It's pretty much agreed that Warren G's original claim to fame—"Regulate," his 1994 picaresque single with Nate Dogg—remains his greatest achievement. Nothing wrong with that. By combining a Michael McDonald sample, the overall badassery of Nate Dogg's vocals, and his own vulnerable telling of his brush with death and taking of revenge in a North Long Beach hood, the G-Child introduced an easy-listening category into West Coast gangland hip-hop without sacrificing the genre's keep-it-real ethos. Twelve years later, "Regulate"... More >>>