Beautiful (Snoop Dogg song)

Infobox Single
Name = Beautiful


Artist = Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell & Charlie Wilson
from Album = Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
Released = January, 28, 2003^US
April, 01, 2003^EU
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Pop Rap
Length = 4:58
Label = Priority/Capitol
Writer = C. Broadus
P. Williams
C. Hugo
Producer = The Neptunes
Certification = Gold (US, AUS)
Chronology = Snoop Dogg and Pharrell singles
Last single = "From tha Chuuch to da Palace"
(2002)
This single = "Beautiful"
(2003)
Next single = "Drop It Like It's Hot"
(2004)

Beautiful is a 2002 single by Snoop Dogg, from his album "Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$". The song features Pharrell and Charlie Wilson and was produced by The Neptunes. The music video was filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The single peaked at #6 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart, but was unable to find much significant success elsewhere.

Music video

It was directed by Chris Robinson of Partizan Entertainment and produced by Renata Chuquer [ [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=33476 mvdbase.com - Snoop Dogg - "Beautiful" ] ] . It reached the 60th spot on the LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100.

Shooting locations

The first video set took place in Escadaria Selarón, Lapa district, Rio de Janeiro [ [http://www.thetravelrag.com/docs/10102.asp The Travel Rag - Stairway to heaven Sasha Naod meets an artist taking steps to pay tribute to his adopted hometown of Rio ] ] . The Brazil-colored yellow-green-blue stairways were fabricated by Selaron who started to upgrade the 125 metre, 215-step upwards street in 1990 and it has not been finished until the very day of the shooting. This stairway links the Rua Joaquim Silva in Lapa to the Rua Pinto Martins in Santa Teresa.

The second one is in Parque Lage in the grounds of a 1920s mansion between the Lagoa and the Botanic Gardens, at the base of the Corcovado [http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/places/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/tips/park Been There | Tips | Rio de Janeiro | park ] ] . Snoop Dogg wears a Lance Alworth jersey number 19. The scene features Brazilian model Luciana Malavasi as Snoop's love affair [http://www.gentemodels.com.br/_agenciaweb/modelos/377/foto1.jpg] . Snoop is surrounded by a group of drummers, who play a long drum interlude that is unincluded in any radio, album or explicit edit of the song.

The third scene is on the Copacabana where Snoop is surrounded by the massive crowd of his fans in one of the segments while in another he and his friends are leaning on to his car and observing the local girls passing by.

Charts

Credits

*Produced by The Neptunes.
*Recorded by Andrew Coleman.
*Mixed by Pat Viala for Pat 'em Down Music
*Written by C. Broadus, P. Williams, C. Hugo
*Published by Chad Chase Music/EMI-Blackwood Music (ASCAP)/Waters of Nazareth Publishing/EMI-Blackwood Music (BMI); My Own Chit Music/EMI Blackwood Inc. (BMI)
*Pharrell appears courtesy of Virgin Records

Awards

Grammy

Category	Genre	Song	Year	Result
"Producer of the Year, Non-Classical" (for The Neptunes] )	Production and engineering	"Beautiful"	2004	Won
Best Rap Song songwriter (Snoop Dogg with Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams)	Rap	"Beautiful"	2004	Nominated
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams and Charlie Wilson)	Rap	"Beautiful"	2004	Nominated

Other

Nominated for
*2004 MVPA Video Awards
**Best Hip-Hop Video
*2003 MTV Video Music Awards
**Best Hip-Hop Video
*2003 Vibe Awards
**Reelest video
**Hottest hook
**Coolest collaboration

Remixes

*A solo remix with Charlie Wilson was a part of Snoop Dogg's "Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Mixtape vol. 5"
*A remix with 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks can be found on "G-Unit Radio Pt. 1: Smokin' Day 2"
*A freestyle used by Rick Ross to Atlanta rapper T.I.. It can be found on youtube. The beef between them is now old and has been resolved. It is not very known.

External links

* [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/snoopdogg/beautiful.html Lyrics on azlyrics.com]

References