Gin and Juice

"Gin and Juice" is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on January 15, 1994, as the second single from his debut album, Doggystyle.

For the DeVante Swing song, see Gin & Juice (DeVante Swing song).
"Gin and Juice"
Single by Snoop Doggy Dogg
from the album Doggystyle
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1994 (1994-01-15)
Recorded1993
Genre
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dr. Dre
Snoop Doggy Dogg singles chronology
"Who Am I? (What's My Name?)"
(1993)		 "Gin and Juice"
(1994)		 "Doggy Dogg World"
(1994)
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"Gin and Juice" on YouTube

Lyrics

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:

Rollin' down the street smokin' indo
Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).[1]

One critic describes the chorus as representative of "the G-funk tableau" emphasizing cruising culture, consumption of depressants, and materialism.[2] The last line is an example of antimetabole, the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures. The focus on money is shared throughout hip hop, including It's All About the Benjamins,[3] Money Makes the World Go Round, Get Money, and Foe Tha Love of $.[4]

Production

"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.

Release

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.[5][6] "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.[7]

Music video

The song's music video, directed by Dr. Dre, Calvin Caday and Anita Sisaath, also producers of 2Pac's "Dear Mama", features a teenaged Snoop Dogg throwing a wild house party after his parents leave. His parents return home angry and evict the partygoers to confront Snoop Dogg. Ricky Harris plays Snoop's father, and Dr. Dre, Warren G, Nate Dogg and Daz Dillinger make cameo appearances. Six-year-old rapper Lil Bow Wow plays Snoop's little brother who is jumping on the couch in the intro. "I was in the 'Gin and Juice' video," comedian Eddie Griffin recalled. "I pop out of this little Volkswagen full of weed smoke with my hair standing on end."[8]

The small-budget idea was later re-purposed in videos such as J-Kwon's "Tipsy" and Oowee's "Why Cry", which features Snoop and is a shot-by-shot remake of the "Gin and Juice" video. The music video was parodied in the video for "DPK", where Snoop, carried on the front of a bicycle, gets hit by a car driven by B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta, two of Eazy-E's protégés with whom Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre had feuds at the time.

In April 2005, the video was fourth on MTV2 and XXL's list of the 25 Greatest West Coast Videos. Snoop Dogg wears hockey jerseys of the now-defunct Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League and Pittsburgh Penguins (with the name and number 'GIN AND JUICE' 94 on the back) in the video.

Covers

"Gin and Juice" has been covered by other groups, including alternative country group The Gourds in 1996, lounge singer Richard Cheese in 2004, comedians Naked Trucker and T-Bones in 2007 and singer and actor Paul Simon in 2010, during the Night of Too Many Stars event hosted by Jon Stewart. In 2004, a Radio edit version of the song (used because the original version had explicit lyrics not suitable for television at the time) was played by a group of homeless drug addicts on the radio as they mock the pompous Dr. Stegman on the ABC miniseries Kingdom Hospital by horror novelist Stephen King. The song was the cover version sung by The Gourds eight years prior to the miniseries' syndication.

Trivia

On May 27, 2018, Snoop Dogg set the world record for the largest "Gin and Juice", a 500-litre paradise cocktail.[9]

Track listing
12-inch single
  1. Gin and Juice (Radio Version) (No Indo)
  2. Gin and Juice (Radio Version)
  3. Gin and Juice (Laid Back Remix)
  4. Gin and Juice (Laid Back Radio Mix)

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 49
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] 39
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 8
US Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[14] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] 13
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[16] 1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[17] 5

Year-end charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 52
US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 73

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[21] Gold 700,000[22]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

Notes
  1. Shapiro, Fred R. (2006), The Yale Book of Quotations, Yale University Press, p. 717, ISBN 0-300-10798-6
  2. Quinn, Eithne (2005), Nuthin' But a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap, Columbia University Press, p. 144, ISBN 0-231-12408-2
  3. Banfield, William C. (2004), Black Notes: Essays Of A Musician Writing In A Post-Album Age, Scarecrow Press, p. 138, ISBN 0-8108-5287-X
  4. Werner, Craig Hansen (2006), A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America, University of Michigan Press, p. 314, ISBN 0-472-03147-3
  5. "American certifications – Snoop Dogg – Gin and Juice". Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. "Best-Selling Records of 1994". Billboard. BPI Communications. 107 (3): 57. January 21, 1995. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  7. "VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs". prefixmag.com. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  8. Blender, 2004, precise date unknown
  9. "New record: Largest Paradise cocktail". Twitter. Guinness Book of Records. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  10. "Australian-charts.com – Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin and Juice". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  11. "Charts.nz – Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin and Juice". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  13. "Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 26, 1994. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  14. "Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg | Awards | AllMusic". Billboard. Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  15. "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  16. "Rap Music: Top Rap Songs Chart | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 12, 1994. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  17. "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  18. "1994: Year-End USA Charts (Singles)". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12. (archived by Top40-Charts.com)
  19. "The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Year End Charts 1994". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  20. "British single certifications – Snoop Dogg – Gin and Juice". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Gin and Juice in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  21. "American single certifications – Snoop Dogg". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  22. "Best Selling Albums and singles of 1994". Prometheus Global Media. Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

References
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