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"Rapper Warren G is about to release a blizzard of projects,\nincluding an album that reunites him with his boyhood rhyming pals,\nSnoop Dogg and Nate Dogg.\nReviving their 213 moniker (in honor of their Long Beach area\ncode), the three have written more than thirty tracks for an album\nscheduled for 2004 and slated to feature production by the\nNeptunes, Battlecat, Hi-Tek and Jellyroll.\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s got songs like &amp;apos;Back in the Day,&amp;apos; where we&amp;apos;re breaking it\ndown about how we used to do it,&amp;quot; says G. &amp;quot;Back then, it was me\nDJing and MCing, and Nate and Snoop on the mike.&amp;quot;\nOther tracks they&amp;apos;ve recorded include &amp;quot;Rolling Down the Highway&amp;quot;\nand &amp;quot;Sunny Days,&amp;quot; which lifts a beat from the theme song to\nSesame Street.\nThe group is also re-recording one of the only songs 213 ever\nreleased, a late Eighties underground hit called &amp;quot;Long Beach Is a\nMotherfucker,&amp;quot; issued before any of them had record deals.\n\nThe superstar trio already have a mix tape hit with the song\n&amp;quot;Fly,&amp;quot; on which they rap over the music from Monica&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;So Gone.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s us showing the side of us with the ladies,&amp;quot; G said.\n&amp;quot;Instead of hearing us saying &amp;apos;bitch&amp;apos; and &amp;apos;ho&amp;apos; all the time, we&amp;apos;re\nshowing affection.&amp;quot;\n213 had been talking about doing an album for more than twelve\nyears, but could never get free from their individual recording\ncontracts to work on the project. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been waiting to do it for\nso long,&amp;quot; G says. &amp;quot;I used to tell Snoop that it would be one of the\nbiggest projects we&amp;apos;ve ever done, and now we&amp;apos;re finally putting it\ndown.&amp;quot; Snoop is working on getting 50 Cent to contribute, but G\nsaid there will be few other guest stars, including possibly some\nproduction from his half-brother, Dr. Dre.\nThe three 213 principals also all contributed to the upcoming\nmovie version of Starsky &amp;amp; Hutch. Snoop Dogg costars\nin the film as the loveable pimp Huggy Bear, and Warren G and Nate\nDogg team up for the soundtrack&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;What You Gonna Do?&amp;quot;\nG also has a hit with &amp;quot;Let&amp;apos;s Go (It&amp;apos;s a Movement),&amp;quot; from the\nhip-hop documentary Beef. The just-released DVD, directed\nby Quincy &amp;quot;QD3&amp;quot; Jones III, traces the history of rap beefs and\nfeatures interviews and performances by Ja Rule, 50 Cent, NWA, DMX,\nIce-T, Snoop, Nas and Kool Moe Dee, as well as narration from actor\nVing Rhames.\nG&amp;apos;s anti-violence song is a collaboration with KRS-One and G&amp;apos;s\nlatest protege, female Japanese rapper Lil&amp;apos; Ai. Discovered by a\nconcert promoter in Japan who is friendly with G&amp;apos;s manager/uncle,\nAi has a distinctive, melodic flow . . . even though you can&amp;apos;t tell\nwhat she&amp;apos;s saying. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re letting people know you don&amp;apos;t have to\nshoot each other up -- and you can just battle on records,&amp;quot; G\nexplains.\nG is also set to begin work on his next solo album, the\nfollow-up to 2001&amp;apos;s Return of the Regulator. He expects to\nhave production and guest spots from Dre, DJ Quik, Hi-Tek and\nPharrell, plus, he says cryptically, &amp;quot;some people you ain&amp;apos;t seen in\na while.&amp;quot;\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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