Uploaded by irelandhiphop on Nov 15, 2009
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 short film and soundtrack album starring Snoop Doggy Dogg. The 18 minute film was directed by Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy and chronicles the fictional death of Snoop Dogg and his resurrection after making a deal with the devil. The album topped the Billboard 200 on the number one spot on November 5, 1994 with a 329,000 one-week sale as well as on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart. The following week it stayed on top with 197,000 copies sold and thus was certified Gold.
The album is certified 2x platinum with 2,030,000 copies sold.
In 1993 he was signed to Death Row Records, releasing only one single, U Better Recognize featuring Dr. Dre, in 1994. He became well known for a catchphrase, "My name is Sam Sneed, you better recognize!" which originally appeared in the song Pump Pump which appeared on the Snoop Dogg debut album, Doggystyle. He also appeared in the Death Row movie, Murder Was the Case.[1] The "Murder was the Case" single peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, #18 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart and #48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.
Sam Sneed also co-produced the hit songs Keep Their Heads Ringin' and Natural Born Killaz with Dr.Dre. He recorded an album on Death Row Records with his group Street Scholars in 1996 which included J-Flexx, Sharief, Vance Buford & Stocks McGuire aka Drauma which remains unreleased.
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@SixTrey94 yea you know by the extra synth added in the hook, made it even colder
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funky like an old batch of collard greens!!! this shit is hard as fuck. i'm a Gfunk lover and never heard this. Dr Dre is a legend and this is why. Much props to my nigga Sam Sneed.
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@vonfred54 merry testicular cancer to you.
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what cant belive i slept on this wel now im one of the few that knoes this gangsta shit of a tune ya reconize!?
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damn that beat is evil
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These kinda basslines are also in the Dare Iz A Darkside album by Redman, its awesome
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i fucking recognize
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This is the video Version!
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Bomb
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didnt think this track could be any more gangster than what it already was!!!
sick menacing beat bro,,, i feel the bass in my balls when i blast that shit in my car
vonfred54 1 year ago 8
sam sneed killed it... wicked remix
TheSwatikhan 2 years ago 8