"Doggfather" | ||||
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Single by Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson | ||||
from the album Tha Doggfather | ||||
Released | April 8, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Studio | Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles) | |||
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Length | 3:57 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Calvin Broadus | |||
Producer(s) | Dat Nigga Daz | |||
Snoop Doggy Dogg singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Doggfather" on YouTube |
"Doggfather" is a single by American rapper Snoop Dogg featuring vocals by American musician Charlie Wilson. It was released on April 8, 1997 as the third and final single from Snoop's second album Tha Doggfather (1996). Daz Dillinger produced "Doggfather", and wrote it with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Charlie Wilson. The hip hop song samples "Humpin'" from Wilson's group The Gap Band. "Doggfather" didn't chart in the US, but peaked at number 20 in both New Zealand and the UK.
The song's music video is shot in black-and white and features Snoop in a 1940s gangster club setting. The song was mixed by DJ Pooh and the keyboards were done by Priest "Soopafly" Brooks.