Nuthin' but a "G" Thang

Single infobox |
Name = Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang

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Artist = Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
from Album = The Chronic
Released = January 19 1993
Format = 12" single
Recorded = 1992
Genre = Gangsta rap, G-Funk, West Coast hip hop
Length = 3:58
Label = Death Row 53816
Writer = Calvin Broadus
Producer = Dr Dre.
Reviews =
* Steve Huey, "All Music Guide" ( [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:jb6htb5rkl4x~T001 link] )
Chronology = Dr. Dre
Last single = "Deep Cover (1992)
This single = "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" (1993)
Next single = "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" (1993)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Snoop Doggy Dogg
Last single = "Deep Cover (1992)
This single = "Editing Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" (1993)
Next single = "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" (1993)Audiosample
Upper caption = Music sample
Name = Nuthin' But a "G" Thang
Audio file= Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But a "G" Thang.ogg"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" is a 1993 hit song by American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre, from his debut solo album, "The Chronic". It features rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and is the second single from the album, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, outdoing "The Chronic's" other singles "Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" (number 8) and "Let Me Ride" (number 34). The single also reached number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It was also one of the first big rap singles in the UK, where it reached number three.

The song's music video was MTV's third most requested video of 1993. On MTV, the music video was heavily cut; a full-length version of the video exists with uncut footage (e.g., drug references and a scene where a woman's bikini top was yanked open).
*Notarized: BET's Top 100 Videos of The 20th Century: number five
*On MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made it was listed at number thirty-two in 1999. [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/mtv100.htm Rock On The Net: MTV: 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made ] ]
*In April 2005 MTV2 and XXL's 25 Greatest West Coast Videos number two.
*2001 VH1: 100 Greatest Videos: number eighty
*2003 VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years: number thirty-one [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-d/drdre.htm Rock On The Net: Dr. Dre ] ]
*2008 VH1: Best 100 songs of the 90's : 12th
*Voted #14 in the 100 Greatest Rap Songs [ [http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_9.htm Top 100 Rap Songs ] ] .

The vocals are shared by Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (who has sole songwriting credit), who drop in trademark references to Long Beach and Compton in California. The song contains samples from Leon Haywood's "I Wanta Do Something Freaky to You" and "Uphill (Peace of Mind)" by Frederick Knight.

"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" is listed in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It's Dre's only song on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (ranked number 419), not counting two other songs that feature Dre as producer and on vocals, N.W.A.'s "Fuck tha Police" and 2Pac's "California Love". "Q magazine" listed it as the twenty-fourth greatest hip-hop song of all time. [ [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q150lists.htm * * * Q Mag: 150 Rock Lists * * * ] ] . AcclaimedMusic.net lists it as the 131st best song of all time, the best song of 1992, and as the sixth best hip-hop/rap song of all time. [ [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net Acclaimed Music ] ]

The song is on the soundtrack of the popular video game, "" from the rap radio station, Radio Los Santos.

Derivative versions

*Kris Kross heavily sampled Nuthin' but a "G" Thang on their 1993 single I'm Real.
*Snoop Dogg's first single from "Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told" was a sequel to the song entitled, "Still a G Thang."
*Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg retooled "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" into the titular theme of their 2001 comedy film "The Wash".
*The song "I Need a G" by Dani Stevenson featuring Snoop Dogg used the same sample as "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang".
*Twista used the same Leon Haywood sample for the song "Mobsta's Anthem" from his 1997 album "Adrenaline Rush".
*Young Dro's video for his 2006 single "Shoulder Lean" references "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang."
*"Get It Up" by Silkk the Shocker uses the reworked chorus of "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang".
*Ja Rule's "Livin' It Up" contains a sample of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293815/soundtrack Friday After Next (2002) - Soundtracks ] ] It was nominated for a Grammy Award. [ [http://www.grammy.com GRAMMY.com ] ]
*MIMS's "This Is Why I'm Hot" contains a short sample of the song sampled in "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
*Juelz Santana has made a song over the beat entitled "Secret", which can be heard at his official MySpace.There also is a radio edit, where most of the profanity is removed by changes in lyrics.

Music Video

The music video depicts Dr. Dre coming into Long Beach, California, where Snoop Dogg's house is, to pick him up to go to a block party. They arrive at the party where they perform the first verses outside, while a barbecue cookout and a game of volleyball goes on. For the next verses they go inside the house where the party is taking place and perform there. A small sequence of events shows a 'stuck-up' female partygoer being humiliated by being sprayed with shaken up malt liquor bottles, ruining her hairdo and outfit. The video ends with Dre dropping Snoop off back at his house, with Snoop walking unsteadily up the driveway. The MTV version makes edits, correcting the director claim which appears on the bottom left of the screen. Snoop wears a Planet Hollywood cap which is also blurred out, in compliance with MTV's trademark restrictions. Dr. Dre, as was typical in many of his videos, wears a Chicago White Sox hat.

Charts

References

External links

*youtube|zEMmbtcxbpc|Music video for "Nuthin' But A G Thang"