# Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg — Nuthin' but a "G" Thang

Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Nuthin' but a "G" Thang (1992) appears on 2 of our lists — G-Funk and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 1 in G-Funk. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1992
- **Label:** Death Row
- **On:** G-Funk and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg](https://waxonia.com/artist/dr-dre-featuring-snoop-doggy-dogg/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/dr-dre-featuring-snoop-doggy-dogg--nuthin-but-a-g-thang/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 1 in [G-Funk](https://waxonia.com/genre/g-funk/)

A Leon Haywood loop, a synth whine and two people sounding entirely untroubled. The template, delivered so completely on the first attempt that the genre spent five years elaborating it.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)

A loop, a synth whine and two people sounding entirely untroubled. Delivered so completely on the first attempt that the genre spent five years elaborating it.

## Analysis

8 sections, the first drop at 0:47, 16% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 95.7 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** G minor
- **Dynamic range:** 2.3 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- **Length:** 4:45

- `0:00` A · **intro**, sung — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums, vocals
- `0:17` A · **steady** (bar 7), sung — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, vocals
- `0:28` B · **breakdown** (bar 11), sung — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: vocals
- `0:47` C · **build** (bar 19), sung — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, vocals
- `0:59` D · **peak** (bar 24), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `2:04` D · **peak** (bar 49), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `2:44` D · **lift** (bar 66), sung — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `4:16` D · **outro** (bar 102), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums, bass, other

**Drop** at 0:47 (bar 19). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

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