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Gin and Juice

{{Short description|1994 single by Snoop Doggy Dogg}}

{{About|the Snoop Dogg song|the cocktail|Gin and juice (cocktail)|the DeVante Swing song|Gin & Juice (DeVante Swing song)}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Gin and Juice

| cover = Gin&juice.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Snoop Doggy Dogg

| album = Doggystyle

| released = {{Start date|1994|01|18}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

  • G-funk{{Cite web|date=July 26, 2016|title=The 30 best G-Funk tracks of all time|url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/26/best-g-funk-tracks/|access-date=June 1, 2021|website=Fact Magazine}}{{Cite web|title=Snoop Dogg: Bush|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20435-bush/|access-date=June 1, 2021|website=Pitchfork}}{{Cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany |date=August 12, 2015|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Hip-Hop Songs of the 1990s|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-hip-hop-songs-of-the-1990s-65892/|access-date=June 2, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite web|title=Snoop Dogg: Bush|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20435-bush/|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Pitchfork}}

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=31}}

| label = {{hlist|Death Row|Interscope|Atlantic}}

| writer = {{hlist|Cordozar Broadus|Andre Young|Harry Wayne Casey|Richard Finch|Steve Arrington|Mark Adams|Ray Turner|Steve Washington|Daniel Webster|David Ruffin Jr. (uncredited){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQ3bak1I6c&pp=ygUeZGF2aWQgcnVmZmluIGpyIGdpbiBhbmQganVpY2Ug|title=David Ruffin Jr. Talks About Never Getting Credit For Writing Gin & Juice|publisher=YouTube|date=May 27, 2024|accessdate=August 15, 2024}}}}

| producer = Dr. Dre

| prev_title = Who Am I? (What's My Name?)

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Doggy Dogg World

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|fWCZse1iwE0|"Gin and Juice"}}}}

}}

"Gin and Juice" is a song by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released on January 18, 1994 by Death Row, Interscope and Atlantic, as the second single from his debut album, Doggystyle (1993). The song was produced by Dr. Dre and contains an interpolation from Slave's "Watching You" in its chorus and a sample from "I Get Lifted" by George McCrae. Tony Green created its bassline; additional vocalists on the song include Dat Nigga Daz, Jewell, Heney Loc, and Sean "Barney" Thomas. "Gin and Juice" peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It earned a gold certification from the RIAA and sold 700,000 copies.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Snoop Dogg|title=Gin and Juice}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1994 |magazine=Billboard|date=January 21, 1995 |access-date=May 5, 2015 |page=57 |issn=0006-2510|volume=107|number=3}} The accompanying music video features a parody of the 1990 movie Home Alone.

"Gin and Juice" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. It was listed as number eight on VH1's "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs".{{cite web |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-hip-hop-songs/21901/ |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs |publisher=prefixmag.com |access-date=October 1, 2011}}

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine complimented the song as "yet another of the Dogg's wildly infectious funk/pop gems." He explained, "Taken from his monstrous Doggystyle debut, track combines a danceable rhythm section with a sing-along chorus and verses that are full of self-promoting posture—but wisely tempered with a sense of humor. No doubt about it, this is a ready-made pop and urban hit."{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-29-N.pdf|title=Single Reviews: Pop|magazine=Billboard|date=January 29, 1994|page=79|access-date=April 30, 2025|author-link=Larry Flick}} Andy Beevers from Music Week gave it four out of five, stating that "this laidback, funky rap track should follow 'What's My Name' into the Top 40."{{cite magazine|first=Andy|last=Beevers|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-29.pdf|title=Market Preview: Dance|magazine=Music Week|date=January 29, 1994|page=16|access-date=April 23, 2025}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "By now everybody knows his name. Maybe it's the alcohol, but this track is pretty sedative. On a 100% hypnotising bass line "Snoopy '94" is sniffing in the streets. Woof woof!"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-02-05.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=6|date=February 5, 1994|page=11|access-date=April 23, 2025}}

Stephen Dalton from NME wrote, "The Snoopster slopes back with a slinky low-rider of a groove and a spliffed-up wibbly-wobbly rap about smooching down the boulevard sipping happy juice in the sunshine. Slow, low beats and cheesy disco synth effects give a Parliament-style space-funk vibe, and Mr Dogg is obviously a cool drink of water on a hot afternoon, but his chilled-out musings are hardly a patch on Ice Cube's ultra-laid-back gangsta anthem 'It Was a Good Day'."{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53077329437/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=February 5, 1994|page=43|access-date=August 3, 2023}} James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update named it a "languidly drawled sinuous 94.5bpm mellow "laid back" swayer" in his weekly dance column.{{cite magazine|first=James|last=Hamilton|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-02-05.pdf|title=Dj directory|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=February 5, 1994|page=7|access-date=April 24, 2025|author-link=James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}

Lyrics

The lyrics depict a party filled with sex, marijuana, and alcohol continuing into the small hours of the morning. The iconic chorus, sung by David Ruffin Jr (D-Ruff),{{Cite web |last=Semple |first=Isaac |date=2023-02-23 |title=Behind The Mic: 'Gin And Juice' the Snoop Dogg G-funk jam |url=https://hiphophero.com/the-story-behind-snoop-dogg-song-gin-and-juice/ |website=hiphophero.com}} the son of former Temptation David Ruffin is:{{Citation |last=Shapiro |first=Fred R. |year=2006 |title=The Yale Book of Quotations |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0-300-10798-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300107982/page/717 717] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300107982/page/717 }}

Rollin' down the street smokin' indo

Sippin' on gin and juice

Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).

One critic describes the chorus as representative of "the G-funk tableau" emphasizing cruising culture, consumption of depressants, and materialism.{{Citation |last=Quinn |first=Eithne |year=2005 |title=Nuthin' But a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=0-231-12408-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/nuthinbutgthangc0000quin/page/144 144] |url=https://archive.org/details/nuthinbutgthangc0000quin/page/144 }} The last line is an example of antimetabole, a figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures. The focus on money is shared throughout hip hop, including It's All About the Benjamins,{{Citation |last=Banfield |first=William C. |year=2004 |title=Black Notes: Essays Of A Musician Writing In A Post-Album Age |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-5287-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/blacknotesessays0000banf/page/138 138] |url=https://archive.org/details/blacknotesessays0000banf/page/138 }} Money Makes the World Go Round, Get Money, and Foe tha Love of $.{{Citation |last=Werner |first=Craig Hansen |year=2006 |title=A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-03147-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/changeisgonnacom00wern_0/page/314 314] |url=https://archive.org/details/changeisgonnacom00wern_0/page/314 }}

Music video

The song's music video features a parody of the movie Home Alone called "Home Boy Alone" where a teenaged Snoop Dogg is left to do chores and take care of the house when his parents leave, and is instructed not to throw any wild parties. After he disobeys, his parents return home angry and evict the partygoers to confront Snoop Dogg. Ricky Harris plays Snoop's father, and Dr. Dre, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Big Mike and Daz Dillinger make cameo appearances. Six-year-old rapper Lil Bow Wow plays Snoop's little brother who is jumping on the couch in the intro. "I was in the 'Gin and Juice' video," comedian Eddie Griffin recalled. "I pop out of this little Volkswagen full of weed smoke with my hair standing on end."Blender, 2004, precise date unknown

The small-budget idea was later re-purposed in videos such as J-Kwon's "Tipsy" and Oowee's "Why Cry", which features Snoop and is a shot-by-shot remake of the "Gin and Juice" video. The music video was parodied in the video for "DPG/K", where Snoop, carried on the front of a bicycle by Daz, gets hit by a car driven by B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta, two of Eazy-E's protégés with whom Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre had feuds at the time.

Live performances

Snoop performed the song live at the American Music Awards of 1994 on February 7, 1994, and on Saturday Night Live on March 19, 1994.

Track listing

  • 12-inch single
  1. "Gin and Juice" (radio version—no indo)
  2. "Gin and Juice" (radio version)
  3. "Gin and Juice" (Laid Back remix)
  4. "Gin and Juice" (Laid Back radio mix)

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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Chart (1994)

! Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|49|artist=Snoop Doggy Dogg|song=Gin and Juice|access-date=June 30, 2016|refname="AU"|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (European Dance Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-05-07.pdf|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=19|date=May 7, 1994|page=18|access-date=May 23, 2023}}

| 3

{{single chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Snoop Doggy Dogg|song=Gin and Juice|access-date=June 30, 2016|refname="NZ"|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|39|date=19940212|access-date=June 30, 2016|refname="UK"|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|UK Dance (Music Week){{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-02-12.pdf |title= Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= February 12, 1994 |page= 22 |accessdate= April 24, 2021}}

| 17

scope="row"|UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-02-12.pdf|title=The RM Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=February 12, 1994|page=4|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}

| 82

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1994-03-26|title=Music: Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=March 26, 1994|access-date=June 30, 2016}}

| 8

scope="row"| US Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/doggystyle-mw0000106179/awards|title=Doggystyle – Snoop Dogg {{!}} Awards |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 30, 2016}}

| 1

{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|13|artist=Snoop Dogg|song=Gin and Juice|access-date=June 30, 2016|refname="USr&b"|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-song/1994-03-12|title=Rap Music: Top Rap Songs Chart {{!}} Billboard |magazine=Billboard|date=March 12, 1994|access-date=June 30, 2016}}

| 1

{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|5|artist=Snoop Dogg|song=Gin and Juice|access-date=June 30, 2016|refname="USrhy"|rowheader=true}}

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= Year-end charts =

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Chart (1994)

! Position

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/1994-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1994|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=April 1, 2025}}

| 52

scope="row"| US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot R&B Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-34|date=December 24, 1994}}

| 73

scope="row"| US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Rap Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-38|date=December 24, 1994}}

| 8

scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=December 24, 1994}}

| 24

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Gin and Juice|artist=Snoop Dogg|type=single|certyear=2023|relyear=1994|award=Gold|id=15615-1617-1}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Snoop Dogg|title=Gin and Juice|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|salesamount=700,000|salesref={{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57 | title= Best Selling Albums and singles of 1994| magazine=Billboard | date= January 21, 1995| access-date=July 28, 2015}} |refname="riaa"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Release history

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!Region

!Date

!Format(s)

!Label(s)

!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United States

|January 18, 1994

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|cassette}}

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Death Row|Interscope}}

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|January 31, 1994

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=January 29, 1994}}

Merchandising, retail, and promotions

In February 2024, Snoop and Dr. Dre launched a line of drinks called Gin & Juice. The first four flavors were apricot, citrus, melon, and passionfruit. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits handled distribution.{{Cite web |title='Gin and Juice' redux: Dre, Snoop collab on pre-mixed cocktail 30 years after hit song |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/02/14/gin-and-juice-drink-snoop-dre/72602561007/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} The concept, packaging, and graphic identity for the new brand was designed by Ini Archibong, with illustrations by Wayne Johnson.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Tianna |date=2024-08-09 |title=First look: Ini Archibong explores 2D design with Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg for new canned gin drink |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/ini-archibong-interview-snoop-dog-dr-dre-gin-and-juice |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Wallpaper}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Tianna |date=2024-12-29 |title=Year in review: Barbie to Snoop Dogg, the starriest design collaborations of 2024 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/design-collaborations-round-up |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Wallpaper}}{{Cite web |last=Brandoli |first=Lucia |title=Ini Archibong collaborates with Dre and Snoop: beware, it's “explicit content” |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/gallery/2024/09/03/ini-archibong-designed-the-packaging-for-gin-and-juice-the-beverage-line-by-dr-dre-and-snoop-dogg.html |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Domus |language=en-gb}}

See also

References

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=35 |access-date=August 17, 2007 |title=Dear Superstar: Snoop Dogg Article on Blender |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809175517/http://blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=35 |archive-date=August 9, 2007 }}
  • {{cite web | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine | year=2005 | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r185654|pure_url=yes}} | title=Doggystyle | publisher=All Media Guide | access-date=December 26, 2005 }}
  • (April 2005). XXL Magazine No. 68. Boulder, Colorado: Harris Publications.

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