Snoop's Upside Ya Head
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| Single by Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson | ||
| from the album Tha Doggfather | ||
| Released | December, 1996 UK | |
| Format | 12-inch single CD |
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| Genre | Rap | |
| Length | 4:28 (5:17 video) | |
| Label | Death Row Records | |
| Writer(s) | Snoop Dogg Lonnie Simmons Rudolph Taylor Ronnie Wilson Charlie Wilson |
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| Producer(s) | DJ Pooh | |
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| Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson singles chronology | ||
| "Doggy Dogg World" (1994) |
"Snoop's Upside Ya Head" (1996) |
"Vapors" (1997) |
| Charlie Wilson singles chronology | ||
| "Stomp" by Quincy Jones (1996) |
"Snoop's Upside Ya Head" (1996) |
"Vapors" (1997) |
Snoop's Upside Ya Head is the second European hit and the first single release of Snoop Dogg's Tha Doggfather. The song heavily samples "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oopps)" by the Gap Band and features new vocals from Gap Band's lead singer Charlie Wilson. In the video an imaginary execution takes place where Snoop manages to escape from the electric chair. It refers to the end of Snoop's real life murder trial by verdict of not guilty. It stars Vincent Schiavelli as the prison governor, Wilson as the prison guard, and Uncle Junebug as the old Snoop in prison.
Recorded after the imprisonment of Suge Knight, it belongs to the second half of the album, which was fully produced by Snoop himself without supervision. It is the reason it could happen that in the lyrics Snoop reveals that he was aware of Suge stealing him by keeping the major part of the profit benefited from Snoop's album sales. Despite what Snoop implies in the lyrics to the contary, Doggystyle Records existed only nominally, although the executive production work had much more involvement from Snoop, as he was left alone with many of these tasks.
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- I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oopps), by Gap Band (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Released in 1979, this soul funk song is the vocal as well as lyrical sample of "Snoop's Upside Ya Head".
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| Snoop Dogg |
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| 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 |
