WARREN G

'Warren Griffin III' (born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach, California) better known as 'Warren G', is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit was the single "Regulate" with Nate Dogg released in 1994. The single was a g-funk track like most of Warren G's productions. He is the step-brother of successful record producer Dr. Dre. According to Hit Music he sold 1,080,000 copies in the UK between January 1990 - January 1999 so he was ranked 92nd amongst the top selling artists of the decade.

Contents

Music career

Discography

Albums

Solo

Group

Singles

Awards

Grammy Award nominations

Filmography

Trivia

External links

Music career

In 1992, Warren G formed the group 213 with Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg. Warren G introduced the group to his step-brother Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre was impressed and signed Snoop Dogg to his and Suge Knight's record company, Death Row Records. Thus, 213 broke up before releasing any records, and the three artists pursued separate careers. Even though Death Row Records did not sign Warren G, his career began with some contributions to Dr. Dre's album ''The Chronic'', released 1992. Warren G was a regular contributor to many Death Row albums.
In 1993, Warren G produced the track ''Indo Smoke'' featuring himself, Nate Dogg, and Mista Grimm.
Warren G's debut album ''Regulate... G Funk Era'' was released in 1994 on Def Jam, featured the hit "Regulate" which samples Michael McDonald's classic hit, "I Keep Forgettin'". Also on that disc was "This D.J.," a popular track and hit video on MTV.
He followed up with "Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality)" in 1997, which took his mellow approach and brought it even further into the mainstream. Scoring a hit with a rap remake of "I Shot the Sheriff," the album was a mid-level commercial success selling gold.
''I Want It All,'' released in 1999, represented a substantive if not commercial comeback for Warren G. Widely regarded as his most consistent record, this offered a jazz-rock fusion style and a host of guests including Mack 10, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, and Eve. The first single, "I Want It All," sampled the song "I Like It" performed by DeBarge, which had a hit video that entered into heavy rotation on MTV and VH1. Warren G fully embraced his less-gangsta image at this time.
Return of the Regulator was released in 2001 was voted best west coast album of the year, unfortunately Universal did not promote the album and it flopped in sales.
In 2003 Warren G, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg reunited 213 and recorded the album ''The Hard Way'' with the single "Groupie Luv". The album was released in 2004 and entered at #4 on the ''Billboard'' charts.
Warren G released a new album on October 11, 2005, called ''In the Mid-Nite Hour'' on an independent label. In December 2005, he signed with UniqueInc LTD (UK) for the UK & Éire, Craze Productions of London is doing the digital distribution and sales on Mobile and online and Hawino Records for the North America release. Warren G is also working on an album with a young producer by the alias of Classic. Warren G stated he will get into this album once he is finish with the show called Celebrity Fit Club
As of 2006, Warren G has joined the cast of the fifth season of VH1's ''Celebrity Fit Club'' and also produced the theme song for Ice Cube's TV show, ''Black. White.''.

Discography

Albums

Solo

	'''Regulate...G Funk Era''' ★ Released: June 7, 1994 ★ Chart Positions: #2 US, #1 Top Hip Hop/R&B ★ Last RIAA certification: 3xPlatinum ★ Singles: "Regulate", "Do You See", "This DJ"
'''Take a Look Over Your Shoulder''' ★ Released: March 25, 1997 ★ Chart Positions: #11 US, #4 R&B/Hip-Hop ★ Last RIAA certification: Gold ★ Singles: "I Shot the Sheriff", "Smokin' Me Out"
'''I Want It All''' ★ Released: October 12, 1999 ★ Chart Positions: #21 US, #4 Top Hip Hop/R&B ★ Last RIAA certification: Gold ★ Singles: "I Want It All", Game Don't Wait" "Gangsta Love", "You Never Know"
'''The Return of the Regulator''' ★ Released: December 11, 2001 ★ Chart Positions: #11 US, #4 Top Hip-Hop/R&B ★ Last RIAA certification: None ★ Singles: "Lookin' At You", "Ghetto Village"
'''In the Mid-Nite Hour''' ★ Released: October 11, 2005 ★ Chart Positions: #80 US, #15 Top Hip Hop/R&B ★ Last RIAA certification: None ★ Singles: "Get U Down", I Need a Light"

Group

★ ''The Hard Way'' [With 213] (2004), #4 US; 'Gold'

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
		US Hot 100	UK Singles
1992	"Indo Smoke"	#56	-	''Poetic Justice OST''
1994	"Do You See"	#41	-3	''Regulate...G Funk Era''
1994	"Regulate" ''(Featuring Nate Dogg)'' [1x platinum]	#2	#5	''Regulate...G Funk Era''
1994	"This D.J." [1x gold]	#9	#12	''Regulate...G Funk Era''
1996	"What's Love Got to Do with It" ''(Featuring Adina Howard)''	#2	#2	''Supercop OST''
1997	"I Shot the Sheriff" [1x platinum]	#2	#2	''Take a Look Over Your Shoulder''
1997	"Smokin' Me Out" ''(Featuring Ron Isley)''	#5	#4	''Take a Look Over Your Shoulder''
1998	"Prince Igor" ''(Featuring Sissel Kyrkjebø)''	-78	#15	''The Rapsody Overture''
1998	"All Night All Right" ''(Peter Andre featuring Warren G)''	-87	#16	''Time''
1999	"I Want It All" ''(Featuring Mack 10)'' [1x gold]	#23	-4	''I Want It All''
1999	"Game Don't Wait" [Remix] ''(Featuring Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg & Xzibit)''	-	-	''I Want It All''
2002	"Lookin' at You (Featuring Latoiya Williams)"	-8	#6	''Return of the Regulator''
2002	"Ghetto Village"	23-	-3	''Return of the Regulator''
2004	"Groupie Luv" ''(213)''	-7	-5	''The Hard Way''
2005	"Get U Down" ''(Featuring B-Real, Ice Cube & Snoop Dogg)''	6-	3	''In the Mid-Nite Hour''
2005	"I Need a Light" ''(Featuring Nate Dogg)''	-34	-4	''In the Mid-Nite Hour''

Awards

Grammy Award nominations

Warren G has been nominated for one Grammy Award but has not yet won an award as of 2007.

Category	Genre	Song	Year	Result
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Rap	"Regulate"	1995	Nominated

Filmography

★ ''All of Us'' (2005)

★ ''The Strip Game'' (2003)

★ ''Old School'' (2003)

★ ''Little Richard'' (2000)

★ ''Speedway Junky'' (1999)

Trivia

★ Will appear as a mentor on the MTV realty series "Celebrity Rap Superstar".

★ Warren G misspells the word "Next" in his song "What's Next" on his first album by saying, "What's next, what's next, what's N-X-E-T, it's me Warren to the motherfuckin G." Warren decided to leave the mistake in the final cut, due to freestyling the whole verse and decided the error was different and crazy.[1]

★ Warren G has provided his character and voice for the video game ''.[2]. His character was also in .

★ JVC & Warren G collaborated together to make a line of speaker systems.[3]

★ The week between Aug. 1-6 2005 was dedicated as the "Warren G Week" by the Mayor of Long Beach. [4]

★ Is managed by his uncle Wron G [5]

★ Current live DJ is DJ Rectangle since 1993. [6]

★ Height is 6'3" [7]

★ Collaborated with Malaysian Hip-Hop duo Too Phat in the song "Just a Lil' Bit" from Too Phat's album ''360 degrees''.[8]

★ Is currently appearing on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club.

★ Is an expert C-Walker, but doesn't like to brag or even show off.

External links

★ Warren G Official Site

★ Warren G Fan Page

★ Warren G at Bodog Music

★ Warren G at Rolling Stone