Still D.R.E.

"Still D.R.E."
Single by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
from the album 2001
B-side	"Xxplosive"
Released	November 15, 1999 (Airplay) May 9, 2000 (Maxi)
Format	CD5, 12"
Recorded	1997
Genre	West Coast hip hopgangsta rap
Length	4:34
Label	Aftermath/Interscope
Writer(s)	Mel-Man, Snoop Dogg, Scott Storch, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z
Producer	Dr. Dre & Mel-Man
Dr. Dre chronology
"Guilty Conscience" (1999) "Still D.R.E." (2000) "Forgot About Dre" (2000) Audio sample file info · help

"Still D.R.E." is a song by Dr. Dre, released as the lead single from his multi-platinum second album 2001. This song features Snoop Dogg on the intro, chorus and outro.

Composition

The song runs at a tempo of 93.4 beats per minute, with each of the three verses lasting sixteen bars and each chorus lasting eight bars. The song's key is A minor, but all the instruments are pitched up about half a semitone. The song is therefore not playable on a regularly tuned instrument.

Background

The single was popular, helping the album reach multi-platinum status, announcing Dre's triumphant return to the forefront of the hip-hop scene. "Still D.R.E." debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 and fell off the charts soon after. It was more successful in the UK where it reached #6. Both Dr. Dre and east coast rapper Jay-Z wrote Dr. Dre's verses.

Music video

The music video, directed by Hype Williams, consists mainly of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre driving and riding in lowrider cars. It features a cameo from Eminem, seen chasing a group of girls across a beach when Dre raps, "Kept my ear to the streets, signed Eminem / He's triple platinum, doing 50 a week."

Chart Awards

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	32
Hot Rap Singles	11
Rhythmic Top 40	29
US Billboard Hot 100	93
UK Singles Chart	6

Trivia

• Still D.R.E. was referenced in comedian and internet celebrity Jon Lajoie's I Kill People song. In the video, Jon says "2005 plus four pennies" (a reference to Snoop Dogg's verse "'95 plus fo' pennies") and "Still not loving police/Still got love for the vaginal crease" (a reference to Dr. Dre's first few verses to the song).
• The color of the vinyl single for Still D.R.E. is a translucent green.
• Crooked I used the Still D.R.E. beat for his Gunz R Us song featured on his 2004 release The Young Boss (Volume 1).
• Nipsey Hussle did his own version of this song called ¨Still Dre¨ in 2010.
• In the film Training Day, Still D.R.E. is played in the scene where Alonzo and Jake drive off in the former's black '79 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
• Cage parodied "Still D.R.E." to diss Eminem when they had beef. The track's name was "Still C.A.G.E.".
• Curren$y remade this song on his mixtape Fast Times at Ridgemont Fly with a song called "Still that Nigga".
• Lupe Fiasco rapped over an instrumental of Still D.R.E on his first mixtape The Truth Is Among Us and called it "The Run Down".