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DR. DRE ft. SNOOP DOG Fuck wit’ Dre Day
Dr. Dre’s double platinum single, Fuck wit’dre day is written as a ‘diss track’ towards his fellow ex NWC member: Eazy-E and to Luke Campbell. Throughout the song Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg describe how they plan to take revenge, threatening, “I’mma rob you in Compton and blast you in Miami”. This line is in regards to Luke who lives in Miami, therefore they are threatening to kill him when he returns home.
Released May 20, 1993 Album The Chronic Record Label Death Row, Interscope Writer(s)/Composer(s) Calvin Broadus, Colin Wolfe, David Spradely, Garry Shider, George Clinton
Dr. Dre raps: “And watch your back cause you might get smoked, loc And pass the bud and stay low-key B.G. cause you lost all your homey’s love” Here he is talking about Eazy-E. Because they are no longer friends, Dr. Dre warns him to ‘watch his back’ or he may be killed. The ongoing theme of the song in the cases of both Luke and Eazy-E, is that conflict is resolved through violence or threats of violence.
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BIG PUN Twinz (Deep Cover ‘98)
Released April 28, 1998 Album Capital Punishment Label Terror Squad/Loud Records Writer(s)/Composer(s) Christopher Lee, Rios Big Pun
Twinz (Deep cover’98) by Big Pun is designed to provide insight into a ‘thug’s’ lifestyle. The main goal is profit, and any means can be used to achieve it. Fat Joe raps: “It’ll be a cold day in hell the day I take an L Make no Mistake for real I wouldn’t hesitate to kill” Never losing out on a profit, Fat Joe claims he would murder anyone who stands in the way of his goals. Big Punisher raps about the hired gun rather than the man collecting the money, saying: “Spike Lee couldn’t paint a better picture You small change, I’m blowing out your brains getting richer.’ He is making it clear by ‘painting a picture’ that human life is meaningless to him. He sees a target as simply a means for him to obtain wealth. A song in which the artists portray themselves as ‘thugs’ encourages youth to be seduced by this violent lifestyle. 27