Snoop Dogg and DMX faced off in "the battle of the dogs" last night for the latest installment in the Verzuz series. And in ‘98, you heard DMX everywhere. It’s a good one to check out if you’re in need of some entertainment. LEGENDS. But then we get to “Gin N Juice” and it was amazing. Play on Spotify If X didn’t turn to writing, who knows where he would have ended up. Every time I hear the song I think of X Nady and shake my head. He had that affect on you. We all know the names of course so that alone starts to get us hype. How many albums have that type of longevity? 40 songs. We are all in a rush to find something to look forward to in our lives and last week I saw something that caught my eye while scrolling on Instagram. DMX and Snoop are both legends in the game and I can't want for their Verzuz battle tonight on Apple Music and Instagram. Playlist. I got true life experiences in rap music through poetry from gifted writers who grew up with much less than me. No clue where that thing is now but that memory will forever live with us. DMX had recently said that he would not battle any rapper other than Jay – Z. Our posse was deep with 5 of us and we were basically fighting over who got to hold the CD. Literally everybody (girls included) would be rapping ALL of the lyrics of the songs we listened too. Side note 1: When I think of DMX I can’t help think of my homie Tony and our days in the Nordy’s stockroom. “I’M NOT A NICE PERSON” was the line and we would always laugh hysterically after yelling it because it remains one of the softest raps from a hardcore rapper ever. X never gave it to us on the Pads but DMX always brought the place down. Some songs are excluded due to availability on the streaming platforms that we choose to share our playlists on. DMX's "Come Back in One Piece" And here comes The Dog. We don’t know if either season will finish but it at least gives us something to talk about in group texts other than Barry memes and TikTok videos. Nas is dope and all and his hype for Illmatic was major too but Nas wasn’t bumped on the West Coast and didn’t crossover outside of rap. Earl Simmons was born in 1970 and raised in Yonkers, New York. We’ve seen that in previous battles (Erykah Badu vs… Kurupt, Nate Dogg & Warren G's "Aint No Fun" vs. Aaliyah feat. Let’s cross our fingers and toes on the sound and video quality are good as that can tank any performance! Then, add on the fact that we haven’t had many live sports to watch and it makes it even worse. I’m a big Snoop guy growing up on the West Coast so that’s a no brainer. Did you know that DMX dropped 2 albums in his first real year in the game? Yup…. We always have these so-called prospects that get hyped up and then flame out. Rap music took over our lives and served as the soundtrack for when we kicked it. And luckily for us, DMX and Snoop Dogg had theirs in the latest episode of Verzuz.. Beginning with an opening prayer from Pastor X, two of Hip Hop’s top dogs stood side-by-side and recited along to their classic hits for 20 rounds. During this Covid-19 quarantine life I think we can all admit that we are all going a little stir crazy. Early ‘98 represented the end of my high school life while late ‘98 was my freshman year of college. In this unprecedented public health emergency, concerts of all sizes have been cancelled or postponed around the world. Apple Music Verzuz Cheat Sheet Playlist: Snoop Dogg vs DMX should prepare you if you are unfamiliar with their deep cuts. We all have idols and Snoop was a God to me. Two top dogs of the 90’s going head-to-head tonight on Wednesday, July 22nd at 5pm PST / 8pm EST? As the Snoop D O Double G assisted as the hype man, showing true sportsmanship, he then recaps his trip to Brazil with producer and songwriter Pharrell Williams with their intentional anthem “Beautiful.” Before dropping their records, they gave respect and shout outs to their wives who have been muses in their … to Live (feat. Es gibt ein kleines Intro, bevor Snoop das Ganze musikalisch mit „Deep Cover“ startet. As a 12 year old down the coast in San Diego, I couldn’t get enough of this song when it came out. We all would be rapping DMX lyrics with my boombox that I took with me wherever I worked. Snoop’s arrival on The Chronic album let the world know that a new star was born. All of my childhood friends were getting ready to go off to college which was sad for sure. We actually pressed pause on our West Coast Rap CD’s and gave X some shine because he grabbed your attention with his yelling and barks. The song “Deep Cover” dropped in 1992 and it was the rap game’s first true introduction of Snoop Doggy Dogg. These rappers taught me more about life than my school textbooks. Without those two I don’t know we’d be. Method Man, Redman, DMX & Cannibus) Nuthin' but a G thang (feat. Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 11:55 PM. Dre’s first solo song after he left NWA was off of the Deep Cover Soundtrack. Aperçu de Verzuz: Snoop Dogg vs DMX I was with one of my main homies when we first laid eyes on it at a record store at the mall and we had to have it. Recently Verzuz announced it was partnering with Apple Music and Beats 1 which may include a change of platform. 1BN. 1:59. Then, the next artist plays a song and they go back and forth. He made money any way he could and was a hustler from an early age. Warren G, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Kurupt. Rap music opened me up to the ills of the world around me. Snoop was the big homie. It’s Snoop Dogg Versus DMX in Upcoming Verzuz Battle Alicia Keys and John Legend Duel Pianos for Most Soothing Verzuz Battle Yet Tags: We loved Snoop. DMX’s music made you want to drop and do 100 pushups and flex on anybody around. Dj Delz. Both rappers have had storied careers. Our posse in the Men’s Sportswear department in the late 90’s was filthy. and Snoop just has a little sing song verse on the intro. Dr. Dre feat. DJ: Kelsey. I’m in. Being a stock boy at Nordstrom meant making the sales floor look nice before the store opened. 1:56:30. Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Cant Have None) (feat. Entertainment. Classic times. The white kids of the 90’s who loved rap music were starting to learn about the world around them through rap music. He was musically inclined as a child where he sang and played piano at church. I was white by definition but hood in my heart through the gangsta rap music I loved. White parents in America thought that if you listened to gangsta rap that life would imitate art but they couldn’t be more wrong. Other hearthis.at pause 0:04. Snoop? Dre’s The Chronic album dropped later that year in 1992 and it took over the music industry. Since DMX is first on the billing, I want to start with him. and DMX was right there with me in my speakers. The East Coast Vs. the West Coast? Apple Music does not have a link for the stream at the time of publication, but we expect Verzuz: Snoop Dogg vs DMX to be heavily promoted in the app tomorrow night. But DMX had some MEGA bangers over the years as well. I don’t remember ANY album releases in detail like this. There has always been this narrative about Earl being a drug addict and the media sticks with that story and never sheds light on anything else about him. The Chronic brought new fans to rap music so when Death Row Records dropped Snoop’s debut, Doggystyle, it had mass appeal globally. Albums used to get released on Tuesdays back then and I remember walking down and up Genessee after school (it’s a trek!) Snoop Dogg aka Calvin Broadus Jr. was born a year after DMX in 1971. The “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” dropped in May of 1998. Dogs for life. I love rap music. Read more on Last.fm . The Dramatics & Tha Dogg Pound) 4,3,2,1 (feat. Add to cart $1.29. Side note 2: Being a Padres fan is rough. Teachers would see big crowds thinking that kids were fighting but it was the total opposite. Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Cant Have None) (feat. Nate Dogg, Warren G & Kurupt) Explicit. (1993) DMX: What’s My Name? Snoop and Dre finally linked up when Dre was starting to work on his debut solo album The Chronic which was following his departure from NWA and Ruthless Records. WINNER: DMX. #Stream: DMX vs Snoop Your Playlist Is Ready! We all can’t kick it still but we have more things to talk about. I bet I can say that for EVERY one of my homies as well. ... Playlist. Snoop Dogg) 24 Hrs. It was hype music for all of us and what we listened to in our cars on our way to house parties or a kegger at a nearby park. Listen to The Ultimate VS Challenge Series - DMX VS Snoop Dogg by DJ NEP on hearthis.at | Hip Hop. I’m 40 years old now and this is music I loved when I was a kid. Snoop has stayed relevant for close to 30 years now and I can’t see how his tech game isn’t on point for this battle. Add to hold bin. DMX dropped a banger with the classic “What These B**ches Want” featuring Sisqo. Do you know how hard it is to come out the other end from a rough start like this??? I was sickened reading that and it answers a lot of questions I’ve long had about X. We all loved hip hop and Jammin Z90 (90.3 on your San Diego FM dial) was our soundtrack for work. That summer I worked at Nordstrom as a stock boy for the Men’s Sportswear department to help save money for college. //]]>, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. Dr. Dre first caught wind of Snoop at a bachelor party where Warren G (Dre’s stepbrother) played 213’s demo tape to Dre. [CDATA[ July 22, 2020 Timmy C. With the DMX Vs. Snoop battle going down tonight on Apple Music and Instagram, it was only right that I went back in time to the 90’s and 00’s. But this next one is dope! All my homies passed around a blunt while we listened to Doggystyle for the first time but I didn’t smoke. I guessed impressed is the wrong word because cops would sometimes show up because of our music and shenanigans and shut down our fun. Warren G, Snoop … It's the West Coast Vs. the East Coast tonight. I love those dudes like they were my brothers. And the songs you’re bumping now will be the songs you guys all still love in the future. It’s Dark and Hell is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood both came out in 1998. He made you feel bigger than everybody else through his words and delivery on the mic. X found comfort wandering the streets of NY and befriending stray dogs who felt alone like him. DMX said he was inspired by Snoop to write “Get at Me Dog,” and later, sang along to Nate Dogg's hook on “Ain't No Fun.” See a play-by-play of each round, and listen to the playlist on Tidal below. The rap songs I listened to as a kid made me see how people with a different skin color than me were mistreated by the police and the media. DMX: What These Bitches Want [ft. Sisqó] (2000) Snoop Dogg: Beautiful [ft. Pharrell, Charlie Wilson) (2002) Round 13: DMX: How’s It Goin’ Down? I remember that late November 1993 release date like it was yesterday. Baseball is starting up again later this week and NBA is coming next week which is great! Everybody didn’t listen to rap back then so being white and liking rap wasn’t widely accepted. (iDOLM@STER vs. Bubba Sparxxx vs. Snoop Dogg vs. Dr. Dre vs. Jay-Z vs. DMX vs. Will Smith - GARticuno) The wolf to DMXs dog. Black Twitter Reacts With Love and Humor To The DMX Verzuz Snoop Battle. Snoop is 6’4” so this was a beast! )” DMX, “What’s My Name” Snoop Dogg feat. Snoop Dogg, “Deep Cover” DMX, “Intro” Snoop Dogg, “Who Am I (What’s My Name? From there it lived at my homie’s house for years. You can watch via IG live by clicking on either Snoop or DMX’s profiles or you can watch via Apple Music. The rappers repped for the old-school hip-hop heads in … The first verse on the album wasn’t even from Snoop (shout out to Lady of Rage!) DMX VS SNOOP DOGG [FULL VERSION] IG Verzuz Battle. But we had the “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and a lot of other DMX bangers knocking in our speakers to help us not get soft in the process. 50 songs. Follow @genius People loved Snoop and he didn’t even have a solo album yet. The most overt and literal case involves his mother quarantining him as a young child alone in his room for thirty days straight with the door closed as a punishment. House parties were filled with Snoop, DPG, and Quik. Dr Dre: Deep Cover [ft. Snoop Dogg] (1992) DMX: Intro (1998) Round 2: Snoop Dogg: Who Am I (What’s My Name?) Round 7: Snoop Dogg feat. This Wednesday, July 22nd, Rap legend Snoop Dogg is going to battle another legend, DMX, in a Verzuz battle!This may be the most anticipated battle so far and it’s coming at a time when Verzuz is changing. It was the DOPEST live musical performance I had ever seen and I was glued to the TV screen that night. I introduce you to my new Spotify playlist of DMX and Snoop Dogg. MusikWave Heute gibt es erneut ein echtes Highlight: Snoop Dogg vs. DMX! I had to hide my love of gangsta rap because of the way the media portrayed the new art form. I miss y’all but we still “kick it” through my 2 favorite passions, sports and music. THE DMX VS. SNOOP PLAYLIST. “Get at Me Dog” was theme music for my last few months of high school that year. There’s so much more to his story that’s important to truly understand X. Earl was abandoned by his father and abused by his mother and her various boyfriends who taught him about life by knocking his teeth out and leaving his face all bruised and cut up. Jessica McKinney: Seeing the camaraderie between Snoop and DMX throughout the entire event was amazing. He had horrible asthma which had him in and out of the hospital constantly. At that time you had to be 18 to buy music with a parental advisory sticker so we had to bring our homie’s older bro with us who looked of age. Follow @genius on Twitter for updates Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of DMX’s It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot , and read up on “The Best and Worst of Rap This Week” on the Pitch. He grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness and was abused repeatedly by his mother and her many boyfriends so young Earl’s early years weren’t good. See what fans had to say about it here. Doggy Dogg World (feat. Early in ‘98, DMX’s first single on Def Jam dropped and it was MAJOR. And DMX goes way back with Swizz Beatz who happens to run Verzuz (who is hosting the battle) with Timbaland so I gotta imagine that DMX will have some decent tech on his side for his performance. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); I was too busy getting my high off off of Snoop’s lyrics while flipping through the album’s liner notes. I think Tony and I probably spent hours breaking down that line and how ill-fitting it was from a rapper like X. Snoop had beat the murder case with a new perspective on life. Live; News; Popular; Featured; Explore. Factory78. Snoop was in and out of jail after he graduated high school in ‘89 until he finally linked up with his cousin Nate Dogg as well as friend Warren G. They called their group 213 after the Long Beach area code. Nate Dogg, Warren G & Kurupt) Explicit. One thing we had in common though. There have been some other cool battles like this as well but none that have been must watch ones for me personally. We went back to our homies’ pad to put the album in their boombox so we could finally listen to it. While DMX started making early noise on the hip hop scene in the mid90s, it wasn’t until 1998 when I first heard him. Venue. (Insert DMX bark here.). Nady is long forgotten (he did hit bombs tho!) Create a playlist. The media showed us the war on drugs but the music actually took us to the streets to let us know what was really going on. We kept that boombox near and whenever DMX’s “What’s My Name” would come on the radio, Tony and I would scream one line of DMX’s lyrics in unison. Neighbors of our house parties must have been impressed hearing all of the white kids rap “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)” in total unison. Listen to The VS Challenge ... DMX VS Snoop Dogg MIxTape by DJ NEP on hearthis.at | Hip Hop but that song isn’t. Earlier on in the quarantine life we had RZA battle DJ Premier on IG and while the technology was lacking, it was still cool to see two greats go song for song through the classics they’ve produced over the years. Snoop was born and raised in Long Beach, California was given the nickname of “Snoopy” after the Peanuts cartoon which he loved. This is a round for round playlist of the VERZUZ Battle between these two legends. Hip Hop was the perfect outlet for Earl as he had a lot of pain inside of him that he needed to express through some kind of creative outlet. In Preparation For The DMX Vs Snoop Dogg Verzuz Battle, I Prepared My Own Personal Playlist Of My Favorite Hits and Features By Both Icons. Our childhood crew of homies listened to Doggystyle all through junior high school and up until we graduated high school in ‘98. While the hype for 50 Cent’s debut album was crazy, I don’t think it comes close to the buzz that Snoop had for his first album. See y’all soon! Please enable Cookies and reload the page. DMX vs. Snoop? Cali Vs. New York. The album let Snoop shine over dope beats from Dre and everybody loved that album. Yup, he did. My homie grabbed that cardboard cutout and we walked out of the record store with tears in our eyes because we were laughing so hard. (1999) Round 3: Snoop Dogg: Gin and Juice (1993) Along with the playlist, I tell stories of both of their introductions to the game and early childhood upbringings. His childhood was about as rough as anybody’s can be. In the song, Dre and Snoop wax poetic with a chorus that talks about murder on an undercover cop. DMX’s first five studio albums topped the Billboard 200 chart, while Snoop’s first three did the same. This song was released right around the time of the Rodney King police beatings so the tension was already high with police brutality. If you play your cards right, your homies now will be your homies then. Snoop also has a handful of No. Ludacris vs. Nelly, T-Pain vs. Lil Jon, and more. Play on Spotify #Tidal: https://t.co/6ejg8rkjzj #AppleMusic: https://t.co/PprHMeWde3 #Spotify: https://t.co/YGjSMTeEB2 #Youtube: https://t.co/EV6zmdhumP #TheAuxDJ #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/bUWlIgAlIN — The Aux DJ … So man… DMX? Snoop Dogg and DMX brought some much-needed 1990s nostalgia to the horror show that is 2020 with a couple hours worth of sick rap battles that became an … In the next 2 weeks time we get DMX Vs. Snoop, the start of the MLB season, and the continuation of the NBA season. If you are a kid wondering what life will be like when you’re 40 let me tell you this. 1 singles. HELL YEAH!! User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. Young Calvin was entertaining at an early age and laying the foundation for the star he would soon become. We can’t go to the places we normally go to for fun and can’t even hang with our friends much which is personally making me go a little crazy. Daz Dillinger, “Gin And Juice” DMX feat. Brought to you by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. ... DMX vs Snoop Dogg; Rhett Miller and more When. Check the clip from the amazing doc The Defiant Ones to hear Dre talk about more on how he first heard and met Snoop. In an excerpt from Shea Serrano’s phenomenal book, The Rap Year Book, he writes, “DMX’s early existence was built largely around isolation. (1998) Snoop … 1998 was a big year of my life (Padres in the World Series too!) I still wonder to this day what my parents thought when I was watching Snoop perform “Murder Was the Case” at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards on the couch in our living room. For those that don’t know, Verzuz puts on the battles and each artist will play a song and social media reacts with comments. 1:59. 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