It was more than just gangbanging on the menu though.
The little kid actually just got into the moment and was grooving to the music all on his own.” Nobody knew that Warren G was gonna be doing what he was doing in the video at that time. As video director, Dwight Patillo, commented: “We just tried to keep it as loose as possible and get the little nuances that just popped up and happened. That pivotal bond also culminated in G-Funk anthem ‘Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang’ that magnetized listeners from the moment they heard him say, “Ain’t nuttin’ buh a gee thang, bayyy-bay.” The video for it went out to capture as opposed to just staging what West Coast life was about.
Snoop narrates about Compton life, throwing superlative insults at Eazy E and N.W.A before lurching into the dank cusp of ‘Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)’ where, again, he lends a helping hand. Take ‘The Chronic (Intro)’, for instance, which straight after the starting gun reeks of Mafioso steez and Cadillac Eldorado leather. Not too much to forget whose album it was though. His arrival alleviated much of the vocal pressures on Dre, allowing him to concentrate on tweaking that seamless bump that each of the sixteen tracks flaunted at their leisure. Both Snoop and Warren had attended the same school along with now deceased G-Funk legend and vocalist, Nate Dogg.Īlbeit a solo project, Snoop’s auxiliary work was an essential jigsaw piece. The pair first met when Dre’s half-brother and rapper, Warren G, introduced them to each other. The album was significant in leapfrogging Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and Warren G into the limelight. In contrast, Dre’s ‘Chronic’ was fortified by strong roots in ’70s/’80s funk buddied with a taste for real instrumentation. Up till then, rap’s barometer had only swung between the politically aligned prose of those like Public Enemy, party animals like Beastie Boys and Rakim’s calm yet sample-engulfed classics. Characterized by low-slung, sine basslines and waspish synths juxtaposed against the gun-slanging, gangster tendencies of their Californian troubles, the production was a revolution in itself. Dre took to musical hibernation in his LA studio in ’92 and by the end of the year ‘The Chronic’ was rolled and, no doubt, ready to smoke.Īnd what an early Christmas present it must have turned out to be for hip-hop zealots on both coasts, unbeknown to them the first devotees to G-Funk. Following his well-publicized split from N.W.A, Dr.
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