Warren G Speaks on Little Ghetto Boy and Michael Jackson collabo

[aerroc]

“Little Ghetto Boy” Was Originally A Warren G & Mista Grimm Track
Warren G Says: “I bought the record the “Nuthin’ But A G Thang,” sample came from in Carson from DJ Black. I don’t know what he’s doing now, but he was at Interscope and a few other companies. I think he has his own management company now. He had told me about a store in Carson, so I bought a bunch of records, and “G Thang” came out of that. I shopped at a store in Torrance that used to just have break records, and “Let Me Ride” came out of that batch. I got all the ‘70s soundtracks. That part from “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat” where he says, ‘You really don’t understand do you?’ came from The Mack. I bought all of Rudy Ray Moore’s records.

“It was just a gang of shit, like “Little Ghetto Boy.” Actually, I did that for Mr. Grimm. We got a song together, then I let Dre hear it and he was like, ‘Shit, I wanna use that.’ Dre took it, put some more drums right up under the beat, and then he put live instrumentation on it. Then he put Nate on it, and that shit was cold. I said, ‘Nigga, this is incredible.’ “Stranded On Death Row” was actually an Isaac Hayes record. I found one of Dre’s CD at the house, because I lived with him. I said, ‘Nigga listen to this...one of your CDs. It’s banging.’ He wasn’t trippin off of it, so I found the record. He did that muthafucka, put [Soul II Soul’s “Keep It Movin’”] drums under that, and that shit was hard. I was like, ‘Damn.’ We had so much fun doing that album.

“There was a gang of beautiful women, a gang of weed and a gang of muthafuckin’ talented artists with ideas. Everybody was from different crews, but my crew was me, Snoop, Nate and RBX and Daz. Kurupt, Rage and Jewell, they was from Dre. I actually did a demo on Kurupt, which made Death Row sign him. He battled Snoop at the Roxy, and I was like, ‘Nigga, give me your number. You’re hard.’ Them niggas went at it. So he came to the picnic that we did, and I told him, ‘Man, let’s work.’ We used to record at the house where I lived with Dre, and we did like five songs. I let Dre and Suge hear it, and they was like, ‘This nigga hard.’ They told him, ‘Nigga, you with us,’ and that’s how that era started. Me and Nate did a gang of shit...we had a song called “Impact Area,” and when they heard it, they said, ‘Nigga, you with us.’ It was all good. We had a lot of fun working together.”


Michael Jackson Requested A Warren G Beat Which Is In His Vaults
Warren G Says: “Well Bruce Swedien and Rene Moore had called me saying, ‘Michael Jackson wants you to do some shit for him.’ I was like, ‘Huh? Alright.’ I went up in Larrabee North Studios, and put together two tracks. He wasn’t in there, so I asked if they liked them, and It was like, ‘Shit, we love them. Do you want to go and meet Mike?’ He was at Record One. I walked in the lounge where he was at, and he was just a regular muthafucka, ‘Hey, what’s up, man? What’s going on?’ I was like, ‘Man, shit, I’m chillin’. What’s good? I just can’t believe I’m here right now meeting you.’ I hugged the nigga and everything, and I damn near didn’t want to let him go. Like, ‘God, I’m in here with Michael Jackson.’ He did the records, but they was explaining to me that when he do them, he puts them in the vault. I was just like, ‘Man, can I hear the shit? You don’t have to give me a copy. Just let me hear it.’ But I never got a chance to hear it. I didn’t want to send lawyers and shit. I was like, ‘Fuck it. That’s Michael Jackson. It will come out hopefully one of these muthafuckin’ days.’

“That fucked me up. I was like, ‘Damn I’m really something. Muthafuckin’ Michael Jackson called me. His people called me—out of all the muthafuckas he could have called—he called me.’ I just couldn’t believe it. Shaq called me, and everybody was calling me. I gave Shaq a gold record, and I gave Cedric Ceballos a gold record. All the basketball guys were rapping back then. Everything I touched back then went either gold or platinum, and I be trippin’ nowadays because these muthafuckas can’t even get 100,000 sold. It’s a different game for real, ‘cause I was sellin’ a lot of shit. Millions of records.”

[Jimmy H.]

Even Warren G is confused about "Ghetto Boy".  Nate didn't do the hook.  He was just in the video.

[Okka]

Another piece of history, Warren doesn't get the credit he deserves. I wish he would be workin' with everybody these days like it was back in the 90's.

Even Warren G is confused about "Ghetto Boy".  Nate didn't do the hook.  He was just in the video.

Yeah, that's odd for real.

[GangstaBoogy]

I'm not a big fan of G-Dub but this guy seriously needs his own biopic type documentary. He's responsible for SO MUCH of West Coast's raps foundation but for some reason the people he put in the right places at the right time show him no love. Kurupt seems to be the only one to give him his props and always works with him.

[dnjp4life]

2 things from this:

I want to hear that Kurupt demo and that Nate Dogg/Warren G song, and
that Michael Jackson song needs to leak, now!

[Will_B]

Another piece of history, Warren doesn't get the credit he deserves. I wish he would be workin' with everybody these days like it was back in the 90's.

Even Warren G is confused about "Ghetto Boy".  Nate didn't do the hook.  He was just in the video.

Yeah, that's odd for real.

Nate might have recorded a reference hook, or one incase the sample didn't clear

[Mr. Theo]

Lord...Michael Jackson on Warren G beat? 2 times? LEAK IT!!!!!!

Warren G a true pioneer. West Coast treasure.

He did more on "The Chronic" than we think.

The only guy who loved this man like a brother was Nate Dogg.

Kurupt showing love too.. but he prefers Dr.Dre

PS: DEAR SNOOP DOGG..YOU IS A OG. LEGEND.
BUT SHOW MORE LOVE TO WARREN G.

DR DRE DON'T DISCOVERED YOU.

HE ONLY PUT YOU IN A MAJOR POSITION.

WARREN G AND FOESUM BELIEVED IN YOU FIRST. SHOW MORE LOVE TO THIS GUYS.

213 DEMO AND LET EM UNDERSTAND PERFECTION!!

[Okka]

Don't forget about Above The Law.

[Matty]

wow 2 x unreleased MJ joints (or 1, it isn't too clear) over Warren G beats...

and the way they went 'in the vault' is some straight Dr. Dre business

[smp4life]

According to some.. Warren G got a visit from Death Row thugs in his own home after saying this type of "i started death row" stuff back ion the day to the press.

[Mista Rosa]

It has been for ages that Warren G is supposed to drop some material from those 213 tapes damn

[TraceOneInfinite]

Well, I've always said, best producers in history are...

1. Dre
2. Daz
3. Warren G

Very strange how Warren was Dre's brother (still don't get how exactly they are brothers, even that doesn't make sense to me), strange how he now says he was living with Dre, did some great work for the Chronic and likely Doggystyle, put Kurupt on, brought them Snoop, Nate, and then after all that they don't support him at the label and he has to go to Def Jam.

Then Suge even has the audacity to block Snoop from appearing on "This DJ" and the Dogg Pound from appearing on "What We Go Through"... I mean...

Then, Snoop says Warren is his best friend and Warren is a great producer with a laid back G-Funk style just like Snoop but yet Snoop doesn't ever let Warren produce for him.

We can even take it a step further to the Def Jam days.  No way that "Summertime in the LBC"" coudn't have been a monster single and lead the Dove Shack to platinum.  I know Warren didn't directly produce that joint but he oversaw that album and how they let it get watered down by skits, I have no idea.  I was the biggest fuccin warren G fan in the world and I didn't even know the album was out when it came out.  Same with the Twinz album... both those albums I was just browsing through the music store and stumbled upon.  And both the Twinz and Dove Shack should of been platinum.

...atleast, "Regulators" blew up and that allowed Warren to have the success he deserved with this classic debut on Def Jam.  And then Dre came out and supported him in the "Do You See" video, Snoop was in the "This DJ" video with a cameo.... so at the very least that project got him the credit he deserved.  I was also happy Russel and Def Jam gave him shine on The Show movie and soundtrack.  But the ficca damn near ended up stranded and left for dead had "Regulators" not been such an obvious runaway hit he may of ended up out of luck

[jman91331]

Well, I've always said, best producers in history are...

1. Dre
2. Daz
3. Warren G

Very strange how Warren was Dre's brother (still don't get how exactly they are brothers, even that doesn't make sense to me), strange how he now says he was living with Dre, did some great work for the Chronic and likely Doggystyle, put Kurupt on, brought them Snoop, Nate, and then after all that they don't support him at the label and he has to go to Def Jam.

Then Suge even has the audacity to block Snoop from appearing on "This DJ" and the Dogg Pound from appearing on "What We Go Through"... I mean...

Then, Snoop says Warren is his best friend and Warren is a great producer with a laid back G-Funk style just like Snoop but yet Snoop doesn't ever let Warren produce for him.

We can even take it a step further to the Def Jam days.  No way that "Summertime in the LBC"" coudn't have been a monster single and lead the Dove Shack to platinum.  I know Warren didn't directly produce that joint but he oversaw that album and how they let it get watered down by skits, I have no idea.  I was the biggest fuccin warren G fan in the world and I didn't even know the album was out when it came out.  Same with the Twinz album... both those albums I was just browsing through the music store and stumbled upon.  And both the Twinz and Dove Shack should of been platinum.

...atleast, "Regulators" blew up and that allowed Warren to have the success he deserved with this classic debut on Def Jam.  And then Dre came out and supported him in the "Do You See" video, Snoop was in the "This DJ" video with a cameo.... so at the very least that project got him the credit he deserved.  I was also happy Russel and Def Jam gave him shine on The Show movie and soundtrack.  But the ficca damn near ended up stranded and left for dead had "Regulators" not been such an obvious runaway hit he may of ended up out of luck

Warren & Dre weren't brothers, they were step-brothers (Warren's pops was married to Dre's mom). Yeah man true about Dove Shack's & Twinz albums. I knew the Twinz album was coming & got it the day it came out I think from ads in the Source and they played the shit outta Round and Round on 92.3 the beat because it was LA. Not sure how much airplay it got in other states. The Dove Shack I didn't even know about I think I ended up a homeboy's house years later & he was playing it & that's how I heard it. Both were dope albums and should've done way better off of Warren's name alone.

[Jimmy H.]

Well, I've always said, best producers in history are...

1. Dre
2. Daz
3. Warren G
 

  If by "history", you mean from 1994-96, you might be onto something.

Then, Snoop says Warren is his best friend and Warren is a great producer with a laid back G-Funk style just like Snoop but yet Snoop doesn't ever let Warren produce for him.

  I've never understood why Warren never really branched out on his own more.  Say what you will about Daz but for those few years where he was off Death Row but still not really cool with Snoop, he was still figuring out his ways as a producer.  If his time at Def Jam proved anything, it was that Warren is more than capable of being a "producer". Not just a guy who makes strong beats but a person who develops artists and builds sounds. 

[Okka]

According to some.. Warren G got a visit from Death Row thugs in his own home after saying this type of "i started death row" stuff back ion the day to the press.

I remember readin' somethin' about that and then there were those rumors of him gettin' slapped by Suge at some event or somethin'.

Very strange how Warren was Dre's brother (still don't get how exactly they are brothers, even that doesn't make sense to me), strange how he now says he was living with Dre, did some great work for the Chronic and likely Doggystyle, put Kurupt on, brought them Snoop, Nate, and then after all that they don't support him at the label and he has to go to Def Jam.

Then Suge even has the audacity to block Snoop from appearing on "This DJ" and the Dogg Pound from appearing on "What We Go Through"... I mean...

Then, Snoop says Warren is his best friend and Warren is a great producer with a laid back G-Funk style just like Snoop but yet Snoop doesn't ever let Warren produce for him.

We can even take it a step further to the Def Jam days.  No way that "Summertime in the LBC"" coudn't have been a monster single and lead the Dove Shack to platinum.  I know Warren didn't directly produce that joint but he oversaw that album and how they let it get watered down by skits, I have no idea.  I was the biggest fuccin warren G fan in the world and I didn't even know the album was out when it came out.  Same with the Twinz album... both those albums I was just browsing through the music store and stumbled upon.  And both the Twinz and Dove Shack should of been platinum.

...atleast, "Regulators" blew up and that allowed Warren to have the success he deserved with this classic debut on Def Jam.  And then Dre came out and supported him in the "Do You See" video, Snoop was in the "This DJ" video with a cameo.... so at the very least that project got him the credit he deserved.  I was also happy Russel and Def Jam gave him shine on The Show movie and soundtrack.  But the ficca damn near ended up stranded and left for dead had "Regulators" not been such an obvious runaway hit he may of ended up out of luck

I remember that Snoop and none of Tha Dogg Pound members were on the first album because of Suge, but was Snoop really supposed to be on "This DJ"?