G Bedtime Stories
1999 · No Limit P2 50052 · Long Beach, California
- Artist
- Snoop Dogg
- Title
- G Bedtime Stories
- Release
- No Limit Top Dogg
- Year
- 1999
- Label
- No Limit # P2 50052
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. on 20 October 1971 in Long Beach, California, USA, a prominent, commercially successful, and influential West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, known for his laid-back delivery style. He referenced Vietnam in two songs, both using a cliched image of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran: "G Bedtime Stories" and "Eyez Closed" (2011) (with Kanye West and John Legend).In the song "G Bedtime Stories" (No Limit Records # P2 50052), he used the cliched image of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran to describe out-of-control gun violence: "I ran up on this nigga and I shot him in his neck, shooting like a muthafuckin Vietnam vet".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. on 20 October 1971 in Long Beach, California, USA, a prominent, commercially successful, and influential West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, known for his laid-back delivery style. He referenced Vietnam in two songs, both using a cliched image of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran: "G Bedtime Stories" and "Eyez Closed" (2011) (with Kanye West and John Lege.
Themes
Crazed Vet · Vet · City & Community Violence · Violence Metaphor