Warren G

Warren G in an appearance (2015)

Warren G (actually Warren Griffin III ; born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach , California ) is an American rapper and music producer . The stepbrother of Dr. Dre began his career on Dr's album The Chronic .

Life

Warren G grew up in Long Beach and was good friends with Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg . The three joined forces in 1991 to form the rap group 213 , which was the area code of their home town of Long Beach at the time.

His best known single as a solo artist is Regulate feat. Nate Dogg from the album Regulate ... G Funk Era (1994), for which he used a sample from Michael McDonald's Keep Forgettin ' .

For his album Take a Look Over Your Shoulder he covered I Shot The Sheriff by Bob Marley and What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner .

He is currently under contract with the record label Peppermint Jam . He is also on the production team of Dr. Dres Aftermath Entertainment .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Regulate ... G Funk Era	DE15 (21 weeks) DE	-	-	UK25th silver (15 weeks)UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (53 weeks)US	First published: June 7, 1994 Sales: + 3,060,000
1997	Take a look over your shoulder	DE8 (8 weeks) DE	AT23 (5 weeks) AT	CH9 (11 weeks) CH	UK20th silver (5 weeks)UK	US11 gold (16 weeks)US	First published: March 25, 1997 Sales: + 560,000
1999	I want it all	DE82 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US21st gold (10 weeks)US	First published: October 12, 1999 Sales: + 500,000
2001	The return of the regulator	-	-	-	-	US83 (8 weeks) US	First published: December 11, 2001
2005	In the Mid-Nite Hour (EP)	-	-	-	-	US80 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 11, 2005
2009	The G Files	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 29, 2009

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Regulate Regulate… G Funk Era	DE7th gold (26 weeks)DE	AT19 (6 weeks) AT	CH5 (20 weeks) CH	UK5 platinum (27 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: April 14, 1994 Sales: + 2,850,000; feat. Nate Dogg
	This DJ Regulate… G Funk Era	DE37 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (7 weeks) UK	US9 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: July 1994 Sales: + 500,000
	Do You See Regulate… G Funk Era	-	-	-	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US42 (13 weeks) US	First published: November 1, 1994
1996	What's Love Got to Do with It Police Story 3 (OST)	DE3 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH6 (18 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (12 weeks)UK	US32 (19 weeks) US	First published: Sep 10, 1996 Sales: + 455,000; feat. Adina Howard
1997	I Shot the Sheriff Take a Look Over Your Shoulder	DE27 (9 weeks) DE	AT18 (8 weeks) AT	CH12 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 (12 weeks) UK	US20th gold (19 weeks)US	First published: February 3, 1997 Sales: + 500,000
	Smokin 'Me Out, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder	-	-	-	UK14 (5 weeks) UK	US35 (14 weeks) US	First publication: May 6, 1997 feat. Ronald Isley
1999	I want it all, i want it all	-	-	-	-	US23 gold (15 weeks)US	First published: October 12, 1999 Sales: + 500,000; feat. Mack 10
2001	Lookin 'at You The Return of the Regulator	-	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 30, 2001 feat. LaToiya Williams

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1997	Prince Igor The Rapsody Overture	DE8 (16 weeks) DE	AT13 (12 weeks) AT	CH11 (19 weeks) CH	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 13, 1997 Sales: + 10,000; The Rapsody feat. Sissel & Warren G.
1998	All night, all right time	DE74 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 12, 1998 Peter André feat. Warren G
	Nobody Does It Better G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2	DE71 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US18 (18 weeks) US	First release: 1998 Nate Dogg feat. Warren G
2007	Hypnotizing Me	-	AT38 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First publication: April 2007 SteLa feat. Warren G

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 albums DE1DE AT-AT CH1CH UK-UK US1US Albums in the charts DE3DE AT1AT CH1CH UK2UK US5US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 singles DE3DE AT1AT CH2CH UK3UK US2US Singles in the charts DE7thDE AT5AT CH4thCH UK9UK US8thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 1998: for the single Prince Igor  Canada 1994: for the album Regulate ... G Funk Era  Norway 1997: for the single What's Love Got To Do With It

Platinum record  Norway 1997: for the single Prince Igor

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	15,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	7,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	-	platinum1	920,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	10 × gold10	7 × platinum7th

Web links

• Warren G at laut.de
• isound.com