Dr. Dre

Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

1992 · Death Row · Compton, California

Artist
Dr. Dre
Title
Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
Release
The Chronic
Year
1992
Label
Death Row
Format
Album
Language
English
Country
Compton, California, USA
Genre
Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
Primary theme
Post-War

Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs

West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Andre Romelle Young on 18 February 1965 in Compton, California, USA - another member of N.W.A, and co-founder of well-known hip hop label Death Row Records. Vietnam War tracks included: "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" (1992) as a solo artist. He also featured on the song "The Dayz of Wayback" (1991) with N.W.A, as well as "Crack a Bottle" (2009) (with Eminem and 50 Cent), which both referenced the Vietnam War.The song "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" (Interscope Records # P1 57128) used Vietnam to describe a bad trip on drugs: "smoke go in your lungs like that, you get lifted, calm, and if it's the bomb, taken away like Calgon, Vietnam". Calgon was a reference to an old commercial slogan.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Andre Romelle Young on 18 February 1965 in Compton, California, USA - another member of N.W.A, and co-founder of well-known hip hop label Death Row Records. Vietnam War tracks included: "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" (1992) as a solo artist. He also featured on the song "The Dayz of Wayback" (1991) with N.W.A, as well as "Crack a Bottle" (2009) (with Eminem and.

Themes

Drugs · Violence Metaphor

In collections

Rap / Hip Hop Songs