Gin and Juice
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| Single by Snoop Doggy Dogg | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Doggystyle | ||||||||||||||
| Released | January 15, 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Format | 12-inch single | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||||||||||||
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| Length | 3:31 | |||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Dr. Dre | |||||||||||||
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"Gin and Juice" is the second single by rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg from his debut album Doggystyle. It reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, peaking at number eight. It earned a gold certification from the RIAA and sold 700,000 copies. "Gin and Juice" was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. It was listed as number eight on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
"Gin and Juice" was produced by Dr. Dre and contains an interpolation from Slave's "Watching You" in its chorus and a sample from George McCrae's "I Get Lifted" as its bassline; additional vocalists on the song include Dat Nigga Daz, Jewell, Heney Loc, and Sean "Barney" Thomas. "Gin and Juice" has been covered by other groups, including alternative country group The Gourds in 1996, lounge singer Richard Cheese in 2004, and comedians Naked Trucker and T-Bones in 2007.
The lyrics depict a party filled with sex, marijuana, and alcohol continuing into the small hours of the morning. The iconic chorus sung by David Ruffin Jr (D-Ruff) is:
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