"Doggy Dogg World" is the third single from Snoop Doggy Dogg's debut album Doggystyle

Doggystyle

Doggystyle is the debut album from American rapper Snoop Dogg; released by Death Row Records on November 23, 1993. The album was recorded soon following the release of Dr. Dre's landmark debut album The Chronic , to which Snoop Dogg contributed significantly. His musical stylizations for the album...

. It is the first European-only release with an American video TV-play. It features '70s funk band The Dramatics

The Dramatics

The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1962. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get", both of which were #1 R&B and Top 10 Pop hits.-Career:The Dramatics originally formed in 1962 recording as the...

, with guest rap verses from Kurupt

Kurupt

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...

 and Daz Dillinger

Daz Dillinger

Delmar Drew Arnaud , better known by his stage name Daz Dillinger is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his membership in the rap duo Tha Dogg Pound, with Kurupt, and his work with Death Row Records.-The Chronic, Tha Dogg Pound and Dogg Food:Daz began his career on Death Row...

 (Tha Dogg Pound

Tha Dogg Pound

Tha Dogg Pound is a rap group made up of Daz Dillinger and Kurupt. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. The group made their 1992 rap debut on Dr. Dre's The Chronic, on various songs. They also appeared on Snoop Dogg's debut album...

), and chorus singing by background vocalist Nancy Fletcher. It samples Richard "Dimples" Fields's "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" from his 1982 album Mr. Look So Good. The title of the song presumably is a play on the phrase "[It's a] dog eat dog world."

Video

This retro style video takes us back to the world of seventies. It presents Snoop as a pimpish owner of an old fashioned music club where a Dramatics live concert and party is going on. The video is also 5:38 long, but with the ending vocals and Kurupt's verse shortened in order to insert a minute long intro with director Ricky Harris in the role of "the host for the night" meeting Snoop and his women entourage in the V.I.P. section, while silhouettes of dancing girls can be seen in the background and Parliament

Parliament (band)

Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

's "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" can be heard as an incidental music

Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack"....

 (from their 1976 album Mothership Connection). The video is a 1994 winner of an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video

MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video was first given out in 1989, and it was one the four original genre categories added at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. This award was last given out in 2006, as MTV did not bring it back in 2008 like it did with other genre awards...

. It was released as a segment of the video compilation VHS called Murder Was The Case

Murder Was the Case

Murder Was the Case is a 1994 short film and soundtrack album starring Snoop Doggy Dogg. The 18 minute film was directed by Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy and chronicles the fictional death of Snoop Dogg and his resurrection after making a deal with the Devil...

 in the same year. It has a numerous cameo casting :

Casting

by Anissa Williams

In order of appearance

• Snoop Dogg as Silky Slim
• The Dramatics as themselves
• Antonio Fargas
  Antonio Fargas
  Antonio Juan Fargas is an American actor famous for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies, as well as his portrayal of Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch.-Biography:...
  
   as Huggy Bear
• Ricky Harris as TaaDow
• Fred Berry
  Fred Berry
  Fred "Rerun" Berry was an American actor best known for the role of Fred "Rerun" Stubbs on the popular 1970s television show What's Happening!!.-Career:Berry was born in St. Louis, Missouri...
  
   as Re-Run
• Fred Williamson
  Fred Williamson
  Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is an American actor, architect, and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.-Football career:...
  
   as The Hammer
• Kurupt
  Kurupt
  Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...
  
   as Small Change Willy from Philly
• Dr. Dre
  Dr. Dre
  Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
  
   as Fortieth St. Black
• The Lady of Rage
  Lady of Rage
  Robin Yvette Allen , better known by her stage name The Lady of Rage, is an American rapper and actress best known for collaborations with several Death Row Records artists, including Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg on the seminal albums The Chronic and Doggystyle...
  
   as a dice gambler
• Rudy Ray Moore
  Rudy Ray Moore
  Rudy Ray Moore was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer. He was perhaps best known as Dolemite , the uniquely articulate pimp from the 1975 film Dolemite, and its sequel, The Human Tornado...
  
   as Dolemite
• Pam Grier
  Pam Grier
  Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film...
  
   as Foxxxy Brown
• Daz
  Daz Dillinger
  Delmar Drew Arnaud , better known by his stage name Daz Dillinger is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his membership in the rap duo Tha Dogg Pound, with Kurupt, and his work with Death Row Records.-The Chronic, Tha Dogg Pound and Dogg Food:Daz began his career on Death Row...
  
   as Sugafoot
• Ron O'Neal
  Ron O'Neal
  Ron O'Neal was an American actor, director and screenwriter...
  
   as Supa Fly

Remixes

• A Trance
  Trance music
  Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
  
   remix called Perfecto mix done by Paul Oakenfold
  Paul Oakenfold
  Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British record producer and a trance DJ.-Early Career: 1979–84:Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew...
  
  appeared on the re-prints of the single and on an 1995 compilation album called The Perfecto Album.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	19

External links

• Rap Samples FAQ