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  Cover Gin&juicejpg
  Artist Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Dat Nigga Daz
  From Album Doggystyle
  Released December, 1993
  Format 12-inch Single
  Recorded 1993
  Genre Gangsta Rap , G-Funk
  Length 3:31
  Label Death Row <br> <small>95951</small>
  Writer Harry Wayne "KC" Casey<br /> Andre Young <br /> Richard Finch <br /> Calvin Broadus
  Producer Dr Dre
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  Last Single " "Who Am I (What's My Name)" "<br />1993
  This Single "Gin and Juice"<br />1993
  Next Single " Doggy Dogg World "<br /> 1994


"Gin and Juice" is a 1993 single by Snoop Doggy Dogg , from his debut solo album '' Doggystyle ''. A Top 10 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, "Gin and Juice" was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance .

Produced by Dr. Dre , "Gin and Juice" contains an Interpolation of Slave 's "Watching You" (the chorus) and a Sample of George McRae's "I Get Lifted" (baseline). Additional vocalists on the song include Dat Nigga Daz , Jewell, Heney Loc, and Sean "Barney" Thomas. Unusually for a hip-hop song, "Gin and Juice" has been Covered by other groups, including Alternative Country group The Gourds in 2000 and lounge group Richard Cheese in 2004 .

The song's music video, directed by Dr. Dre, features a simple concept: teenager Snoop throws a wild house party after his parents leave the house. Interesting fact is that 6 years old Bow Wow plays Snoop's little brother who's jumping on couch in the intro. In other supporting roles we can see Ricky Harris as Snoop's father and Dr. Dre and Daz Dillinger appear as cameos. The small-budget idea was later repurposed in videos such as J-Kwon 's " Tipsy " and Oowee 's "Why Cry", which features Snoop and is a shot-by-shot remake of the "Gin and Juice" video. In April 2005 the video was fourth on MTV2 and XXL 's list of the 25 Greatest West Coast Videos.


TRIVIA

Gin and Juice was covered by Kenny Chesney as a country song.
The most popular cover of the song, done by in 2000, and even today most people still mistakenly believe it was by Phish .


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SOURCES

  • (April 2005). ''XXL Magazine'' No. 68. Boulder, Colorado: Harris Publications.