"Still D.R.E." is a song by American rapper-producer

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, featuring fellow American rapper

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. It was released in 1999, as the lead single from Dre's multi-platinum second studio album, ''

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'' (1999). The single debuted and peaked at number 93 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1999 before re-entering and peaking at number 23 in 2022. It was more successful in the

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, where it reached number 6. The song has been performed live numerous times by both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Notable performances include the 2000 Up in Smoke Tour and as the final song in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022, alongside fellow American rappers

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and

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, with Anderson .Paak on drums.

Background

Dr. Dre released his highly acclaimed debut solo album ''

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'' in 1992. After this, Dre went seven years without releasing an album. During this time he featured on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart-toppers "

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" and " No Diggity", while also producing

and

's debut studio albums ''

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'' and '' The Slim Shady LP'', respectively. The stakes were higher for the sequel to ''The Chronic'', so Dre recruited

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to ghostwrite lyrics for the former's comeback single, "Still D.R.E.". "At first, he wrote about diamonds and Bentleys," Dre told ''Blaze'' magazine in 1999. "So I told Jay to write some other shit. Jigga sat for 20 minutes and came back with some hard-ass, around-the-way L.A. shit." In an interview on '' The Breakfast Club'', Snoop Dogg elaborated on Jay-Z's contributions on the song. "He wrote Dre’s shit and my shit and it was flawless," he said. "It was 'Still D.R.E.' and it was Jay-Z and he wrote the whole fucking song."

Music video

The music video, directed by

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, consists mainly of The D.O.C., Snoop Dogg and Dre driving and riding in lowrider cars (a reference to the "

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" music video from ''

'' album). It features several cameos:

chasing a group of women across a beach,

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driving a lowrider,

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with Dre, and

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riding with several women. In the background the individual throwing up the W with the crowd next to Snoop Dogg and Dre right next to the lowrider car was Coldhard from the

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-based rap group Crucial Conflict. The music video was released for the week ending on October 3, 1999. The video performance was officially uploaded via

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to Dre's

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Channel on 27 October 2011. The music video hit one billion YouTube views in February 2022.

Performances

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg performed the song on the '' Up in Smoke Tour'', which was later released on DVD. They also performed the song at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022, alongside

and

, with Anderson .Paak on drums. Anderson .Paak, Dr. Dre, and Sheila E. performed the song on January 30, 2025, at

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, for FireAid to help with relief efforts for the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.

Track listing

;UK CD single #1 ;UK CD single #2 ;12-inch vinyl

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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