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"Boss' Life"
Song

Boss' Life is the fourth and final single off Snoop Dogg's 8th studio album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. The song originally featured Akon, but due to label issues the original vocals have been replaced by new verses by Nate Dogg for the single version. The lyrics of Snoop Dogg were co-written by The D.O.C. It samples "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by The Controllers.

Credits

  • Written By C. Broadus, A. Thiam, N. Hale, A. Young, T. Curry, D. Camon, D. Lamb, T. Smith S. Benton, D. Parker)
  • Produced by Dr. Dre
  • Published by My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music (BMI); Byefall Music/Famous Music Publishing (ASCAP); WB Music Corp./ Ain’t nothing going on but Fuckin' (ASCAP); Almo Music Corp (ASCAP); Every Knight Music Co. (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp. (BMI), Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) and Teamsta Entertainment Music (BMI) ; YEL-NATS (BMI); Psalm 144:1 Music (BMI)
  • Keyboards by Dawaun Parker
  • Guitar by John “Natural” Najera

Music video

The music video premired on BET's Access Granted on March 21, 2007 which features Snoop Dogg in a mansion with girls dancing around and ending with a big puff of smoke is blown that reads "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment". The video premiered on MTV's TRL on April 17, 2007 3:30pm est & pst with Snoop Dogg and Don Magic Juan being the guests of the show.[1]

Credits

  • Anthony Mandler, director
  • Kim Bradshaw, producer
  • Box Fresh, production co
  • Ketil Dietrichson, DP
  • Jeff Selis, editor[2]

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
Radio & Records Airplay - Urban 35[3]
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 65[4]

Remixes

An official remix with additional verse by JT The Bigga Figga is available on DubCNN. It is also available on Snoop Dogg and JT the Bigga Figga's Myspace pages.

Boss' Life AK-Remix - Snoop Dogg Featuring: JT The Bigga Figga, Akon and Nate Dogg. You can listen and download this remix here.

Trivia

  • Snoop Dogg makes a reference to Popeye the Sailor at the end of the first verse, in which the lyrics say "want the green like spinach, and i'm strong to the finish". These were the lines that Popeye usually sing at the end of an episode of the TV series.

References

  1. ^ http://www.snoopdogg.com/news/default.aspx/nid/11254
  2. ^ http://www.videostatic.com/
  3. ^ "Snoop Dogg's [[Radio & Records]] radio playlist Position". Retrieved April 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Snoop Dogg's Billboard Position". Retrieved April 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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