Bitches Ain't Shit

Infobox Song
Name = Bitches Ain't Shit
Artist = Dr. Dre featuring Jewell, Lady of Rage, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger & Snoop Doggy Dogg
from Album = The Chronic
Recorded = 1992
Genre = West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, g-funk
Length = 4:48
Label = Death Row, Interscope
Writer = Daz Dillinger, Dr. Dre, Jewell, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, The D.O.C.
Producer = Dr. Dre
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Chronic
Type = studio
Tracks = #"The Chronic" (intro)
#"Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')"
#"Let Me Ride"
#"The Day the Niggaz Took Over"
#"Nuthin' but a "G" Thang"
#"Deeez Nuuuts"
#"Lil Ghetto Boy"
#"A Nigga Witta Gun"
#"Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat"
#"The $20 Sack Pyramid" (skit)
#"Lyrical Gangbang"
#"High Powered"
#"The Doctor's Office" (skit)
#"Stranded on Death Row"
#"The Roach" (outro)
#"Bitches Ain't Shit"

"Bitches Ain't Shit" is a song by Dr. Dre from his 1992 album "The Chronic".

Dr. Dre's original version

"Bitches Ain't Shit" features West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, and g-funk, much like the rest of Dr. Dre's highly influential album "The Chronic". The song disparages Dr. Dre's former N.W.A. band-mate Eazy-E (under his real name of "Eric Wright") and his manager Jerry Heller. It is part of the Ruthless/Death Row feud. The song features Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, and Jewell.

The track wasn't listed on the first edition of The Chronic. The album was reproduced in 2001 with the track listed.

Cover versions

*In 1995, the Latin dirty rap group Funkdoobiest recorded an X-rated remake called "Pussy Ain't Shit", which appeared on their second album Brothas Doobie.
*The hook of Ras Kass' song "If/Then" from his 1996 album Soul on Ice was heavily influenced by "Bitches Ain't Shit"
*In 2000, the female rapper Trina made a remake titled "Niggaz Ain't Shit", on her debut The Baddest Bitch.
*In 2004, Lil Jon & The Eastside boyz recorded a song on "Bitches Ain't Shit" with Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Oobie & Suga Free with similar lyrics to Dr. Dre's original, on the album Crunk Juice.
*In 2005, Ben Folds released a cover version of "Bitches Ain't Shit," which reached #71 on the Billboard Hot 100. Folds commonly includes the song in his live performances, one such notable time being on October 24 2006, at his MySpace webcast gig.Fact|date=November 2007 During his June 14, 2008 performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Folds claimed he was retiring the song because people on the streets would call him, "...that 'Bitch' guy," in front of his kids. Two weeks later however he included the song in his set at the Glastonbury Festival. He claimed a friend had requested it to be played at her wedding.
*In 2007, DeCadence, an a cappella group from UC Berkeley, recorded a cover of Ben Folds' version, on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjNNxnKVEpQ. The video was showcased on Ben Folds' website. Fact|date=November 2007
*Cliff Richard released his rendition of the song, in a somewhat controversial fashion, in late 2008.

References

*On the December 3rd, 2007 episode of the NBC sitcom Chuck, the song was intentionally misquoted as "bitches ain't nothing but tricks and hoes".