Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
"Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')"
"Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" cover
Single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg
from the album The Chronic
Released September 20, 1992
Format 12" single
Recorded 1992
Genre West Coast hip hop, G-funk
Length 4:52
Label Death Row/Interscope
Writer(s) Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Colin Wolfe, David Spradley, Garry Shider, George Clinton
Producer(s) Dr. Dre
Certification Gold (August, 1993)
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg singles chronology
"Deep Cover"
(1992)		 "Dre Day"
(1993)		 "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang"
(1993)

Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin') (released as Dre Day) is a hip-hop single by Dr. Dre, with a guest appearance by Snoop Dogg, from the 1992 album The Chronic on Death Row Records. The song was released as a single in 1993.

The single failed to match the popularity of Dre's earlier hit, "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang", although it did reach number twelve on the U.S. chart in June 1993 and number fifty-eight (counting the twelve weeks spent) on the rap/hip-hop chart on that year's overall ranking. It also reached number eight on the Billboard Top 100. The song features an interpolation of Funkadelic's "(Not Just) Knee Deep" as its baseline and features Jewell on vocals and RBX on chorus.

The song was a diss towards rappers Eazy-E, Tim Dog, and Luther (Luke) Campbell, and is considered to be one of the seminal diss tracks in hip-hop.[citation needed] It has an accompanying music video directed by Dr. Dre.

Contents

[edit] Music video

The premise of the video concerns a parody character of Eazy-E called "Sleazy-E", complete with a Jheri Curl hairstyle and wearing dark sunglasses (played by A.J. Johnson), getting a new contract from a man depicted as a fat, Jewish, money-grubbing record producer (played by a real life executive producer from Interscope Records, Steve Berman, who may had been based on Eazy-E's business partner Jerry Heller). The story features Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg walking around and gaining a following from others around them. There is an interlude in the middle of the video, where Sleazy-E introduces his two new grotesque protégés (who might be representing Tim Dog and Luther Campbell, two other rappers Dr. Dre was feuding with) to his new manager. Sleazy appears in a number of situations, including being shot, becoming homeless, being chased by armed men, and on the Compton freeway with a sign: "Will Rap for Food".

In April 2005 the video was twelfth on MTV2 and XXL magazine's survey of the "25 Greatest West Coast Videos". [1]

[edit] Response

Eazy-E retaliated on his next album It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa which contained the song "Real Muthaphuckkin G's", on which he makes fun of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg (calling them "studio gangstas"), and Death Row Records.

Tim Dog responded with "Dog Baby" and "Bitch with a Perm" — two tracks directed at Snoop Dogg. Tim Dog was angry at Snoop for his line "Tim Dog can eat a big fat dick" at the end of the song, as well as the representation of the lines "Fuck me in the ass!" and "Step to me and let me suck your dick!" as "things that Tim Dog would say" in the skit track, "The $20 Sack Pyramid".

Luther Campbell responded with the song "Cowards in Compton" and its accompanying video that parodied Dre's original premise as a member of the mid-1980s rap group World Class Wreckin' Cru.

"Fuck wit Dre Day" was included as a single for the highly successful and controversial video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on West Coast hip hop radio station Radio Los Santos.

[edit] Track listing (single version)

  • Side A
    1. "Dre Day"
    2. "Dre Day" (radio version)
    3. "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" (Lady of Rage, Dat Nigga Daz, and Kurupt)
  • Side B
    1. "Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray" (instrumental version)
    2. "Dre Day" (extended mix)
    3. "187" (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg)

The cassette version combines the vocal and instrumental versions of "Puffin' on Blunts..." into one twelve-minute track at the end of side two.

[edit] Charts

Chart Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
Hot Rap Singles 13
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 6
Rhythmic Top 40 6
Hot Dance Music/Club Play 29
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1

[edit] Other samples used

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ XXL, April 2005 Official Site.
 v • d • e Dr. Dre
Discography
Albums
Solo albums: The Chronic • 2001 • Detox
N.W.A. albums: N.W.A. and the Posse • Straight Outta Compton • 100 Miles and Runnin' • Efil4zaggin
Singles
Mainstream singles: "Deep Cover" • "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" • "Fuck Wit Dre Day" • "Let Me Ride" • "Lil Ghetto Boy" • "Natural Born Killaz" • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" • "Been There, Done That" • "East Coast/West Coast Killas" • "Zoom" • "Fuck You" • "Still D.R.E." • "Forgot About Dre" • "The Next Episode" • "Put It On Me" • "Bad Intentions" • "The Wash"
Featured songs: "Funky Flute" • "We're All In The Same Gang" • "California Love" • "No Diggity" • "Puppet Master" • "Ghetto Fabulous" • "Guilty Conscience" • "U Know" • "Chin Check" • "Hello" • "Just Be A Man About It" • "Fast Lane" • "The Knoc" • "Symphony In X Major" • "Encore" • "Imagine"
Related articles
Ruthless • Death Row • Interscope • Aftermath • World Class Wreckin' Cru • N.W.A. (Krazy Dee • Arabian Prince • The D.O.C. • DJ Yella • MC Ren • Ice Cube • Eazy-E) • Snoop Dogg • Mel-Man • Eminem • 50 Cent • The Game • Bishop Lamont
 v • d • e Snoop Dogg
Discography
Studio albums
Doggystyle • Tha Doggfather • Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told • No Limit Top Dogg • Tha Last Meal • Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ • Rhythm & Gangsta • Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Singles
"Who Am I" • "Gin and Juice" • "Doggy Dogg World" • "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" • "Vapors" • "Tha Doggather" • "We Just Wanna Party with You" • "Still a G Thang" • "Snoop Dogg" • "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" • "Beautiful" • "Drop It Like It's Hot" • "Let's Get Blown" • "Signs" • "Ups & Downs" • "Real Soon" • "Vato" • "That's That Shit" • "I Wanna Love You" • "Candy" • "Boss' Life"
List of all albums • Filmography • Complete discography
Related articles
Geffen • Interscope • Universal • Doggystyle Records • List of awards • 213 • Tha Dogg Pound • LBC Crew • N.W.A. • Tha Eastsidaz • DPG Unit • The Warzone • Nine Inch Dix • Dr. Dre
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../f/u/c/Fuck_wit_Dre_Day_%28and_Everybody%27s_Celebratin%27%29_dba6.html"