"Deep Cover"
Single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
From the album Deep Cover O.S.T./First Round Knock Out (1996)
Single Released	1992
Single Format	12" single
Genre	Rap
Song Length	4:15
Record Label	Epic Records/Solar/ Triple X (1996)
Writer	Andre Young Calvin Broadus Colin Wolfe
Producer	Dr. Dre
Director	Dr. Dre ?
Dr. Dre singles chronology
West Coast Rap All Stars - "We're all in the same gang" (1990)	"Deep Cover" (1992)	"Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" (1993)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
	"Deep Cover" (1992)	"Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" (1993)

Deep Cover is a 1992 single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg for the soundtrack of the film, Deep Cover. The album peaked The Billboard 200 at the 166th spot on July 25, 1992. Apart from the soundtrack compilation, it also appeared as a single and on Dr. Dre's First Round Knock Out in 1996 - which spent 2 weeks (1 week up-1 week down) on the Billboard 200 album chart starting at the 52nd place - and later on several greatest hits albums including Doggy Stuff and Doggy Style Hits. Image File history File linksMetadata E3_1_b. ... Dr. Dre (born André Romel Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is a wealthy, influential, American record producer, rapper, and record executive. ... Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Andre Young (born February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), better known as Dr. Dre, became a pioneer in todays hip-hop culture and gangsta rap. ... Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Dr. Dre (born André Romel Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is a wealthy, influential, American record producer, rapper, and record executive. ... A Music Video Director is someone who helps create the treatment and visual overtone of a music video Famous Music Video Directors Brett Ratner Herb Ritts Mariah Carey Hype Williams Joseph Kahn David LaChapelle Paul Hunter Categories: Music Videos ... Dr. Dre (born André Romel Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is a wealthy, influential, American record producer, rapper, and record executive. ... Dr. Dre (born André Romel Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is a wealthy, influential, American record producer, rapper, and record executive. ... This article is about the year. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Nuthin But a G Thang is a 1993 hit song by American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre, from his debut solo album, The Chronic. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Nuthin But a G Thang is a 1993 hit song by American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre, from his debut solo album, The Chronic. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Dr. Dre (born André Romel Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is a wealthy, influential, American record producer, rapper, and record executive. ... Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. ... Deep Cover is a 1992 thriller film starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum and directed by Bill Duke. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ...

Like the artist indication on the original 12 inch vinyl says, Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg, it is the first time Snoop Dogg was featured on a record. As a single it had no major breakthrough regarding the sales but it launched Snoop's career. It samples a number of 70s - 80s Funk acts such as Undisputed Truth's "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and Sly & the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" (which provided the drumbeat). Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... The Undisputed Truth, on the cover of their first LP, 1971s The Undisputed Truth, which contains their only hit single, Smiling Faces Sometimes. The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic... Sly & the Family Stone were an important and influential American rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Sing a Simple Song is a 1968 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, the b-side to their #1 hit Everyday People. The songs lyrics, sung in turn by Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rose Stone, and Larry Graham, with spoken word (or, rather, shouted...

The film did not have much success (it only received 2 nominations on the Independent Spirits Awards in 1993), but the song itself is held in esteem by many fans and critics.

The Music Video

The short-story of this low-budget video is almost identical as the self-same titled movie starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum, namely an undercover cop goes deep in the hierarchic pyramid of the underground mafia to get the bosses locked up, and "goes deep" also by getting addicted to drugs while trying to not reveal himself. The video begins in the first scene with Snoop (Snoop's first appearance in a music video), Dre and a black kingpin in a smoky office in the middle of an initiation where Snoop has to decide between the pipe and being caught up. After that introduction the music starts but the rest of the video is rather cut-to-cut and is a mixture of some five seconds long takes in black and white and some pictures from the motion picture. The scenes take place in a filthy concrete bungalow with a lot of potheads and a projector flashing the movie itself on the wall. The house is later raided by the drug squad. There's also a scene with Snoop and Dre wearing business suits in a car, but it has no additional meaning to the plot. Morpheus in The Matrix Revolutions. ... Goldblum, in a scene with Kim Thomson from the 1989 film The Tall Guy. ... The Mafia, also referred to in Italian as Cosa Nostra (Our Thing or This Thing of Ours), is an organized criminal secret society that evolved in mid-19th century Sicily. ...

Remixes

• The sample and the original chorus of this song was used in Big Pun and Fat Joe's 1998 single Twinz (subheaded Deep Cover '98) so it can be considered a remix. The video has Snoop appearing in it.
• There's a previous version of the song entitled 187um (later known as Deep Cover Remix from the Fuck Wit Dre Day 12-inch EP) which has the same sample but with alternate lyrics and is a minute shorter (3:20). The title, which is also a part of the chorus refers to the police code 187 which stands for Murder in the US state of California.

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External links

• Chart Data
• Dr. Dre website Germany
• Discogs
• Music Video Database
• Rap Samples FAQ
• Lyrics for the remix