Aparently someone decided to provide an in depth synopsis of Nate Dogg and Warren G’s track
Regulate on Wikipedia. From what i can see it is no longer there, but i found it
here and had to share. Genius.
According to Wikipedia (Or at least it was once...) :
Nate Dogg, having just arrived in
Long Beach, seeks Warren. On his way to find Warren, Nate passes a car full of
women who are excited to see him. Regardless, he insists to the women that there is no cause for excitement.
Warren makes a left turn at 21st Street and Lewis Ave, in the East Hill/Salt Lake neighborhood
[7], where he sees a group of young men enjoying a game of
dice together. He parks his car and greets them. He is excited to find people to play with, but to his chagrin, he discovers they
intend to relieve him of his material possessions. Once the hopeful robbers reveal their firearms, Warren realizes he is in a less than favorable predicament.
Meanwhile, Nate passes the women, as they are low on his list of priorities. His primary concern is locating Warren. After curtly casting away the
strumpets (whose interest in Nate was such that they
crashed their automobile), he serendipitously stumbles upon his friend, Warren G, being held up by the young miscreants.
Warren, unaware that Nate is surreptitiously observing the scene unfold, is in disbelief that he is being robbed. The perpetrators have taken jewelry and a
name brand designer watch from Warren, who is so incredulous that he asks what else the robbers intend to steal. This is most likely a
rhetorical question.
Nate has seventeen
cartridges to expend (sixteen residing in the
pistol’s
magazine, with a solitary round placed in the
chamber and ready to be fired) on the group of robbers, and he uses many of them. Afterward, he
generously shares the credit for neutralizing the situation with Warren, though it is clear that Nate did all of the difficult work. Putting congratulations aside, Nate quickly reminds himself that he has committed multiple
homicides to save Warren before letting his friend know that there are females nearby if he wishes to fornicate with them.
Warren recalls that it was the promise of copulation that coaxed him away from his previous activities, and is thankful that Nate knows a way to satisfy these urges.
Nate quickly finds the women who earlier crashed their car on Nate’s account. He remarks to one that he is fond of her physical appeal. The woman, impressed by Nate’s singing ability, asks that he and Warren allow her and her friends to share transportation. Soon, both friends are driving with automobiles full of women to the East Side Motel, presumably to consummate their flirtation in an
orgy.
The third verse is more
expository, with Warren and Nate explaining their
G Funk musical style. Warren displays his bravado by claiming that individuals with equivalent knowledge could not even attempt to approach his level of lyrical mastery. There follows a brief discussion of the genre’s musicological features, with special care taken to point out that in said milieu the rhythm is not in fact the rhythm, as one might assume, but actually the bass. Similarly the bass serves a purpose closer to that which the treble would in more traditional musical forms. Nate goes on to note that if any third party smokes as he does, they would find themselves in a state of intoxication daily (from Nate’s other works, it can be inferred that the substance referenced is
marijuana). Nate concludes his delineation of the night by issuing a vague threat to “busters,” suggesting that he and Warren will further “regulate” any potential incidents in the future (presumably by engaging their enemies with small arms fire).
