- Vato (song)
Single infobox |
Name = Vato
Artist =Snoop Dogg featuringB-Real
from Album =Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Released =August 15 ,2006
Format = 12" single,Digital download
Recorded =2006
Genre =West Coast Rap ,Latin Rap ,Gangsta rap
Length = 04:45
Label = Geffen/Doggystyle/Star Trak
Writer = Broadus, C./Williams, P./Hugo.C
Producer =The Neptunes
Certification =
Chart position =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist =Snoop Dogg
Type = singles
Last single = "Hollywood Divorce " (2006)
This single = "Vato" (2006)
Next single = "That's That Shit " (2006)Extra chronology
Artist =B-Real
Type = singles
Last single = "Get U Down" byWarren G (2006)
This single = "Vato" (2006)
Next single ="Vato" is the first single by
Snoop Dogg from hisalbum "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment ". The song featuresB-Real and was produced byThe Neptunes . The word "Vato " isChicano slang for "homie". The original single had Pharell singing the hook, but he was replaced by B-Real for the video form, who is of Mexican and Cuban ancestry. Themusic video for Vato premiered on BET onAugust 30 ,2006 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTvus0fBt0] . Pharrell Williams said the rapper's newest music video 'Vato' will not only feature his gangsta side, but will also tackle the issue of racial conflict in Los Angeles betweenAfrican-Americans andHispanics and call for racial unity.cite news|title=New Snoop Dogg Album To Drop In The UK This November|date=2006-08-26 |publisher=Musicrooms|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/cm/live/templates/?a=3133&z=2] It is directed by Philipp G. Atwell and featuredChicano rapper Frost as well as Oscar-NomineeEdward James Olmos . An animated video also premiered on snoopdogg.com in September.The final version of "Vato" contains an intro with Snoop Dogg saying "Man don't you know that I'm loco?" and also some shoutouts fromJulio G .The song was performed live in the Life & Rhymes of with B-Real, and in solo on the day of the release in the
MSN live session concert.
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