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Warren Griffin III Born November 10 1970 In Long Beach California Better Known Simply As Warren G Is A Grammy Award Nominated American West Coast Rapper Singer DJ And Producer Signed To His Own Label G-Funk Entertainment. In 1990 Warren G Formed The Group 213 With Nate Dogg And Snoop Dogg And In 1994 He Exploded Onto The Long Beach Rap Scene With The Smash Single "Regulate " A Duet With Nate Dogg And Its Accompanying Album Regulate...G Funk Era. He Has Since Released A Further 8 Albums On Death Row Records. He Grew Up In Long Beach Listening To His Parents' Extensive Collection Of Jazz Soul And Funk Records Also Frequently Hanging Out At The Local Record Store. As A Teenager He And His Friends Nate Dogg And Future Superstar Snoop Dogg Formed A Rap Group Called 213 After Their Area Code. Unfortunately All Three Had Brushes With The Law And Spent Time In Jail Which Motivated Them To Get Jobs Also Working On Their Music On The Side. Eventually The V.I.P. Record Store Allowed The Trio To Practice And Record In A Back Room. It Was Here That Snoop Cut The Demo "Super Duper Snooper " Which G Played For His Half-Brother Dr. Dre At A Party. Dre Invited All Three To His Studio And Wound Up Collaborating With Snoop On The Chronic. While G Also Made Several Contributions He Opted To Develop His Talents Mostly Outside Of Dre's Shadow. He Honed His Musical Skills While Producing Such Artists As MC Breed And 2Pac. A Break Came When His Vocal Collaboration With Mista Grimm "Indo Smoke " Appeared On The Poetic Justice Soundtrack. Soon After That G Recorded His Debut Album For Death Row. "Regulate" Appeared On The Above The Rim Soundtrack And Was Released As A Single. It Quickly Became A Massive Hit Peaking At #2 On The Billboard Charts And Pushing The Album Up To The Same Position. The Album Eventually Went Triple Platinum With "This D.J." Becoming His Second Top 10 Hit. Warren G Took Nearly Three Years To Complete His Second Album Returning In The Spring Of 1997 With Take A Look Over Your Shoulder Which Was Greeted With Decidedly Mixed Reviews And Weak Sales. I Want It All Followed In 1999 With The Return Of The Regulator Appearing Two Years Later. In 2005 He Signed With Lightyear Enterntainment And Released In The Mid-Nite Hour.
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Warren-G - Regulate... G Funk Era
From The Soundtrack Of The 1994 Film Above The Rim. Won MTV Movie Award For Best Song In 1995. On A Cool Clear Night Typical To Southern California Warren G Travels Through His Neighborhood Searching For Women With Whom He Might Initiate Sexual Congress. He Has Chosen To Engage In This Pursuit Alone. Nate Dogg Having Just Arrived In The East Side Of Long Beach Seeks Warren. On His Way To Find Warren Nate Passes A Car Full Of Women Who Are Excited To See Him. Regardless He Insists To The Women That There Is No Cause For Excitement. Warren Makes A Left Turn At 21st Street And Lewis Ave In The East Hill/Salt Lake Neighborhood Where He Sees A Group Of Young Men Enjoying A Game Of Dice Together. He Parks His Car And Greets Them. He Is Excited To Find People To Play With But To His Chagrin He Discovers They Intend To Relieve Him Of His Material Possessions. Once The Hopeful Robbers Reveal Their Firearms Warren Realizes He Is In A Less Than Favorable Predicament. Meanwhile Nate Passes The Women As They Are Low On His List Of Priorities. His Primary Concern Is Locating Warren. After Curtly Casting Away The Strumpets Whose Interest In Nate Was Such That They Crashed Their Automobile He Serendipitously Stumbles Upon His Friend Warren G Being Held Up By The Young Miscreants. Warren Unaware That Nate Is Surreptitiously Observing The Scene Unfold Is In Disbelief That He Is Being Robbed. The Perpetrators Have Taken Jewelry And A Rolex Watch From Warren Who Is So Incredulous That He Asks What Else The Robbers Intend To Steal. This Is Most Likely A Rhetorical Question. Observing These Unfortunate Proceedings Nate Realizes That He May Have To Use His Firearm To Deliver His Friend From Harm. The Tension Crescendos As The Robbers Point Their Guns To Warren's Head. Warren Senses The Gravity Of His Situation. He Cannot Believe The Events Unfolding Could Happen In His Own Neighborhood. As He Imagines Himself Sprouting Wings And Making A Fantastical Escape He Catches A Glimpse Of His Friend Nate. Nate Has Seventeen Cartridges Sixteen Residing In The Pistol's Magazine With A Solitary Round Placed In The Chamber And Ready To Be Fired To Expend On The Group Of Robbers. Afterward He Generously Shares The Credit For Neutralizing The Situation With Warren Though It Is Clear That Nate Did All Of The Difficult Work. Putting Congratulations Aside Nate Quickly Reminds Himself That He Has Committed Multiple Homicides To Save Warren Before Letting His Friend Know That There Are Females Nearby If He Wishes To Fornicate With Them. Warren Recalls That It Was The Promise Of Copulation That Coaxed Him Away From His Previous Activities And Is Thankful That Nate Knows A Way To Satisfy These Urges. Nate Quickly Finds The Women Who Earlier Crashed Their Car On Nate's Account. He Remarks To One That He Is Fond Of Her Physical Appeal. The Woman Impressed By Nate's Singing Ability Asks That He And Warren Allow Her And Her Friends To Share Transportation. Soon Both Friends Are Driving With Automobiles Full Of Women To The East Side Motel Presumably To Consummate Their Flirtation In An Orgy. The Third Verse Is More Expository With Warren And Nate Explaining Their G Funk Musical Style. Warren Displays His Bravado By Daring Anyone To Approach The Style. There Follows A Brief Discussion Of The Genre's Musicological Features With Special Care Taken To Point Out That In Said Milieu The Rhythm Is Not In Fact The Rhythm As One Might Assume But Actually The Bass. Similarly The Bass Serves A Purpose Closer To That Which The Treble Would In More Traditional Musical Forms. Nate Displays His Bravado By Claiming That Individuals With Equivalent Knowledge Could Not Even Attempt To Approach His Level Of Lyrical Mastery. Nate Goes On To Note That If Any Third Party Smokes As He Does They Would Find Themselves In A State Of Intoxication Almost Daily From Nate's Other Works It Can Be Inferred That The Substance Referenced Is Marijuana . Nate Concludes His Delineation Of The Night By Issuing A Threat To "busters " Suggesting That He And Warren Will Further "regulate" Any Potential Incidents In The Future Presumably By Engaging Their Antagonists With Small Arms Fire .
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Warren Griffin III Born November 10 1970 In Long Beach California Better Known Simply As Warren G Is A Grammy Award Nominated American West Coast Rapper Singer DJ And Producer Signed To His Own Label G-Funk Entertainment. In 1990 Warren G Formed The Group 213 With Nate Dogg And Snoop Dogg And In 1994 He Exploded Onto The Long Beach Rap Scene With The Smash Single "Regulate " A Duet With Nate Dogg And Its Accompanying Album Regulate...G Funk Era. He Has Since Released A Further 8 Albums On Death Row Records. He Grew Up In Long Beach Listening To His Parents' Extensive Collection Of Jazz Soul And Funk Records Also Frequently Hanging Out At The Local Record Store. As A Teenager He And His Friends Nate Dogg And Future Superstar Snoop Dogg Formed A Rap Group Called 213 After Their Area Code. Unfortunately All Three Had Brushes With The Law And Spent Time In Jail Which Motivated Them To Get Jobs Also Working On Their Music On The Side. Eventually The V.I.P. Record Store Allowed The Trio To Practice And Record In A Back Room. It Was Here That Snoop Cut The Demo "Super Duper Snooper " Which G Played For His Half-Brother Dr. Dre At A Party. Dre Invited All Three To His Studio And Wound Up Collaborating With Snoop On The Chronic. While G Also Made Several Contributions He Opted To Develop His Talents Mostly Outside Of Dre's Shadow. He Honed His Musical Skills While Producing Such Artists As MC Breed And 2Pac. A Break Came When His Vocal Collaboration With Mista Grimm "Indo Smoke " Appeared On The Poetic Justice Soundtrack. Soon After That G Recorded His Debut Album For Death Row. "Regulate" Appeared On The Above The Rim Soundtrack And Was Released As A Single. It Quickly Became A Massive Hit Peaking At #2 On The Billboard Charts And Pushing The Album Up To The Same Position. The Album Eventually Went Triple Platinum With "This D.J." Becoming His Second Top 10 Hit. Warren G Took Nearly Three Years To Complete His Second Album Returning In The Spring Of 1997 With Take A Look Over Your Shoulder Which Was Greeted With Decidedly Mixed Reviews And Weak Sales. I Want It All Followed In 1999 With The Return Of The Regulator Appearing Two Years Later. In 2005 He Signed With Lightyear Enterntainment And Released In The Mid-Nite Hour.
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From the soundtrack of the 1994 film Above the Rim. Won MTV Movie award for Best Song in 1995.
On a cool, clear night (typical to Southern California) Warren G travels through his neighborhood, searching for women with whom he might initiate sexual congress. He has chosen to engage in this pursuit alone.
Nate Dogg, having just arrived in the east side of Long Beach, seeks Warren. On his way to find Warren, Nate passes a car full of women who are excited to see him. Regardless, he insists to the women that there is no cause for excitement.
Warren makes a left turn at 21st Street and Lewis Ave, in the East Hill/Salt Lake neighborhood, where he sees a group of young men enjoying a game of dice together. He parks his car and greets them. He is excited to find people to play with, but to his chagrin, he discovers they intend to relieve him of his material possessions. Once the hopeful robbers reveal their firearms, Warren realizes he is in a less than favorable predicament.
Meanwhile, Nate passes the women, as they are low on his list of priorities. His primary concern is locating Warren. After curtly casting away the strumpets (whose interest in Nate was such that they crashed their automobile), he serendipitously stumbles upon his friend, Warren G, being held up by the young miscreants.
Warren, unaware that Nate is surreptitiously observing the scene unfold, is in disbelief that he is being robbed. The perpetrators have taken jewelry and a Rolex Watch from Warren, who is so incredulous that he asks what else the robbers intend to steal. This is most likely a rhetorical question.
Observing these unfortunate proceedings, Nate realizes that he may have to use his firearm to deliver his friend from harm.
The tension crescendos as the robbers point their guns to Warren's head. Warren senses the gravity of his situation. He cannot believe the events unfolding could happen in his own neighborhood. As he imagines himself sprouting wings and making a fantastical escape, he catches a glimpse of his friend, Nate.
Nate has seventeen cartridges (sixteen residing in the pistol's magazine, with a solitary round placed in the chamber and ready to be fired) to expend on the group of robbers. Afterward, he generously shares the credit for neutralizing the situation with Warren, though it is clear that Nate did all of the difficult work. Putting congratulations aside, Nate quickly reminds himself that he has committed multiple homicides to save Warren before letting his friend know that there are females nearby if he wishes to fornicate with them.
Warren recalls that it was the promise of copulation that coaxed him away from his previous activities, and is thankful that Nate knows a way to satisfy these urges. Nate quickly finds the women who earlier crashed their car on Nate's account. He remarks to one that he is fond of her physical appeal. The woman, impressed by Nate's singing ability, asks that he and Warren allow her and her friends to share transportation. Soon, both friends are driving with automobiles full of women to the East Side Motel, presumably to consummate their flirtation in an orgy.
The third verse is more expository, with Warren and Nate explaining their G Funk musical style. Warren displays his bravado by daring anyone to approach the style. There follows a brief discussion of the genre's musicological features, with special care taken to point out that in said milieu the rhythm is not in fact the rhythm, as one might assume, but actually the bass. Similarly the bass serves a purpose closer to that which the treble would in more traditional musical forms. Nate displays his bravado by claiming that individuals with equivalent knowledge could not even attempt to approach his level of lyrical mastery. Nate goes on to note that if any third party smokes as he does, they would find themselves in a state of intoxication almost daily (from Nate's other works, it can be inferred that the substance referenced is marijuana). Nate concludes his delineation of the night by issuing a threat to "busters," suggesting that he and Warren will further "regulate" any potential incidents in the future (presumably by engaging their antagonists with small arms fire). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.