Recording
Nuthin' but a "G" Thang
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg
Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1992
- Label
- Death Row
- On
- G-Funk and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Analysis
8 sections, the first drop at 0:47, 16% of the way in.
- Tempo
- 95.7 BPM
- holds throughout
- Key
- G minor
- estimated from the pitch content
- Dynamic range
- 2.3 dB
- compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- Length
- 4:45
- measured from the YouTube master
The record, end to end
Click the track to jump · ← → move between sections
- 0:00Aintro0
- 0:17Asteadybar 7
- 0:28Bbreakdownbar 11
- 0:47Cbuildbar 19
- 0:59Dpeakbar 24
- 2:04Dpeakbar 49
- 2:44Dliftbar 66
- 4:16Doutrobar 102
Drop at 0:47 (bar 19). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.
0:00 · A · intro
opens the record below its own average energy · sung · one of 2 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:17
- Energy
- 0
- Brightness
- 100
- Density
- 57
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · sung · one of 2 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:12
- Energy
- 31
- Brightness
- 48
- Density
- 51
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning · sung
- Lasts
- 0:19
- Energy
- 1
- Brightness
- 0
- Density
- 60
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · sung
- Lasts
- 0:12
- Energy
- 75
- Brightness
- 62
- Density
- 76
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · sung · one of 4 stretches of the same music (D)
- Lasts
- 1:05
- Energy
- 100
- Brightness
- 23
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · sung · one of 4 stretches of the same music (D)
- Lasts
- 0:41
- Energy
- 94
- Brightness
- 48
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build · sung · one of 4 stretches of the same music (D)
- Lasts
- 1:31
- Energy
- 87
- Brightness
- 49
- Density
- 95
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
the closing fall · instrumental · one of 4 stretches of the same music (D)
- Lasts
- 0:29
- Energy
- 14
- Brightness
- 76
- Density
- 0
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.
- 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
Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.
- intro
- opens the record below its own average energy
- steady
- holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling
- breakdown
- energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
- build
- energy and brightness climbing without a break
- peak
- sits at the top of this record's range
- lift
- a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build
- outro
- the closing fall
Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.
Ranked No. 1 in 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
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.