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“Nuthin' But A "G" Thang” by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
From the album The Chronic (1992) Featuring Snoop Dogg
“Nuthin' But A "G" Thang” by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 1992 on the album The Chronic. Its best result is #24 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,787 indie & aaa song of all time and #86 of the '90s.
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"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" was the first single off Dr. Dre's solo debut The Chronic, hitting the streets early in 1993, and it's the sound of G-funk arriving fully formed: a lazy, rolling West Coast groove, built on a sample of Leon Haywood's "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You", with Dre and Snoop Dogg trading lines like they have all the time in the world.
Dre produced it and helped mix it with Greg Royal and Chris "The Glove" Taylor, and the writing credits go to Dre, The D.O.C. and Calvin Broadus. It climbed to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, stuck behind Snow's "Informer", topped the R&B chart, and Dre directed the video himself. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later counted it among the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, and XXL put it at the very top of the decade's hip-hop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 37 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2018 | 416 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 1187 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 46 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 37 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 24 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
Also listed as: Nothin But A G Thang; Nuthin' But a G Thang, feat. Snoop Dogg; Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang; Nuthin' But a G Thang feat. Snoop Dogg; Nuthin' But a "G" Thang.
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