Nuthin' but a G Thang (3:58)

“Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang” is a 1993 hit song by American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre, from his debut solo album, The Chronic. It features rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and is the first single from the album. “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, outdoing The Chronic’s other singles “Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody’s Celebratin’)” (number 8) and “Let Me Ride” (number 34). The single also reached number one on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It was also one of the first big rap singles in the UK, where it reached number three.

The song’s music video was MTV’s third most requested video of 1993. On MTV, the music video was heavily cut; a full-length version of the video exists with uncut footage (e.g., drug references and a scene where a woman’s bikini top was yanked open).

* Notarized: BET’s Top 100 Videos of The 20th Century: number five
* On MTV’s 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made it was listed at number thirty-two in 1999.
* In April 2005 MTV2 and XXL’s 25 Greatest West Coast Videos number two.
* 2001 VH1: 100 Greatest Videos: number eighty
* 2003 VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years: number thirty-one
* 2007 VH1: Best 100 songs of the 90’s : 12th
* Voted #14 in the Top 100 Rap Songs.

The vocals are shared by Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (who has sole songwriting credit), who drop in trademark references to Long Beach and Compton in California. The song contains samples from Leon Haywood’s “I Wanta Do Something Freaky to You” and “Uphill (Peace of Mind)” by Frederick Knight.