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{{short description|1992 single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg}}
{{Short description|1992 single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Deep Cover
| name = Deep Cover
| cover = Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg - Deep Cover.jpg
| cover = Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg - Deep Cover.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
| artist = [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
| album = [[Deep Cover (soundtrack)]]
| album = [[Deep Cover (soundtrack)]]
| B-side = {{hlist|"Party Groove"|"Back to Life"}}
| B-side = {{hlist|"Party Groove"|"Back to Life"}}
| released = April 9, 1992<ref name="HHDX_25" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Madden|first1=Sidney|title=Today in Hip-Hop: Dr. Dre Drops 'Deep Cover' Featuring Snoop Dogg|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-hip-hop-dr-dre-deep-cover-featuring-snoop-dogg/|website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|date=April 9, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>
| released = April 9, 1992
| recorded = 1991
| recorded = 1991
| studio =
| studio = GF Studios ([[Hollywood, Los Angeles]])
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| genre = {{flatlist|
| venue =
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* [[Gangsta rap]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Rethinking Los Angeles |page=[https://archive.org/details/rethinkinglosang0000unse/page/n154 129] |author1=Michael Dear |author2=Greg Hise |author3=H. Eric Schockman |year=1996 |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |isbn=9780803972865 |url=https://archive.org/details/rethinkinglosang0000unse |url-access=registration }}</ref>
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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* [[Gangsta rap]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Rethinking Los Angeles |page=[https://archive.org/details/rethinkinglosang0000unse/page/n154 129] |author1=Michael Dear |author2=Greg Hise |author3=H. Eric Schockman |year=1996 |publisher=[[Sage Publications]] |isbn=9780803972865 |url=https://archive.org/details/rethinkinglosang0000unse |url-access=registration }}</ref>
* [[hardcore hip hop]]
* [[hardcore hip hop]]
* [[g-funk]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Snoop Doggy Dogg Hard Knocks and High Times {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/snoop_doggy_dogg-hard_knocks_high_times|access-date=2021-07-15|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}}</ref>
* [[g-funk]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Snoop Doggy Dogg Hard Knocks and High Times {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/snoop_doggy_dogg-hard_knocks_high_times|access-date=2021-07-15|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}}</ref>
}}
}}
| length = 4:17
| length = 4:17
| label = {{hlist|[[Solar Records|Solar]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Solar Records|Solar]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|C. Wolfe|[[Dr. Dre|A. Young]]|[[Snoop Dogg|C. Broadus]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|Colin Wolfe|[[Snoop Dogg|Calvin Broadus]]}}
| producer = [[Dr. Dre]]
| producer = [[Dr. Dre]]
| chronology = [[Dr. Dre]]
| chronology = [[Dr. Dre]]
| prev_title =
| prev_title = Funky Flute
| prev_year =
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]
| next_title = [[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]
| next_year = 1992
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
| artist = [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
| type = single
| type = single
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| prev_year =
| title = Deep Cover
| title = Deep Cover
| year = 1992
| year = 1992
| next_title = [[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]
| next_title = [[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]
| next_year = 1992
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
{{Audio sample
{{Audio sample
| type = single
| type = single
| file = Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Deep Cover.ogg
| file = Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Deep Cover.ogg
| description = "Deep Cover"
| description = "Deep Cover"
}}
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|uo3rZjJB1hY|"Deep Cover"}}}}
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"'''Deep Cover'''", also known as "'''[[187 (murder)|187]]'''", is the debut solo single by American [[Rapping|rapper]] [[Dr. Dre]] and his first track released after the breakup of [[N.W.A]]. The track was recorded for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Deep Cover]]''. The song features fellow American rapper [[Snoop Doggy Dogg]] in his first appearance on a record release.
"'''Deep Cover'''", also known as "'''[[187 (slang)|187]]'''", is the debut solo single by American [[Rapping|rapper]] [[Dr. Dre]] and his first track released after the breakup of [[N.W.A]]. The track was recorded for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Deep Cover]]'' for [[Dick Griffey]]'s [[Solar Records]] and distributed by Sony Epic. The song features fellow American rapper [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] in his first appearance on a record release. The master recording rights are owned today by [[Dick Griffey]]'s family company Solar Legacy Entertainment Ltd.


==History==
==History==
The album peaked on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart at #166 on July 25, 1992. Apart from the soundtrack compilation, it also appeared as a single and on Dr. Dre's ''[[First Round Knock Out]]'', which spent two weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 starting at #52 and later on several greatest hits albums, including: ''Doggy Stuff'' and ''Doggy Style Hits''. Like the artist indication on the original [[12" vinyl]] says, "Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg", it is the first time Snoop Dogg was featured on a record. As a single it had no major breakthrough regarding sales, but it launched Snoop Dogg's career. It samples a number of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s [[funk]] acts, such as [[Undisputed Truth|Undisputed Truth's]] "(I Know) I'm Losing You," the song "Bad Times" by [[Tavares (group)|Tavares]], and [[Sly & the Family Stone|Sly & the Family Stone's]] "[[Sing a Simple Song]]", which provided the drumbeat. The bassline is similar to part of the bassline found in the jazz composition "Zoltan," written by Woody Shaw and performed by Shaw, organist Larry Young, and Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones, on Larry Young's album "Unity."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vVHT-wSLik|title = Larry Young - Zoltan|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>
The album peaked on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart at #166 on July 25, 1992. Apart from the soundtrack compilation, it also appeared as a single and on Dr. Dre's ''[[First Round Knock Out]]'', which spent two weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 starting at #52 and later on several greatest hits albums, including: ''Doggy Stuff'' and ''Doggy Style Hits''. Like the artist indication on the original [[12" vinyl]] says, "Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg", it is the first time Snoop Dogg was featured on a record. As a single it had no major breakthrough regarding sales, but it launched Snoop Dogg's career. It samples a number of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s [[funk]] acts, such as [[Undisputed Truth|Undisputed Truth's]] "[[(I Know) I'm Losing You]]", the song "Bad Times" by [[Tavares (group)|Tavares]], and [[Sly & the Family Stone|Sly & the Family Stone's]] "[[Sing a Simple Song]]", which provided the drumbeat. The bassline is similar to part of the bassline found in the jazz composition "Zoltan," written by Woody Shaw and performed by Shaw, organist Larry Young, and Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones, on Larry Young's album "Unity."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vVHT-wSLik|title = Larry Young - Zoltan|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>


The single was set to be released on ''[[The Chronic]]'', but fallout from [[Body Count (band)|Body Count's]] banned song, "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]", prevented it since this song is also about killing police officers. Despite being praised by critics, the film itself did not have much commercial success, and it only received two nominations on the ''Independent Spirits Awards'' in 1993; however, the song was well received. During the 2007 [[VH1]] [[Hip Hop Honors]] show, [[T.I.]] and [[B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]] performed this song during Snoop's honor ceremony.
The single was set to be released on ''[[The Chronic]]'', but fallout from [[Body Count (band)|Body Count's]] banned song, "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]", prevented it since this song is also about killing police officers. Despite being praised by critics, the film itself did not have much commercial success, and it only received two nominations on the ''Independent Spirits Awards'' in 1993; however, the song was well received. During the 2007 [[VH1]] [[Hip Hop Honors]] show, [[T.I.]] and [[B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]] performed this song during Snoop's honor ceremony.
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The plot of the video resembles that of the same-titled movie starring [[Laurence Fishburne]] and [[Jeff Goldblum]]. An undercover cop goes deep in the hierarchic pyramid of the underground [[mafia]] to get the bosses locked up, and "goes deep" also by getting addicted to drugs while trying to not reveal himself. The video begins in the first scene with Snoop, marking Snoop's first appearance in a music video, Dre and a black kingpin in a smoky office in the middle of an initiation where Snoop has to decide between the pipe and being caught up. After that introduction the music starts but the rest of the video is rather cut-to-cut and is a mixture of some five seconds long takes in black and white and some pictures from the motion picture. The scenes take place in a filthy concrete bungalow with several crack addicts and a projector flashing the movie itself on the wall, in addition to a rooftop of a building with the skyline of [[Downtown Los Angeles]] directly behind. The house is later raided by the drug squad. There's also a scene with Snoop and Dre wearing business suits in a car, but it has no additional meaning to the plot.
The plot of the video resembles that of the same-titled movie starring [[Laurence Fishburne]] and [[Jeff Goldblum]]. An undercover cop goes deep in the hierarchic pyramid of the underground [[mafia]] to get the bosses locked up, and "goes deep" also by getting addicted to drugs while trying to not reveal himself. The video begins in the first scene with Snoop, marking Snoop's first appearance in a music video, Dre and a black kingpin in a smoky office in the middle of an initiation where Snoop has to decide between the pipe and being caught up. After that introduction the music starts but the rest of the video is rather cut-to-cut and is a mixture of some five seconds long takes in black and white and some pictures from the motion picture. The scenes take place in a filthy concrete bungalow with several crack addicts and a projector flashing the movie itself on the wall, in addition to a rooftop of a building with the skyline of [[Downtown Los Angeles]] directly behind. The house is later raided by the drug squad. There's also a scene with Snoop and Dre wearing business suits in a car, but it has no additional meaning to the plot.


==Remix==
==Other versions==
There is a remix of the song entitled ''One Eight Seven'', later known as "Deep Cover – The Remix" on the "''Fuck Wit Dre Day'' 12" single and on the 1995 album ''One Million Strong'', and the Death Row compilation, "Dr. Dre Chronicles: Deathrow Classics". The remix, a minute shorter than the original, has a slightly modified sample and alternate lyrics. The title, which is also a part of the chorus, refers to the paragraph of the [[California Penal Code]] that defines [[murder]].


==="One Eight Seven" and "187um"===
This version appears as track nine on the 1995 hip hop compilation ''[[One Million Strong]]'', listed as "187um" by Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre.
A second version of this song, titled "One Eight Seven", was released as a B-side track on the 1992 ''[[Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')|Dre Day]]'' single. It features the same chorus as the soundtrack version but with entirely new verses and a slightly modified beat.


A third version was released as "187um" on the 1995 hip-hop compilation album ''[[One Million Strong]]'', and is sometimes referred to as the "Deep Cover remix". It has the same alternate verses as "One Eight Seven", further differences in the beat (including some [[scratching]]), and a more explicit chorus, replacing "undercover cop" with "motherfuckin' cop".
==Cover==


The titles of these versions, like the choruses, refer to the paragraph number of the [[California Penal Code]] that defines [[murder]].
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The rappers [[Big Pun]] and [[Fat Joe]] collaborated to make a cover of the song titled "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)", for Pun's debut studio album ''[[Capital Punishment (Big Pun album)|Capital Punishment]]'', released in 1998. The idea for the song was suggeted to Pun by Joe, who liked Snoop and Dre's song, and wanted to use it as something listeners of both the [[East Coast hip hop|East Coast]] and [[West Coast hip hop|West Coast]] rap scenes could listen to.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.17884/title.fat-joe-speaks-on-writing-twinz-deep-cover-98-with-big-pun|title=Fat Joe speaks on writing "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" with Big Pun|author=sryon|work=HipHopDX|date=December 7, 2011|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref> The song was released as a single in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/big-pun-capital-punishment-album-track-ranking-582602/|title=Big Pun's ''Capital Punishment'' Album Track List, Ranked|first=Preezy|last=Brown|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=April 28, 2018|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref> Snoop Dogg also made a brief appearance in its music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3722/title.dr-dre-snoop-doggs-classic-record-deep-cover-celebrates-25th-anniversary|title=Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg's classic record "Deep Cover" celebrates 25th anniversary|first=Riley|last=Wallace|work=[[HipHopDX]]|date=April 9, 2017|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref>

==="Twinz (Deep Cover '98)"===

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New York rappers [[Big Pun]] and [[Fat Joe]] collaborated to make a remix of the song titled "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)", for Pun's debut studio album ''[[Capital Punishment (Big Pun album)|Capital Punishment]]'', released in 1998. The idea for the song was suggested to Pun by Joe, who liked the original song, and wanted to use the instrumental as something to appeal to listeners of both [[East Coast hip hop|East Coast]] and [[West Coast hip hop|West Coast]] hip hop alike.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.17884/title.fat-joe-speaks-on-writing-twinz-deep-cover-98-with-big-pun|title=Fat Joe speaks on writing "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" with Big Pun|author=sryon|work=HipHopDX|date=December 7, 2011|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref> The song was released as a single in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/big-pun-capital-punishment-album-track-ranking-582602/|title=Big Pun's ''Capital Punishment'' Album Track List, Ranked|first=Preezy|last=Brown|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=April 28, 2018|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref> Snoop Dogg also made a brief appearance in its music video.<ref name="HHDX_25">{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3722/title.dr-dre-snoop-doggs-classic-record-deep-cover-celebrates-25th-anniversary|title=Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg's classic record "Deep Cover" celebrates 25th anniversary|first=Riley|last=Wallace|work=[[HipHopDX]]|date=April 9, 2017|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref>

==Credits==

* [[Dr. Dre]]: voice, producer, drums programming, keyboards
* [[Snoop Dogg]]: voice, songwriter
* Colin Wolfe: bass, keyboards
* Eric Borders: guitar


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
* '''CD promo'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1361904|title=Images for Dr. Dre Introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg* - Deep Cover|website=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
* '''CD promo'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1361904|title=Images for Dr. Dre Introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg* - Deep Cover|website=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
# "Deep Cover" (Radio Version) – 3:48
# "Deep Cover" (radio version) – 3:48
# "Deep Cover" (U-N-C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D) – 4:27
# "Deep Cover" (u-n-c-e-n-s-o-r-e-d) – 4:27


* '''12" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Deep-Cover/release/1178661|title=Dr. Dre - Deep Cover|website=Discogs}}</ref>
* '''12" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Deep-Cover/release/1178661|title=Dr. Dre - Deep Cover|website=Discogs|year=2006 }}</ref>
# "Deep Cover" (Radio Version) – 3:48
# "Deep Cover" (radio version) – 3:48
# "Deep Cover" (U-N-C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D) – 4:27
# "Deep Cover" (u-n-c-e-n-s-o-r-e-d) – 4:27
# "Deep Cover" (Instrumental) – 3:54
# "Deep Cover" (instrumental) – 3:54


* '''12" vinyl – Soul 2 Soul'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Soul-2-Soul-Deep-Cover-Party-Back-To-Life/release/2636247|title=Dr. Dre / Showbiz & A.G. / Soul To Soul* - Deep Cover / Party Groove / Back To Life|website=Discogs}}</ref>
* '''12" vinyl – Soul 2 Soul'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dr-Dre-Soul-2-Soul-Deep-Cover-Party-Back-To-Life/release/2636247|title=Dr. Dre / Showbiz & A.G. / Soul To Soul* - Deep Cover / Party Groove / Back To Life|website=Discogs|date=2 February 2016 }}</ref>
# "Deep Cover" (Vocal Mix) – 4:27
# "Deep Cover" (vocal mix) – 4:27
# "Deep Cover" (Instrumental Dub) – 3:54
# "Deep Cover" (instrumental dub) – 3:54
# "Party Groove" – 4:22
# "Party Groove" – 4:22
# "Back to Life" – 3:20
# "Back to Life" – 3:20

Latest revision as of 00:42, 26 August 2024

"Deep Cover"
Single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg
from the album Deep Cover (soundtrack)
B-side
  • "Party Groove"
  • "Back to Life"
ReleasedApril 9, 1992[1][2]
Recorded1991
StudioGF Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Genre
Length4:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"Funky Flute"
(1991) 		"Deep Cover"
(1992) 		"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
(1993)
Snoop Doggy Dogg singles chronology
"Deep Cover"
(1992) 		"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
(1993)
Audio sample
"Deep Cover"
Music video
"Deep Cover" on YouTube

"Deep Cover", also known as "187", is the debut solo single by American rapper Dr. Dre and his first track released after the breakup of N.W.A. The track was recorded for the soundtrack of the film Deep Cover for Dick Griffey's Solar Records and distributed by Sony Epic. The song features fellow American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg in his first appearance on a record release. The master recording rights are owned today by Dick Griffey's family company Solar Legacy Entertainment Ltd.

History

[edit]

The album peaked on the Billboard 200 albums chart at #166 on July 25, 1992. Apart from the soundtrack compilation, it also appeared as a single and on Dr. Dre's First Round Knock Out, which spent two weeks on the Billboard 200 starting at #52 and later on several greatest hits albums, including: Doggy Stuff and Doggy Style Hits. Like the artist indication on the original 12" vinyl says, "Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg", it is the first time Snoop Dogg was featured on a record. As a single it had no major breakthrough regarding sales, but it launched Snoop Dogg's career. It samples a number of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s funk acts, such as Undisputed Truth's "(I Know) I'm Losing You", the song "Bad Times" by Tavares, and Sly & the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song", which provided the drumbeat. The bassline is similar to part of the bassline found in the jazz composition "Zoltan," written by Woody Shaw and performed by Shaw, organist Larry Young, and Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones, on Larry Young's album "Unity."[5]

The single was set to be released on The Chronic, but fallout from Body Count's banned song, "Cop Killer", prevented it since this song is also about killing police officers. Despite being praised by critics, the film itself did not have much commercial success, and it only received two nominations on the Independent Spirits Awards in 1993; however, the song was well received. During the 2007 VH1 Hip Hop Honors show, T.I. and B.G. performed this song during Snoop's honor ceremony.

Music video

[edit]

The plot of the video resembles that of the same-titled movie starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum. An undercover cop goes deep in the hierarchic pyramid of the underground mafia to get the bosses locked up, and "goes deep" also by getting addicted to drugs while trying to not reveal himself. The video begins in the first scene with Snoop, marking Snoop's first appearance in a music video, Dre and a black kingpin in a smoky office in the middle of an initiation where Snoop has to decide between the pipe and being caught up. After that introduction the music starts but the rest of the video is rather cut-to-cut and is a mixture of some five seconds long takes in black and white and some pictures from the motion picture. The scenes take place in a filthy concrete bungalow with several crack addicts and a projector flashing the movie itself on the wall, in addition to a rooftop of a building with the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles directly behind. The house is later raided by the drug squad. There's also a scene with Snoop and Dre wearing business suits in a car, but it has no additional meaning to the plot.

Other versions

[edit]

"One Eight Seven" and "187um"

[edit]

A second version of this song, titled "One Eight Seven", was released as a B-side track on the 1992 Dre Day single. It features the same chorus as the soundtrack version but with entirely new verses and a slightly modified beat.

A third version was released as "187um" on the 1995 hip-hop compilation album One Million Strong, and is sometimes referred to as the "Deep Cover remix". It has the same alternate verses as "One Eight Seven", further differences in the beat (including some scratching), and a more explicit chorus, replacing "undercover cop" with "motherfuckin' cop".

The titles of these versions, like the choruses, refer to the paragraph number of the California Penal Code that defines murder.

"Twinz (Deep Cover '98)"

[edit]

New York rappers Big Pun and Fat Joe collaborated to make a remix of the song titled "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)", for Pun's debut studio album Capital Punishment, released in 1998. The idea for the song was suggested to Pun by Joe, who liked the original song, and wanted to use the instrumental as something to appeal to listeners of both East Coast and West Coast hip hop alike.[6] The song was released as a single in 1997.[7] Snoop Dogg also made a brief appearance in its music video.[1]

Credits

[edit]
  • Dr. Dre: voice, producer, drums programming, keyboards
  • Snoop Dogg: voice, songwriter
  • Colin Wolfe: bass, keyboards
  • Eric Borders: guitar

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "Deep Cover" (radio version) – 3:48
  2. "Deep Cover" (u-n-c-e-n-s-o-r-e-d) – 4:27
  1. "Deep Cover" (radio version) – 3:48
  2. "Deep Cover" (u-n-c-e-n-s-o-r-e-d) – 4:27
  3. "Deep Cover" (instrumental) – 3:54
  • 12" vinyl – Soul 2 Soul[10]
  1. "Deep Cover" (vocal mix) – 4:27
  2. "Deep Cover" (instrumental dub) – 3:54
  3. "Party Groove" – 4:22
  4. "Back to Life" – 3:20

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 46
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[12] 4

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Wallace, Riley (April 9, 2017). "Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg's classic record "Deep Cover" celebrates 25th anniversary". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Madden, Sidney (April 9, 2015). "Today in Hip-Hop: Dr. Dre Drops 'Deep Cover' Featuring Snoop Dogg". XXL. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Michael Dear; Greg Hise; H. Eric Schockman (1996). Rethinking Los Angeles. SAGE Publications. p. 129. ISBN 9780803972865.
  4. ^ "Snoop Doggy Dogg Hard Knocks and High Times | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  5. ^ "Larry Young - Zoltan". YouTube.
  6. ^ sryon (December 7, 2011). "Fat Joe speaks on writing "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" with Big Pun". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Brown, Preezy (April 28, 2018). "Big Pun's Capital Punishment Album Track List, Ranked". Vibe. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Images for Dr. Dre Introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg* - Deep Cover". www.discogs.com.
  9. ^ "Dr. Dre - Deep Cover". Discogs. 2006.
  10. ^ "Dr. Dre / Showbiz & A.G. / Soul To Soul* - Deep Cover / Party Groove / Back To Life". Discogs. 2 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Dr. Dre Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  12. ^ "Dr. Dre Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
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