Editing Warren G (section)

===Follow-up albums (1997–2001)===
Warren G's second album, ''[[Take a Look Over Your Shoulder]]'', released in March 1997. It was certified gold, with half a million copies sold, in May.<ref name=":2" /> Sharing with the [[Supercop (soundtrack)|''Supercop'' soundtrack]] the single "[[What's Love Got to Do with It (Warren G song)|What's Love Got To Do with It]]", featuring singer [[Adina Howard]], a spin on the [[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|1984 single]] by [[Tina Turner]], reached No. 2 on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30875/warren-g "Warren G"], ''[[OfficialCharts.com]]'', The Official UK Charts Company, visited May 12, 2020.</ref> and peaked in the U.S. at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name=":8" /> "[[Smokin' Me Out]]", featuring [[Ron isley|Ron Isley]] of [[The Isley Brothers|the classic soul group]], reaching No. 35, was big on the Los Angeles area's radio play.<ref name=":25" /> "I Shot the Sheriff", a lyrical spin on the [[I Shot the Sheriff|1973 single]] by [[Bob Marley & The Wailers|Bob Marley & the Wailers]], yet an instrumental borrow from rap group [[EPMD]]'s 1988 single "[[Strictly Business (EPMD song)|Strictly Business]]", which itself samples that Wailers classic, reached No. 20.<ref name=":8" /> Yet a letdown overall, the album missed his debut's superstar potential.<ref name=":5">John Bush, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-want-it-all-mw0000247898 "Warren G: ''I Want It All''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited May 8, 2020.</ref>

In July 1998, Warren G's sixth appearance in the Billboard Hot 100's upper tier Top 40 became Nate Dogg's single "[[Nobody Does It Better (Nate Dogg song)|Nobody Does it Better]]"<ref name=":8" />—on [[G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2|Nate's repeatedly delayed debut album]]—featuring Warren G, in another duet, which peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name=":14" /> Here, incidentally, Warren raps a [[Bar (music)|bar]] indicating his transition to family life.<ref name=":30">In the "[[Nobody Does It Better (Nate Dogg song)|Nobody Does It Better]]" single, in his third and final verse, Warren G raps, in two bars, "Hot rap singles, on the charts now / Got a baby, so I'm breaking hearts now" [https://web.archive.org/web/20080612212230/http://www.metrolyrics.com/nobody-does-it-better-lyrics-nate-dogg.html "Nobody Does It Better lyrics—Nate Dogg"], ''[[MetroLyrics.com]]'', CBS Interactive Inc., 2020].</ref> Warren's third album, ''[[I Want It All (album)|I Want It All]]'', released in October 1999, has Warren mainly producing—where, perhaps, his greater comparative strength among musical peers abides—while vocals go largely to guest artists, including Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, [[RBX]], [[Kurupt]], [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]], [[Slick Rick]], and [[Jermaine Dupri]].<ref name=":5" /> Certified gold in November 1999,<ref name=":2" /> it bears the single "[[I Want It All (Warren G song)|I Want It All]]", featuring [[Mack 10]], which, becoming Warren's most recent Top 40 appearance, peaked on the Hot 100 at No. 23.<ref name=":8" />

Over 20 years later, his 1997 and 1999 albums remain at gold certification, which none of his subsequent albums have achieved.<ref name=":2" /> Released in December 2001, Warren's fourth album, ''[[The Return of the Regulator]]'', with a litany of collaborators, including the [[P-Funk]] father and G-funk godfather [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] and, elsewhere, Dr. Dre producing a track, is allegedly overdone, a comeback undone by Warren's reaching beyond his strengths and being outdone by his guests.<ref name=":20">Jason Birchmeier, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-return-of-the-regulator-mw0000592309 "Warren G: ''The Return of the Regulator''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC,</ref><ref name=":12" /> He "wastes a hot, Dre-produced beat", in the single "[[Lookin' at You (song)|Lookin' at You]]", alleges a ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' writer, who finds G-funk on its deathbed and Warren G "administering the fatal shot".<ref name=":12">Shawn Edwards, [https://books.google.com/books?id=xiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124 "Warren G: ''The Return of the Regulator''"], ''Vibe'', 2002 Jan;'''10'''(1):124.</ref> The album peaked at number 83 the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and became his final album under a [[major record label]], here [[Universal Music Group]], before returned on an independent label.<ref name=":0">Jason Birchmeier, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-mid-nite-hour-mw0000170923 "Warren G: ''In the Mid-Nite Hour''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited May 8, 2020.</ref>