Editing Warren G (section)

===Solo stardom (1993–1996)===
During 1993, at Dr. Dre's studio, Warren met [[John Singleton]], director of ''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'', the seminal film named for [[Boyz-n-the-Hood|Eazy-E's debut single]], produced by Dre.<ref>[[Jerry Heller]] w/ Gil Reavill, ''Ruthless: A Memoir'' (New York: [[Simon Spotlight Entertainment]], 2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=jsn3pM18uJcC&q=Singleton p 181].</ref><ref>Keith Murphy, [https://www.bet.com/article/6cjezq/john-singleton-hollywood-s-ultimate-hip-hop-head "John Singleton: Hollywood's ultimate hip-hop head broke ground for the culture"], ''[[BET|BET.com]]'', May 3, 2019.</ref> Singleton asked Warren to produce a song for [[Poetic Justice (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] of his forthcoming film ''[[Poetic Justice (film)|Poetic Justice]]''. Warren thus produced [[Mista Grimm]]'s song "[[Indo Smoke]]", featuring Warren G and [[Nate Dogg]].<ref name=":15" /> The single's success led to Warren's invitation to [[Russell Simmons]]'s label [[Def Jam Recordings]], where Warren G signed a record deal.<ref name=":15" /> Also that year, Warren and Nate, along with [[Kurupt]]—whom the 213 trio had brought to Dre to help on his album ''[[The Chronic]]''<ref name=":4" />—feature on "[[Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)]]", a huge underground hit, too risque to be a single, on Snoop's ''[[Doggystyle]]'' album, released in November.<ref>About tracks on Dr. Dre's album [[2001 (Dr. Dre album)|''2001'']], Soren Baker writes, "If fact, even songs that did not receive accompanying videos became huge underground hits, as had been the case with ''The Chronic''<nowiki/>'s '[[Bitches Ain't Shit]]' and ''Doggystyle''<nowiki/>'s 'Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" [S Baker, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wIFnDwAAQBAJ&q=Bitches+Ain%27t+Shit ''The History of Gangster Rap''] (New York: Abrams Image, 2018)].</ref>

On the ''[[Above The Rim]]'' soundtrack, from [[Death Row Records]] in April 1994, the single "[[Regulate (song)|Regulate]]" was a duet cowritten and performed by Warren G and Nate Dogg.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coker |first=Cheo H. |date=1995-05-21 |title=Pop Music : G Marks the Spot : Scoot over, Snoop. Your longtime pal Warren G has reaped millions by shunning computerized musical sampling for real live R&B.; It's Long Beach G-funk, by way of P-funk. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-21-ca-4067-story.html |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Spending 20 weeks on the popular songs chart, the [[Billboard Hot 100]], with 18 of them in the Top 40, including three weeks at No. 2 in May,<ref name=":8">For all of Warren G's [[Billboard Hot 100]] appearances, see [https://www.billboard.com/music/warren-g/chart-history "Chart history: Warren G—Hot 100"], ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]]'', Prometheus Global Media, LLC, visited May 10, 2020. Yet at May 2020, the only song this adds to the Hot 100's Top 40 is "[[Do You See]]", #42 in January 1995. Incidentally, the ''Billboard.com'' webpage apparently dates by latest peak position, with "Regulate", for instance, at #2 in July 1994. Apparently dating instead by earliest peak position, with "Regulate" at #2 in May 1994, is [[Joel Whitburn]], "Warren G", ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'' (New York: Billboard Books, 2010), [https://books.google.com/books?id=EW9RsB0a0oAC&dq=Warren+G&pg=PA696 p 696]: in chronological order, "[[Regulate (song)|Regulate]]", with [[Nate Dogg]] (#2 in May 1994 and three weeks); "[[This D.J.]]" (#9 in July 1994); "[[What's Love Got to Do with It (Warren G song)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]," featuring [[Adina Howard]] (#32 in September 1996); "[[I Shot the Sheriff (Warren G song)|I Shot the Sheriff]]" (#20 in March 1997); "[[Smokin' Me Out]]", featuring [[Ronald Isley]] (#35 in June 1997); Nate Dogg's single "[[Nobody Does It Better (Nate Dogg song)|Nobody Does It Better]]", featuring Warren G (#18 in July 1998); "[[I Want It All (Warren G song)|I Want It All]]", featuring [[Mack 10]] (#23 in October 1999).</ref> it was the summer's top rap hit.<ref name=":13" /> Certified gold, half a million copies sold, since June, it attained platinum, a million copies, in August.<ref name=":2">Database search, [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Warren+G "Gold & Platinum: Warren G"], [[Recording Industry Association of America]] website, visited May 8, 2020.</ref> In January 2017, via digital downloading, it was certified 2x multi-platinum.<ref name=":2" /> Back in the American summer of 1994, it stood at No. 1 on the [[MTV]] charts.<ref name="Vernallis">{{cite book|last=Vernallis|first=Carol|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjDIw2pxjiMC&pg=PT221|title=Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-231-11799-9|page=221}}</ref> Performing in Japan, he would discover fans who apparently understood no English, but knew all the lyrics. Into the 21st century, it remained Def Jam's biggest hit single.<ref name=":19">Russell Simmons with [[Nelson George]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=S89ND17oBSEC&q=Warren Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, and God]'' (New York: Crown Publishers, 2001).</ref> Russell Simmons, a Def Jam founder, explains, "Warren's music was worldwide because the melody plays no matter what the language."<ref name=":23">Gill, Karam, director, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B78awTk4MU "''G Funk'' | official documentary"], ''SnoopDoggTV'' @ YouTube Premium, July 11, 2018, which webpage offers a written synopsis, whereas the Russell Simmons quote about "Regulate" may appear at about the 57:35 mark. For instead some news on the 2017 documentary, see Matt Warren, [https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/la-film-festival-update-g-funk-doc-warren-g-live-performance-ace-hotel-june-16 "LA Film Festival update: 'G-Funk' doc and Warren G live performance at Ace Hotel, June 16"], Film Independent website, May 24, 2017.</ref>

Yet further, unlike other G-funk (short for ''gangsta'' funk) artists, Warren G, even called "a romantic" at heart,<ref name=":32">Eric Weisbard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8X17JjiXfYYC&dq=romantic&pg=PA135 "Platter du Jour: Warren G"], in Craig Marks, ed., Spins column, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', 1994 Sep;'''10'''(6):135.</ref> voiced simpler concerns.<ref name=":31">Soren Baker, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wIFnDwAAQBAJ&q=Warren+G The History of Gangster Rap: From Scholly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form]'' (New York: [[Abrams Image]], 2018).</ref> And his modest rap styling maximized, by heeding, his modest lyricism.<ref name=":25">P.R., "Warren G", in Nathan Brackett with Christian Hoard, eds., ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), [https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&dq=Snoop,+Nate,+Warren,+213,+1990+Dre&pg=PA859 p 859].</ref> "Regulate" doubled as the lead single Warren G's debut album, ''[[Regulate... G Funk Era]]'', arriving in June 1994. Selling a million copies in three days, it debuted at No. 2 on the popular albums chart, the [[Billboard 200]].<ref name=":15" /> In August, it was certified 2x multi-platinum, two million copies sold.<ref name=":2" /> Its second single, "[[This D.J.]]", went gold, half a million copies, in September,<ref name=":2" /> while peaking in July at No. 9.<ref name=":8" /> At the [[1995 Grammy Awards]], in March, both singles were nominated.<ref name=":9">"Regulate" was nominated in [[Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]], and "This D.J." in [[Best Rap Solo Performance]].</ref> And in January, the album's other single, "[[Do You See]]", had peaked at No. 42.<ref name=":14">[https://www.billboard.com/music/warren-g/chart-history "Chart history: Warren G"], ''Billboard.com'', visited May 10, 2020.</ref> In August, the album was certified 3x multi-platinum.<ref name=":2" /> That month also brought some Warren G collaborations on two albums from his Long Beach associates, [[Twinz]] only album ''[[Conversation (album)]]'' and [[The Dove Shack]] trio's ''[[This Is the Shack]]''. And 1996 saw Warren G on the "Groupie" track of Snoop's second album, ''[[Tha Doggfather]]''.