"Gin and Juice" is the second single by rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, from his debut album Doggystyle. A Top 10 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, peaking at #8, "Gin and Juice" was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance, and voted #69 in the 4.htm" target="_blank">100 Greatest Rap Songs.
Produced by _Dr. Dre, "Gin and Juice" contains an interpolation of Slave's "Watching You" (the chorus) and a sample of George McRae's "I Get Lifted" (bassline). Additional vocalists on the song include Dat Nigga Daz, Jewell, Heney Loc, and Sean "Barney" Thomas. Unusual for a hip-hop song, "Gin and Juice" has been covered by other groups, including alternative country group The Gourds in 2000, lounge singer Richard Cheese in 2004, ska band The Berlin Project, and comedians Naked Trucker and T-Bones in 2007.
