Snoop Dogg is hoping to get the 213 album from himself, Nate Dogg and Warren G on streaming services through Death Row in the near future.
Appearing on an episode of The Bootleg Kev Podcast published last Wednesday (December 18), Snoop revealed that not only does he want to get the rights to 213’s The Hard Way to give it the proper remaster and release, but he also hopes to put out unreleased music from the late Nate Dogg through Death Row as well.
“I’ma get the 213 album back,” Snoop said of the sole album from the now-defunct supergroup. “I’ma get control of it. TVT [Records] had it and they dissolved. They the ones who gave me the first deal for the Eastsidaz, 213. They was the realest muthafuckas. But they had that album and the label, I think, went bankrupt. I [hope to] get the whole album and re-release it on Death Row remastered.”
As for Nate Dogg’s music, he revealed: “Warren G and Fredwreck both got a bunch of unreleased Nate Dogg shit. Nate used to go from Warren G’s house to Fredwreck’s house and then he used to fuck with a dude named Lance. But Lance was his engineer so he would work out of his house. He would make song after song. Him and 2Pac had the same work ethic. That’s how he’s on so many different hooks.”
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He continued: “Hell yeah I would consider doing something with all that on Death Row. And I got a beautiful relationship with his mother, Miss Ruth.”
On March 15, 2011, Nate Dogg (real name Nathaniel Hale) died of a variety of complications he’d endured after suffering a series of strokes in 2007 and 2008.
Though his left side was significantly weakened by the strokes, the Long Beach, California native did not suffer from cognitive impairments, nor did he suffer from any vocal impairments, so he continued to record his music as usual.
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While Snoop Dogg regularly pays tribute to his fallen comrade, he came under fire in 2020 by Nate’s son, Lil Nate Dogg, for comparing Ty Dolla $ign to his late father.
The Los Angeles-bred musician revealed Snoop had called him the “reincarnation” of Nate Dogg. Nate’s son apparently wasn’t feeling this sentiment and aired out his grievances on Instagram.
In one post, he shared the single art of Dr. Dre’s “Kush” featuring Snoop and Akon and wrote in the caption: “Y’all remember this song 9 years ago after my daddy died and n-ggas wanted @akon as a replacement so bad they didn’t even mention the whole Nate Dogg sound that’s in there. This is when I knew.”
Although Hale deleted the post, he declared in another, “ALL THIS SHIT DEAD” alongside a screenshot of an article about Snoop’s comments. He later elaborated in a third Instagram post: “Ty$ cold af and I like that n-gga sound. It was cool to compare him to my pops before y’all knew about me.
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“Coach Snoop can say what he want cause he the king, but he gone see. I can disagree cause that’s my daddy. I can prove the disagreement and still come correct. For the n-ggas in the back that don’t got a voice like this… shut yo old asses up.”
