The Next Episode

Dre's verse was written by then Aftermath artist, Hittman. The single's title harkens back to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's classic smash hit "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" from Dre's 1992 solo debut The Chronic in which Snoop Dogg instructs listeners at the end of the chorus to, "just chill, 'til the next episode,", the line itself being a reference to the song "It's My Thing," from the EPMD album Strictly Business, which in fact did not refer to this single but its predecessor, a leftover song from 1993 originally recorded for Doggystyle, but not included in its final version. The song has many references to 2Pac's "California Love", which he did with Dr. Dre while at Death Row Records, and To Live & Die in LA. Originally listed on the back cover of Doggystyle as "Tha Next Episode", the original version of the song was by Snoop Dogg featuring Dr. Dre, and had a much different beat and different lyrics. The original was 4:36 long, and referred to Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" numerous times. The background of the original was later used in Warren G's "Runnin' Wit No Breaks" on the Regulate...G Funk Era album.

[Chorus: Snoop Dogg & Kurupt] La-da-da-da-dah It's the motherfuckin' D-O-double-G (Snoop Dogg!) La-da-da-da-dah You know I'm mobbin' with the D-R-E, yeah, yeah, yeah You know who's back up in this motherfucker What? What? What? What? So blaze the weed up then, blaze it up, blaze it up! Just blaze that shit up, nigga! Yeah, 'sup, Snoop? [Verse 1: Snoop Dogg] Top Dogg, bite 'em all, nigga, burn the shit up D-P-G-C, my nigga, turn that shit up C-P-T, L-B-C, yeah, we hookin' back up And when they bang this in the club, baby, you got to get up Thug niggas, drug dealers, yeah, they givin' it up Lowlife, yo' life, boy, we livin' it up Takin' chances while we dancin' in the party for sure Slipped my ho a forty-fo' when she got in the back do' Bitches lookin' at me strange, but you know I don't care Step up in this motherfucker just a-swangin' my hair Bitch, quit talkin', Crip walk if you down with the set Take a bullet with some dick and take this dope on this jet Out of town, put it down for the Father of Rap And if yo' ass get cracked, bitch, shut yo' trap Come back, get back, that's the part of success If you believe in the X, you'll be relievin' your stress [Chorus: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre (Kurupt)] La-da-da-da-dah It's the motherfuckin' D-R-E (Dr. Dre, motherfucker!) La-da-da-da-dah [Verse 2: Dr. Dre] You know I'm mobbin' with the D-O-double-G Straight off the fuckin' streets of C-P-T King of the beats, you ride to 'em in your Fleet (Fleetwood) Or Coupe DeVille rollin' on dubs How you feel? Whoopty whoop, nigga what? Dre and Snoop chronic'd out in the 'llac With D.O.C. in the back, sippin' on 'gnac (Yeah) Clip in the strap, dippin' through hoods (What hood?) Compton, Long Beach, Inglewood South Central out to the West Side, it's California Love This California bud got a nigga gang of pub I'm on one, I might bail up in the Century Club With my jeans on, and my team strong Get my drink on and my smoke on Then go home with somethin' to poke on ('Sup bitch?) Loc, it's on for the two-triple-oh Comin' real, it's the next episode [Outro: Nate Dogg] Hold up, hey For my niggas who be thinkin' we soft, we don't play We gonna rock it 'til the wheels fall off Hold up, hey For my niggas who be actin' too bold, take a seat Hope you ready for the next episode Hey, hey, hey, hey Smoke weed every day [Produced by Dr. Dre]