Row!
1449
01:06:45,666 --> 01:06:48,737
I think that was the moment...
just period, the moment
1450
01:06:48,769 --> 01:06:54,076
where everything Suge said
was directed directly to Puffy.
1451
01:06:54,108 --> 01:06:57,612
And he put that out there,
Puff took it in,
1452
01:06:57,646 --> 01:06:59,414
and the shit went to where
it went to.
1453
01:06:59,447 --> 01:07:02,617
It was a bold move
also to do it in New York.
1454
01:07:02,650 --> 01:07:05,086
Suge had a problem
with Puffy.
1455
01:07:05,119 --> 01:07:07,455
That was his personal problem.
1456
01:07:07,489 --> 01:07:10,559
But the thing is
this one particular guy
1457
01:07:10,592 --> 01:07:12,327
is a representation
of the East Coast.
1458
01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:14,262
So the East Coast
took offense to it.
1459
01:07:14,295 --> 01:07:16,664
That's what made it
an East Coast/West Coast war.
1460
01:07:16,697 --> 01:07:18,634
The East Coast was behind Puffy
1461
01:07:18,666 --> 01:07:19,835
'cause they supported him,
1462
01:07:19,867 --> 01:07:21,836
and the West Coast
was behind Suge,
1463
01:07:21,869 --> 01:07:23,572
and he was behind us.
1464
01:07:23,605 --> 01:07:25,840
By him being on our team
and being our leader,
1465
01:07:25,873 --> 01:07:28,176
we'd naturally have
to ride with him.
1466
01:07:28,210 --> 01:07:31,413
Divide and conquer
is his primary tactic.
1467
01:07:31,445 --> 01:07:33,514
In order for me to get
the support I need,
1468
01:07:33,547 --> 01:07:36,384
let me make sure
that I alienate the ones
1469
01:07:36,418 --> 01:07:38,287
that aren't going to be with me.
1470
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:40,622
They say it all the time
in that culture...
1471
01:07:40,655 --> 01:07:42,791
"Either you with me
or you against me."
1472
01:07:42,824 --> 01:07:44,693
That's gang culture.
1473
01:07:44,726 --> 01:07:47,596
They're throwing Bad Boy,
Bad Boy and Death Row.
1474
01:07:47,628 --> 01:07:49,530
So it's like I'm lookin'
at the room,
1475
01:07:49,563 --> 01:07:50,731
you could see all them
New York niggas,
1476
01:07:50,764 --> 01:07:52,533
like, huddlin' up
1477
01:07:52,567 --> 01:07:55,737
like, ""Nigga, it's all of us
versus them niggas."
1478
01:07:55,769 --> 01:07:58,306
Al these weak rappers, Naz,
all these suckers,
1479
01:07:58,340 --> 01:08:00,309
they battlin' over East and
West like this is a game.
1480
01:08:00,342 --> 01:08:02,177
This ain't no game.
1481
01:08:02,210 --> 01:08:03,778
Media did what
they were supposed to do.
1482
01:08:03,811 --> 01:08:06,248
They took a story
and ran with it.
1483
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:08,851
And turned it into something.
Controversy.
1484
01:08:08,884 --> 01:08:10,586
And controversy sells.
1485
01:08:10,619 --> 01:08:12,588
Every other question
they would ask us
1486
01:08:12,621 --> 01:08:14,323
was about East/West.
1487
01:08:14,356 --> 01:08:16,190
I blame
The Source magazine,
1488
01:08:16,224 --> 01:08:17,893
and I especially blame Vibe
1489
01:08:17,926 --> 01:08:20,629
for creating an environment
where people got killed.
1490
01:08:20,662 --> 01:08:22,197
They were instigating
something
1491
01:08:22,229 --> 01:08:24,432
they didn't even understand.
1492
01:08:24,466 --> 01:08:28,370
These nonviolent poets
who escaped the hood
1493
01:08:28,403 --> 01:08:32,774
were surrounded by
violent people with no future.
1494
01:08:32,806 --> 01:08:35,243
Ain't nothin' between...
you with us?
1495
01:08:35,277 --> 01:08:39,614
Those who are with us,
we got love for you.
1496
01:08:39,648 --> 01:08:41,617
Those who are not with us...
1497
01:08:41,649 --> 01:08:43,618
you don't even exist.
1498
01:08:43,652 --> 01:08:47,523
We didn't know the...
1499
01:08:47,555 --> 01:08:50,324
consequences
and repercussions
1500
01:08:50,358 --> 01:08:53,427
from what the youth
would see out of it,
1501
01:08:53,461 --> 01:08:54,930
what the streets would see
out of it,
1502
01:08:54,962 --> 01:08:56,631
and what the music industry
would see out of it.
1503
01:08:56,664 --> 01:08:57,932
We was just kids.
1504
01:08:57,966 --> 01:08:59,768
Shakur was shot four times
1505
01:08:59,801 --> 01:09:02,571
after leaving the Mike Tyson
boxing match in Las Vegas
1506
01:09:02,604 --> 01:09:04,539
in a car driven
by Marion "Suge" Knight,
1507
01:09:04,573 --> 01:09:06,508
the head of his label,
Death Row records.
1508
01:09:06,541 --> 01:09:08,210
I should have
got involved earlier.
1509
01:09:08,243 --> 01:09:10,746
I should I should've put
Suge and Puff in a room.
1510
01:09:10,779 --> 01:09:12,514
I should've put people
together.
1511
01:09:12,546 --> 01:09:14,515
On March 9, 1997,
1512
01:09:14,548 --> 01:09:18,252
Biggie Smalls was shot
and killed in Los Angeles.
1513
01:09:18,286 --> 01:09:20,756
Smalls was leaving
a music industry party.
1514
01:09:20,788 --> 01:09:24,893
The shooting was eerily similar
to Tupac's six months earlier.
1515
01:09:24,926 --> 01:09:27,529
After Biggie's death,
it's too late, right?
1516
01:09:27,561 --> 01:09:31,500
You know, I regret it because,
you know, I could've maybe...
1517
01:09:31,533 --> 01:09:33,435
maybe saved some lives.
1518
01:09:33,467 --> 01:09:34,536
I should have did more.
1519
01:09:37,305 --> 01:09:39,240
We was just trying
to create music
1520
01:09:39,274 --> 01:09:42,611
that made people feel good
no matter where you was from.
1521
01:09:42,644 --> 01:09:48,250
But when everything happened
at the Source Awards in '95,
1522
01:09:48,283 --> 01:09:50,519
it no longer became
about the music.
1523
01:09:50,551 --> 01:09:55,456
It became about
what side you was on.
1524
01:09:55,489 --> 01:09:58,260
And G-Funk was never
the same after that.
1525
01:10:21,349 --> 01:10:23,652
There's
a lot of people in hip-hop
1526
01:10:23,685 --> 01:10:28,791
that made records that drifted
into oblivion.
1527
01:10:31,859 --> 01:10:34,429
I think the key with music
is that you're trying to make
1528
01:10:34,462 --> 01:10:37,233
something that'll stand
the test of time.
1529
01:10:39,567 --> 01:10:41,036
When you're doin'
original music
1530
01:10:41,069 --> 01:10:43,038
and you're bringin'
in melodies,
1531
01:10:43,070 --> 01:10:47,009
and you're bringin'
in the fusion of rap and R&B,
1532
01:10:47,042 --> 01:10:49,544
I think that's the legacy
of G-Funk.
1533
01:10:49,577 --> 01:10:53,448
I do believe
that that G-Funk era
1534
01:10:53,480 --> 01:10:56,417
was when hip-hop
figured it out.
1535
01:10:56,451 --> 01:10:57,819
It was like these guys
were like,
1536
01:10:57,851 --> 01:10:59,453
"Let's fuckin' smoke and drink
1537
01:10:59,487 --> 01:11:01,922
and make the best fuckin' music
in the world."
1538
01:11:01,956 --> 01:11:05,860
You could've locked those people
up in a studio for years,
1539
01:11:05,894 --> 01:11:11,365
and they would've just
kept givin' us timeless music.
1540
01:11:11,399 --> 01:11:14,303
The one thing I could truly say
about all these cats, man,
1541
01:11:14,336 --> 01:11:16,003
they've been consistent.
1542
01:11:16,037 --> 01:11:20,742
Warren G has always been
the same cool, calm, collected,
1543
01:11:20,774 --> 01:11:26,080
intelligent dude
who thought before he acted.
1544
01:11:26,113 --> 01:11:28,349
Snoop, same way.
1545
01:11:31,752 --> 01:11:35,590
What Dogg and Nate and Warren G
are to each other
1546
01:11:35,622 --> 01:11:37,425
are the type of friends
that you want.
1547
01:11:37,458 --> 01:11:41,496
They are the reality and vision
of what you would call
1548
01:11:41,529 --> 01:11:44,533
childhood friends
that grew up together
1549
01:11:44,565 --> 01:11:47,702
and been friends
until the end.
1550
01:11:47,735 --> 01:11:49,403
Good dudes.
1551
01:11:49,436 --> 01:11:51,840
Even in the midst
of all of that shit
1552
01:11:51,872 --> 01:11:55,609
that they had to live in,
their heart is good, you know?
1553
01:11:55,643 --> 01:11:57,813
The rest of us,
we changed our thing.
1554
01:11:57,845 --> 01:12:02,850
We thought more of ourselves,
and it came back to bite us.
1555
01:12:02,884 --> 01:12:04,953
Warren G is excellence.
1556
01:12:04,985 --> 01:12:07,389
Warren G's an era.
You know what I'm sayin'?
1557
01:12:07,421 --> 01:12:09,523
Not everybody's an era.
Some of y'all are just down.
1558
01:12:09,556 --> 01:12:11,893
Bein' down is cool.
We need you.
1559
01:12:11,926 --> 01:12:13,995
But an era,
everybody don't get that.
1560
01:12:14,028 --> 01:12:16,131
I know Snoop hears
the same thing every day.
1561
01:12:16,163 --> 01:12:17,965
Warren hears the same thing
every day.
1562
01:12:17,998 --> 01:12:19,867
Daz and Kurupt hear
the same shit every day.
1563
01:12:19,900 --> 01:12:21,936
"Y'all raised me."
We raised millions of kids.
1564
01:12:21,970 --> 01:12:23,572
We raised them,
and the same person
1565
01:12:23,604 --> 01:12:24,839
wouldn't even say that
to his own daddy.
1566
01:12:33,046 --> 01:12:35,384
These cocksuckers is
1567
01:12:35,417 --> 01:12:37,953
not rappin' like the fuck
we was rappin',
1568
01:12:37,985 --> 01:12:40,521
and the shit today
is some bullshit.
1569
01:12:40,555 --> 01:12:42,391
Straight up. Fuck it.
1570
01:12:42,423 --> 01:12:44,091
Nah, I don't mean that.
1571
01:12:47,127 --> 01:12:52,567
If you were to delete
G-Funk music,
1572
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:56,972
I think that rap today
would be totally different.
1573
01:12:57,005 --> 01:12:59,173
G-Funk changed
hip-hop dramatically.
1574
01:12:59,207 --> 01:13:01,777
And artists of today,
some don't even realize it.
1575
01:13:01,810 --> 01:13:05,847
There's so many branches, limbs,
whatever you wanna call it,
1576
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:08,483
they came
from what G-Funk was.
1577
01:13:08,515 --> 01:13:10,152
There's these
beautiful, melodic songs
1578
01:13:10,185 --> 01:13:12,854
with these gangsta rappers
on 'em
1579
01:13:12,886 --> 01:13:14,822
that the artist would never
have dreamed to make 'em.
1580
01:13:14,855 --> 01:13:16,557
Man, I think everybody
playin' now with the funk.
1581
01:13:16,591 --> 01:13:18,460
If you listen
to those bass lines
1582
01:13:18,493 --> 01:13:19,995
of all the songs
that come on nowadays,
1583
01:13:20,028 --> 01:13:21,863
it's straight G-Funk.
1584
01:13:21,895 --> 01:13:24,965
Kendrick Lamar
is kinda like the culmination
1585
01:13:24,998 --> 01:13:27,034
of all the old souls
of the West Coast.
1586
01:13:27,068 --> 01:13:29,905
Kendrick,
that's a funky mother.
1587
01:13:29,938 --> 01:13:33,475
You put that on at a party,
everybody's up off their ass.
1588
01:13:34,842 --> 01:13:36,077
You got Problem,
1589
01:13:36,109 --> 01:13:38,479
YG,
he got that funk in him.
1590
01:13:38,512 --> 01:13:41,817
Ty Dolla Sign,
Wiz Khalifa.
1591
01:13:41,850 --> 01:13:44,519
Shit, Wiz Khalifa's
from the West Coast now.
1592
01:13:44,551 --> 01:13:46,621
He ain't from Pittsburgh
no more.
1593
01:13:46,654 --> 01:13:49,891
He out here.
He got the funk.
1594
01:13:49,923 --> 01:13:52,828
For Warren to say
that I'm G-Funk is cool as hell.
1595
01:13:52,860 --> 01:13:55,697
I would definitely consider
Dre and Warren and Snoop
1596
01:13:55,729 --> 01:13:57,832
to be big influences
of mine,
1597
01:13:57,865 --> 01:14:01,002
and not even just on my music,
but on my lifestyle.
1598
01:14:01,034 --> 01:14:04,805
There's a absolutely 100%
influence of G-Funk on my music,
1599
01:14:04,838 --> 01:14:07,475
the fact that, you know, I sing
1600
01:14:07,509 --> 01:14:09,543
all of my hooks like Nate Dogg,
1601
01:14:09,577 --> 01:14:15,050
my producers that I work with,
Sledgren, E. Dan and everybody,
1602
01:14:15,082 --> 01:14:16,984
they're all heavily
Dre-influenced
1603
01:14:17,018 --> 01:14:19,954
and just that era of music.
1604
01:14:19,988 --> 01:14:22,858
I definitely keep
the G-Funk alive.
1605
01:14:22,890 --> 01:14:25,125
The young rappers
nowadays are saying,
1606
01:14:25,158 --> 01:14:26,661
"My mama used to play
your music
1607
01:14:26,694 --> 01:14:28,096
all the time
when I was a baby."
1608
01:14:28,128 --> 01:14:30,265
They didn't grow up
off Motown and R&B.
1609
01:14:30,297 --> 01:14:32,934
They grew up off of us,
so that's how the foundation
1610
01:14:32,966 --> 01:14:35,836
has spinned around that
we are the Marvin Gayes
1611
01:14:35,869 --> 01:14:37,671
and Smokey Robinsons.
1612
01:14:37,704 --> 01:14:39,274
You have
to pay respects to the G-Funk.
1613
01:14:39,306 --> 01:14:42,644
They smoothed out music
and added certain elements
1614
01:14:42,676 --> 01:14:45,679
that are now stamped
in the game.
1615
01:14:45,712 --> 01:14:48,617
All of my core fan base,
anytime they hear me
1616
01:14:48,649 --> 01:14:51,219
or anytime you think about me
or listen to my music,
1617
01:14:51,252 --> 01:14:53,255
those are the core...
those are the elements
1618
01:14:53,287 --> 01:14:55,823
that you're gonna think about,
so it's like that's...
1619
01:14:55,856 --> 01:14:58,560
that's how I've been inspired,
and it's always
1620
01:14:58,592 --> 01:15:00,528
gonna be a part of me,
and it's always gonna be
1621
01:15:00,561 --> 01:15:01,829
a part of my fans as well.
1622
01:15:05,065 --> 01:15:09,036
The whole West Coast era
is the foundation
1623
01:15:09,069 --> 01:15:11,907
for a big chunk of hip-hop
right now.
1624
01:15:11,939 --> 01:15:16,110
That different credible factor
made G-Funk
1625
01:15:16,144 --> 01:15:18,046
the best brand-building thing
for hip-hop.
1626
01:15:18,078 --> 01:15:21,081
G-Funk completely commercialized
gangster rap.
1627
01:15:21,114 --> 01:15:23,818
It just pushed it to a whole
'nother level, you know?
1628
01:15:23,850 --> 01:15:26,054
The economics of hip-hop
1629
01:15:26,087 --> 01:15:28,623
finally kind of settled in.
1630
01:15:28,655 --> 01:15:30,057
You know, people knew
what they were worth
1631
01:15:30,091 --> 01:15:32,027
and knew what they were
supposed to get.
1632
01:15:32,060 --> 01:15:34,195
To me,
that's the money age.
1633
01:15:34,228 --> 01:15:37,065
We just realized that this is
a multi-million-dollar business,
1634
01:15:37,097 --> 01:15:38,766
that you gotta...
1635
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:42,737
you gotta do what
the people expect of you.
1636
01:15:42,770 --> 01:15:45,340
Whether it's makin' music
for movies,
1637
01:15:45,372 --> 01:15:47,875
makin' music for video games,
1638
01:15:47,908 --> 01:15:51,246
makin' just cultural moves.
1639
01:15:51,279 --> 01:15:55,216
You know, because a lot
of corporations of today,
1640
01:15:55,248 --> 01:15:57,885
they're using hip-hop
to sell their products.
1641
01:15:57,918 --> 01:16:00,188
You know, I just got finished
doing a Sonic commercial.
1642
01:16:00,220 --> 01:16:02,656
I just got finished
doing a GEICO commercial.
1643
01:16:02,689 --> 01:16:05,793
So now it's part
of American culture.
1644
01:16:05,827 --> 01:16:07,729
And hip-hop became pop.
1645
01:16:07,761 --> 01:16:09,863
Hip-hop is the biggest music
around the world.
1646
01:16:09,896 --> 01:16:13,167
Any country you go to,
they love some hip-hop.
1647
01:16:13,201 --> 01:16:16,003
Everybody got they're
own version of it, too.
1648
01:16:16,037 --> 01:16:19,374
So, you know...
we now are at a point
1649
01:16:19,407 --> 01:16:21,842
where, yeah,
it's very commercialized.
1650
01:16:21,876 --> 01:16:24,646
♪ Just a small
introduction To the G-Funk era ♪
1651
01:16:24,679 --> 01:16:26,948
♪ Every day of my life I take
A glimpse in the mirror ♪
1652
01:16:26,980 --> 01:16:31,885
I think G-Funk set the
foundation as far as clarity,
1653
01:16:31,918 --> 01:16:34,221
quality, lookin' good,
feelin' good,
1654
01:16:34,255 --> 01:16:39,094
and havin' a visual piece
to support your musical piece
1655
01:16:39,127 --> 01:16:41,129
and to stand by what you say.
1656
01:16:41,162 --> 01:16:44,032
Artists
shouldn't be responsible
1657
01:16:44,064 --> 01:16:47,034
to do anything else
but that,
1658
01:16:47,068 --> 01:16:50,204
because everything should come
from the heart.
1659
01:16:50,238 --> 01:16:52,073
You know, you shouldn't
feel obligated.
1660
01:16:52,105 --> 01:16:54,041
Just come from the heart.
1661
01:16:54,074 --> 01:16:57,278
G-Funk gave
a voice to many people,
1662
01:16:57,310 --> 01:16:59,279
not just from California
1663
01:16:59,313 --> 01:17:01,349
or from gang-bang
neighborhoods,
1664
01:17:01,381 --> 01:17:02,983
but people that
didn't have a voice
1665
01:17:03,016 --> 01:17:04,853
that felt oppressed,
that felt like
1666
01:17:04,886 --> 01:17:07,222
this was a way
of expressing themselves
1667
01:17:07,255 --> 01:17:11,326
through music, good music
that sometimes made a point
1668
01:17:11,359 --> 01:17:14,295
to address,
you know, social issues,
1669
01:17:14,328 --> 01:17:16,798
but to be mainly party music.
1670
01:17:16,831 --> 01:17:19,734
I said London!
1671
01:17:24,337 --> 01:17:26,373
We want y'all to sing
this motherfucker
1672
01:17:26,407 --> 01:17:28,076
with us tonight, y'all.
1673
01:17:28,109 --> 01:17:30,412
We're damn good, too.
1674
01:17:30,444 --> 01:17:33,113
But you can't be
any geek off the street.
1675
01:17:33,146 --> 01:17:35,050
Gotta be handy with the steel,
if you know what I mean,
1676
01:17:35,082 --> 01:17:36,717
earn your keep.
1677
01:17:36,751 --> 01:17:40,855
Regulators! Mount up.
1678
01:17:40,887 --> 01:17:43,757
♪ It was a clear black night
A clear white moon ♪
1679
01:17:43,791 --> 01:17:46,293
♪ Warren G was on the streets
Tryin' to consume ♪
1680
01:17:46,327 --> 01:17:48,930
♪ Some skirts for the eve
So I can get some funk ♪
1681
01:17:48,962 --> 01:17:51,265
♪ Rollin' in my ride
Chillin' all alone ♪
1682
01:17:51,298 --> 01:17:53,967
♪ Just hit the east side
Of the LBC ♪
1683
01:17:54,001 --> 01:17:56,237
♪ On a mission tryin'
To find Mr. Warren G ♪
1684
01:17:56,270 --> 01:17:58,873
♪ Seen a car full of girls
Ain't no need to tweak ♪
1685
01:17:58,905 --> 01:18:01,208
♪ All you hoes know what's up
It's 213 ♪
1686
01:18:01,242 --> 01:18:04,112
♪ So I hooks a left
On 2-1 and Lewis ♪
1687
01:18:04,145 --> 01:18:06,347
♪ Some brothas shootin' dice
So I said let's do this ♪
1688
01:18:06,380 --> 01:18:09,016
♪ I jumped out the ride
And said what's up ♪
1689
01:18:09,050 --> 01:18:11,453
♪ Some brothas pulled some gats
So I said I'm stuck ♪
1690
01:18:11,485 --> 01:18:13,854
♪ These hoes peepin' me
I'ma glide and swerve ♪
1691
01:18:13,887 --> 01:18:16,390
♪ Was lookin' so hard
They straight hit the curb ♪
1692
01:18:16,423 --> 01:18:18,859
♪ Gonna think of better things
Than some horny tricks ♪
1693
01:18:18,893 --> 01:18:21,730
♪ I seen my homey and
Some niggas all in his mix ♪
1694
01:18:21,762 --> 01:18:24,064
♪ I'm gettin' jacked
I'm breakin' myself ♪
1695
01:18:24,097 --> 01:18:26,467
♪ I can't believe they're
Takin' Warren's wealth ♪
1696
01:18:26,501 --> 01:18:28,970
♪ They took my rings
They took my Rolex ♪
1697
01:18:29,002 --> 01:18:31,505
♪ I looked at the niggas,
Said damn what's next? ♪
1698
01:18:31,538 --> 01:18:33,742
♪ Got my homey hemmed up
And they all around ♪
1699
01:18:33,774 --> 01:18:34,875
♪ Ain't none of them
Seein' if they goin' ♪
1700
01:18:34,908 --> 01:18:36,944
♪ Straight pound for pound ♪
1701
01:18:36,978 --> 01:18:38,947
♪ I gotta come up real quick
Before they start to clown ♪
1702
01:18:38,979 --> 01:18:41,448
♪ I best pull out my strap
And lay them busters down ♪
1703
01:18:41,481 --> 01:18:44,118
♪ They got guns to my head
I think I'm goin' down ♪
1704
01:18:44,152 --> 01:18:46,386
♪ I can't believe this happened
In my hometown ♪
1705
01:18:46,420 --> 01:18:49,157
♪ If I had wings I would fly
Let me contemplate ♪
1706
01:18:49,189 --> 01:18:51,525
♪ I glanced in the cut
And I see my homey Nate ♪
1707
01:18:51,559 --> 01:18:54,195
♪ 16 in the clip
And one in the hole ♪
1708
01:18:54,228 --> 01:18:56,765
♪ Nate Dogg is about to make
Some bodies turn cold ♪
1709
01:18:56,797 --> 01:18:59,032
♪ Now they droppin' and yellin'
It's a tad bit late ♪
1710
01:18:59,065 --> 01:19:01,402
♪ Nate Dogg and Warren G
Had to regulate ♪
1711
01:19:01,435 --> 01:19:03,972
♪ Just throw your hands
In the air ♪
1712
01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:05,472
♪ And wave 'em like you... ♪
1713
01:19:05,506 --> 01:19:08,076
This documentary's
probably so important,
1714
01:19:08,109 --> 01:19:10,545
because G-Funk is three dudes,
1715
01:19:10,578 --> 01:19:13,481
singer, rapper, producer.
1716
01:19:13,514 --> 01:19:19,287
And from that friendship
spawned the careers
1717
01:19:19,319 --> 01:19:21,555
of a whole bunch of people
1718
01:19:21,588 --> 01:19:25,926
and made a whole lot of money
for a bunch of people,
1719
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:27,529
and there'll never be
three dudes
1720
01:19:27,561 --> 01:19:30,164
like these guys ever again
in music.
1721
01:19:30,198 --> 01:19:32,033
As it should be.
1722
01:19:32,065 --> 01:19:34,402
213, baby!
1723
01:19:34,435 --> 01:19:36,404
♪ Say oh yeah ♪
1724
01:19:36,436 --> 01:19:39,306
♪ I'm tweakin'
Into a whole era ♪
1725
01:19:39,340 --> 01:19:41,943
♪ G-Funk step to this
I dare ya ♪
1726
01:19:41,975 --> 01:19:44,311
♪ Funk on a whole new level ♪
1727
01:19:44,345 --> 01:19:47,081
♪ The rhythm is the bass
And the bass is the treble ♪
1728
01:19:47,113 --> 01:19:49,283
♪ Chords strings ♪
1729
01:19:49,317 --> 01:19:50,551
♪ We brings ♪
1730
01:19:50,585 --> 01:19:52,520
♪ Melody ♪
1731
01:19:52,552 --> 01:19:55,355
♪ G-Funk where rhythm is life
And life is rhythm ♪
1732
01:19:55,389 --> 01:19:57,225
You know like I know.
Come on, y'all.
1733
01:19:57,257 --> 01:19:59,394
♪ If you know like I know ♪
1734
01:19:59,426 --> 01:20:02,462
♪ You don't want to step
To this ♪
1735
01:20:02,496 --> 01:20:04,199
♪ It's the G-Funk era ♪
1736
01:20:04,231 --> 01:20:06,967
♪ Funked out
With a gangster twist ♪
1737
01:20:07,001 --> 01:20:09,037
♪ And if you smoke
Like I smoke ♪
1738
01:20:09,069 --> 01:20:11,972
♪ Then you're high
Like every day ♪
1739
01:20:12,006 --> 01:20:14,275
♪ And if your ass
Is a buster ♪
1740
01:20:14,307 --> 01:20:17,244
♪ 213 will regulate ♪
1741
01:20:17,278 --> 01:20:19,047
Nate Dogg, rest in peace.
1742
01:20:27,954 --> 01:20:31,158
♪ Nobody ♪
1743
01:20:33,293 --> 01:20:38,932
♪ Does it better ♪
1744
01:20:38,966 --> 01:20:41,236
♪ Nobody ♪
1745
01:20:43,537 --> 01:20:48,342
♪ Does it better ♪
1746
01:20:48,376 --> 01:20:51,246
♪ They can come closer
than close ♪
1747
01:20:51,279 --> 01:20:53,281
♪ Yeah ♪
1748
01:20:53,314 --> 01:20:59,020
♪ Original,
they never will be ♪
1749
01:20:59,052 --> 01:21:01,588
♪ We bumpin'
from coast to coast ♪
1750
01:21:01,622 --> 01:21:03,925
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1751
01:21:03,957 --> 01:21:08,095
♪ We're just tryin'
to make you see ♪
1752
01:21:08,128 --> 01:21:10,297
♪ Nobody does it better ♪
1753
01:21:10,331 --> 01:21:11,565
♪ I was sittin' here
trippin' ♪
1754
01:21:11,599 --> 01:21:13,467
♪ My mind is blocked ♪
1755
01:21:13,501 --> 01:21:15,503
♪ Nate Dogg just bit it
so it's time to concoct ♪
1756
01:21:15,536 --> 01:21:17,672
♪ No monkey do it better
like this two-man crew ♪
1757
01:21:17,704 --> 01:21:19,407
♪ They say,
"We won ahead of quitters ♪
1758
01:21:19,439 --> 01:21:21,141
♪ Now what y'all gonna do?" ♪
1759
01:21:21,175 --> 01:21:23,311
♪ Always into something,
that's my name ♪
1760
01:21:23,344 --> 01:21:26,047
♪ Only out for money,
hey, 'cause that's the game ♪
1761
01:21:26,079 --> 01:21:28,515
♪ People always ask me
why I'm out for scratch ♪
1762
01:21:28,548 --> 01:21:31,019
♪ He who has the most
is he who won the match ♪
1763
01:21:31,051 --> 01:21:33,587
♪ Strike one,
me and Nate Dogg is a match ♪
1764
01:21:33,621 --> 01:21:36,257
♪ Strike two, make 'em stand
still in their tracks ♪
1765
01:21:36,289 --> 01:21:38,525
♪ Strike three,
you could call us, 213 ♪
1766
01:21:38,559 --> 01:21:41,496
♪ It's the L and the B
that makes me act like a G ♪
1767
01:21:41,529 --> 01:21:44,065
♪ My exhibition started
back in '93 ♪
1768
01:21:44,097 --> 01:21:46,634
♪ But when nobody listened
they were warmin' in me ♪
1769
01:21:46,667 --> 01:21:49,337
♪ To all the nonbelievers
now I bet you see ♪
1770
01:21:49,369 --> 01:21:51,471
♪ Nobody does it
better than me ♪
1771
01:21:51,505 --> 01:21:54,007
♪ They can come
closer than close ♪
1772
01:21:54,041 --> 01:21:56,077
♪ Yeah ♪
1773
01:21:56,109 --> 01:21:59,447
♪ Original,
they never will be ♪
1774
01:22:01,983 --> 01:22:04,284
♪ We bump it
from coast to coast ♪
1775
01:22:04,318 --> 01:22:05,387
♪ Yeah ♪
1776
01:22:07,287 --> 01:22:10,958
♪ Just tryin' to make you see ♪
1777
01:22:10,992 --> 01:22:12,560
♪ Nobody does it better ♪
1778
01:22:12,592 --> 01:22:14,194
♪ They call me
teasin' the spark plug ♪
1779
01:22:14,228 --> 01:22:15,963
♪ Keepin' it lit ♪
1780
01:22:15,997 --> 01:22:17,966
♪ There is no accident
for these platinum hits ♪
1781
01:22:17,998 --> 01:22:19,466
♪ So when you make it
you show love ♪
1782
01:22:19,500 --> 01:22:20,969
♪ Bangin' in your club ♪
1783
01:22:21,002 --> 01:22:22,136
♪ Hangin' with chill thugs ♪
1784
01:22:22,168 --> 01:22:23,537
♪ Givin' 'em G-love ♪
1785
01:22:23,570 --> 01:22:27,708
♪ You remember back
on the east side ♪
1786
01:22:27,742 --> 01:22:33,448
♪ When all of us niggas
used to love to ride ♪
1787
01:22:33,480 --> 01:22:38,452
♪ We didn't care
what we did ♪
1788
01:22:38,485 --> 01:22:40,253
♪ Time was nothing to us ♪
1789
01:22:40,287 --> 01:22:44,158
♪ We were just kids... ♪
1790
01:22:44,190 --> 01:22:47,429
♪ Times are different now
but you still get stuck... ♪
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