Nate Dogg, whose hooks boosted rap hits, dies

[onedef92]

Nate Dogg, whose hooks boosted rap hits, dies

Posted: Mar 16, 2011 11:26 AM EDT
Updated: Mar 16, 2011 12:05 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES - Singer Nate Dogg, whose near monotone crooning anchored some of rap's most seminal songs and helped define the sound of West coast hip-hop, has died at age 41.

Attorney Mark Geragos said Nate Dogg, whose real name was Nathaniel D. Hale, died Tuesday of complications from multiple strokes.

Nate Dogg wasn't a rapper, but he was an integral figure in the genre: His deep voice wasn't particularly melodic, but its tone - at times menacing, at times playful, yet always charming - provided just the just the right touch on hits including Warren G's "Regulate," 50 Cent's "21 Questions," Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode" and countless others.

While Nate Dogg provided hooks for rappers from coast to coast, the Long Beach, California, native is best known for his contributions to the West Coast soundtrack provided by the likes of Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, the Dogg Pound and more. Nate Dogg was even part of a "supergroup" featuring Snoop Dogg and Warren G, called 213.

Nate Dogg also put out his own solo projects but was best known for his collaborations with others.

He had suffered strokes in recent years.

[G8rDMD]

:sadangel: Sad, though you have to wonder if drugs had anything to do with the strokes...

[onedef92]

:sadangel: Sad, though you have to wonder if drugs had anything to do with the strokes...

That's what I was wondering, too. After all, cocaine's a helluva drug.... :sadangel:

[C5SilverBullet]

Damn.

[G8rDMD]

That's what I was wondering, too. After all, cocaine's a helluva drug.... :sadangel:

Hookers and blow....booyah :dance:

I actually know who he is, too--I've heard his hooks in some Eminem songs :sadangel:

[GEODON]

man that sucks :sadangel:

I liked Nate Dogg and the whole G Funk era. Music I use to listen to as a teen back in the days. Fu**ing rappers today suck. Coming from suburbs who had a mom and dad. And mom and dad had a great marriage and dad had a great job. Whatever happened rapping like Eazy about inner city poverty struggle, police beat downs that went unheard and crack ruining neighborhoods. Now it's about bling from a bunch of sissy suburbanite rappers who tattoo themselves to look hard.

rant pending off. I'm still pissed at what they did to Eazy's music.

[onedef92]

I liked Nate Dogg and the whole G Funk era.

Not me. I hated that shet. I lost all interest in rap after its renaissance years (pre-1990). Peep the movie "Brown Sugar" and you'll see what time it is.

[GEODON]

I liked Nate Dogg and the whole G Funk era.

Not me. I hated that shet. I lost all interest in rap after its renaissance years (pre-1990). Peep the movie "Brown Sugar" and you'll see what time it is.

I'll check it out man thanks.

[onedef92]

I'll check it out man thanks.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt202/rahrahpics/sanaa.jpg

You gonna dig super slim Sanaa Lathan in that mofo, too. :)

[theriver]

I don't think I will ever recover from this tragic loss

[themonk]

YouTube - Warren G - Regulate ft. Nate Dogg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIY)

That's a great song, I love the old school Caddy, reminds me of my '88 I used to have. Damn, 41, that's too young. :sadangel:

[syf350]

YouTube - Eminem feat Nate Dogg - Shake That Ass For Me

some good sheit

[American Made]

The man was cool. :sadangel:

[Nemesis]

I liked Nate Dogg and the whole G Funk era.

Not me. I hated that shet. I lost all interest in rap after its renaissance years (pre-1990). Peep the movie "Brown Sugar" and you'll see what time it is.

Good movie with too much love story and not enough hip hop, but you don't even like Talib?

YouTube - Hi Tek and Talib Kweli The Blast

I agree with the description of this video: Second single from their 2000 Reflection Eternal album. This is one of the most underrated songs on one of the most underrated albums of all time. Enjoy!

[onedef92]

but you don't even like Talib?

Nope. I was down with A Tribe Called Quest and The Ultra-Magnetic MC's back in the day, though. Remember their 1985 album "Check the Rhime" and shet?

YouTube - A Tribe called quest - check the rhime

[G8rDMD]

YouTube - Eminem feat Nate Dogg - Shake That Ass For Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkI2RPJhku0)

some good sheit

That's the one I know most :yesnod: :dance:

I find particular resemblance in the line, "I'm a menace, a dentist, an oral hygienist..." :rofl:

[Nemesis]

but you don't even like Talib?

Nope. I was down with A Tribe Called Quest and The Ultra-Magnetic MC's back in the day, though. Remember their 1985 album "Check the Rhime" and shet?

I don't remember it, but I've heard it. I was born in '86. I'm not a big Quest fan. I did listen to about 4 or 5 of their albums before making that decision though. There are a few songs I liked, like the one you posted, but I didn't like all of it.

[GEODON]

There is no talent or uniqueness now. From athletes to singers. Cars to construction. Fashion to personality. Comedians to artists. Now it's all the same..boring..lame..shit. And funny thing is they compare themselves to earlier generation icons.

[GEODON]

but you don't even like Talib?

Nope. I was down with A Tribe Called Quest and The Ultra-Magnetic MC's back in the day, though. Remember their 1985 album "Check the Rhime" and shet?

I was never into A Tribe Called Quest. I tried listening to their music but I didn't care for it. Doesn't mean they were horrible. I liked NWA and anything Eazy E. Ice Cube Death Certificate, The Chronic, Ready to Die, and All Eyez on Me. After that I stopped listening to whatever came out except a few mainstream radio catchy hits. I liked NWA because they had a unique style. I couldn't relate to getting a beat down by five-O or living in poverty because that wasn't me. But I liked they pissed the world off by bringing in truth and speaking their mind. Biggie's song Suicidal Thoughts you can feel it. Today, there is nothing. It's like they sing without emotions or feelings. They are awful and tasteless.

[Nemesis]

Biggie's song Suicidal Thoughts you can feel it.

The whole ready to die album is great

[Z06David]

I was never into A Tribe Called Quest. I tried listening to their music but I didn't care for it. Doesn't mean they were horrible. I liked NWA and anything Eazy E. Ice Cube Death Certificate, The Chronic, Ready to Die, and All Eyez on Me. After that I stopped listening to whatever came out except a few mainstream radio catchy hits. I liked NWA because they had a unique style. I couldn't relate to getting a beat down by five-O or living in poverty because that wasn't me. But I liked they pissed the world off by bringing in truth and speaking their mind. Biggie's song Suicidal Thoughts you can feel it. Today, there is nothing. It's like they sing without emotions or feelings. They are awful and tasteless.

the shit now a days is terrible

[onedef92]

the shit now a days is terrible


:iagree: It's all sizzle and no steak, a goofy, powder keg of no-talent-assed, MIDI-enhanced, autotuned, misogynist, buffoonery. I deeply lament the day melodic music died. :sadangel:

I listen to Christian contemporary almost exclusively now. I want to hear something positive and encouraging, not just a bunch of mofo's beefin' about dirt, dope, poverty and despair.

[Nemesis]

So Julian, apart from Quest, what other hip hop do you listen to? :waiting:

[onedef92]

So Julian, apart from Quest, what other hip hop do you listen to? :waiting:


I don't even peep Quest any more. I mean, come on. I'm 44, not a naive twenty-something anymore.

The only thing even remotely rap-related I listen to now is "Group 1 Crew" and they're a hip-hop Christian/rap group. Really good, too. "The Keys to the Kingdom" is one of my favorite tunes.

YouTube - Group 1 Crew - The keys to the Kingdom [HQ]

[Nemesis]

I don't even peep Quest any more. I mean, come on. I'm 44, not a naive twenty-something anymore.

The only thing even remotely rap-related I listen to now is "Group 1 Crew" and they're a hip-hop Christian/rap group. Really good, too. "The Keys to the Kingdom" is one of my favorite tunes.


I was hoping you still were listening to some of it. I missed early hip hop and it doesn't get airtime anymore.


That' Group 1 isn't bad. First I've heard of them. I don't know if I'd call them hip hop though. Closer to punk rock.

[onedef92]

I was hoping you still were listening to some of it. I missed early hip hop and it doesn't get airtime anymore.

Naw, I ain't down with it for real anymore. I wonder if there are any "vintage" hip-hop stations out there? Hmmmmmm. There just might be a market for it.

Nowadays on the secular side, give me some Al Jarreau or George Benson or Earl Klugh or Wynton Marsalis and yeah, I'm down with it! :afrocool:

[GEODON]

I was hoping you still were listening to some of it. I missed early hip hop and it doesn't get airtime anymore.

Early hip hip was great. I remember playing ball at my buddies place and we had his boom box outside listening to Geto Boys CD that came out in 91. I didn't live in the hood, sell dope or live in poverty. But damn man that old school gangster rap remindes me of my childhood so it'll always have a place in my heart.

I didn't know about rap or NWA till this neighborhood kid told me about it. He put NWA in his car and first song I heard was Fu*k tha Police. At first I was like noway anyone lives like this and never understood why they hated cops. Then the Rodney King beat down and that's when shit hit the fan. They were raw, vulgur and pissed. And brought another side of the city most never knew about. Also understand they got alot of heat from FBI and lawsuits regarding their music. It wasn't pussified like today. What pissed people off the most was that they were black, poor and from the ghetto. And white kids from the suburbs loved them. They were the reason the whole "explicit lyrics" gets put on CD's.

I dont know if you know who NWA was or if you like their music. These guys had talent and a vision. An old Jewish guy saw something in this and used his money to sign a drug dealer from Compton who brought in a whole new style of music. Eazy brought in Dre who is one of the most respected music producers today and Cube. Dre signed a white boy from Detroit who wanted to rap. That white boy is Eminem who has over a billion hits on YouTube.

[onedef92]

I dont know if you know who NWA was or if you like their music.

Sure, man. I remember NWA. I graduated from college in 1990 right about the time gansta rap was coming on the scene. I didn't like it then and I still don't now. To me, it marked the decline of rap.

Rap/hip-hop peaked for me personally during the "Renaissance" years of the 1980s and late 1990s. Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, EPMD, Doctor Dre (Surgery), A Tribe Called Quest, The Ultra Magnetic MC's, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, UTFO, Afrika Bambaataa, Dana Dane, Grandmaster Flash, Whodini, etc...

That was the shet! Similar to the hippie movement of the 1960's, it appeared for a while rap was going to help the majority of Blacks in this country usher in a new level of social awareness, nationalism, pride, and upward mobility.

It didn't happen, of course, but Blacks seemed poised to do so, perhaps more so than at any other time over the last 200 years of our nation's history.

[TexasBulldog]

I still know every word to that song.

:dance:


YouTube - Warren G - Regulate ft. Nate Dogg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIY)

[GEODON]

I dont know if you know who NWA was or if you like their music.

Sure, man. I remember NWA. I graduated from college in 1990 right about the time gansta rap was coming on the scene. I didn't like it then and I still don't now. To me, it marked the decline of rap.

Rap/hip-hop peaked for me personally during the "Renaissance" years of the 1980s and late 1990s. Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, EPMD, Doctor Dre (Surgery), A Tribe Called Quest, The Ultra Magnetic MC's, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, UTFO, Afrika Bambaataa, Dana Dane, Grandmaster Flash, Whodini, etc...

That was the shet! Similar to the hippie movement of the 1960's, it appeared for a while rap was going to help the majority of Blacks in this country usher in a new level of social awareness, nationalism, pride, and upward mobility.

It didn't happen, of course, but Blacks seemed poised to do so, perhaps more so than at any other time over the last 200 years of our nation's history.

How come no mention of Pac and Biggie. Yea they were mainstream but they never sold out to get radio play. Did you not care for Pac and Biggie? Pac was hands down my favorite. His music brought struggle within oneself. What a gifted song writer he was. Hail Mary, Hellrazor, Mommas just a little girl, Me and my girlfriend? Don't get me wrong MC Lyte and her Cha Cha Cha had the dopest beat, EPMD I'm Housin and GrandMaster Flash The message were great. But there were others who were just as good and positive. Can't believe you didn't mention Pac.

[onedef92]

Did you not care for Pac and Biggie?

They weren't my favorites, personally, but I agree, their significance and contributions to the genre cannot be denied.

[Nemesis]

Early hip hip was great. I remember playing ball at my buddies place and we had his boom box outside listening to Geto Boys CD that came out in 91. I didn't live in the hood, sell dope or live in poverty. But damn man that old school gangster rap remindes me of my childhood so it'll always have a place in my heart.

I dont know if you know who NWA was or if you like their music.

I do know NWA. They're still seen as rap gods. I was looking for the artists that have gone forgotten.

Happy to see I'm not the only whiteboy on this board who appreciates rap and hip hop as the music that it is and not some gangster crap.


Rap/hip-hop peaked for me personally during the "Renaissance" years of the 1980s and late 1990s. Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, EPMD, Doctor Dre (Surgery), A Tribe Called Quest, The Ultra Magnetic MC's, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, UTFO, Afrika Bambaataa, Dana Dane, Grandmaster Flash, Whodini, etc...


This is what I was looking for. Most of the names I recognize, some I don't.

Now I got a whole ton of learnin to do. :hurray: :cheers:

[Uri]

YouTube - Me & My Bitch - Biggie (Original Version)

[Uri]

YouTube - Snoop Dogg Feat Nate Dogg, Warren G - Im Fly

[Uri]

The shit............

YouTube - Snoop Dogg - Ain't No Fun - (feat. Nate Dogg, Kurupt & Warren G)

[Uri]

YouTube - Snoop Dogg Gin 'n' Juice