"Boss' Life" is the fourth and final single from Snoop Dogg's 8th studio album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. The song originally featured Akon, but due to label issues the original vocals were replaced by Nate Dogg's for the single version. The lyrics of Snoop Dogg were co-written by The D.O.C. It samples "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by The Controllers. This is the last single that Nate Dogg was featured on before his death in 2011.

"Boss' Life"
Single by Snoop Dogg featuring Nate Dogg
from the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
ReleasedApril 10, 2007
Recorded2006
StudioRecord One, Los Angeles
Genre
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Stanley Benton
  • Broadus, C.
  • Camon, D.
  • Curry, T.
  • Lamb, D.
  • Parker, D.
  • Smith, T.
  • Thiam, A.
  • Hale, N.
  • Young, A.
Producer(s)Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Candy (Drippin' Like Water)"
(2007)
"Boss' Life"
(2007)
"My 64"
(2007)
Nate Dogg singles chronology
"Have a Party"
(2006)
"Boss' Life"
(2007)
"My House"
(2015)
"Boss' Life"
Song by Snoop Dogg featuring Akon
from the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
ReleasedNovember 21, 2006
Recorded2006
GenreWest Coast hip hop
Length3:22
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Stanley Benton
  • Broadus, C.
  • Camon, D.
  • Curry, T.
  • Lamb, D.
  • Parker, D.
  • Smith, T.
  • Thiam, A.
  • Hale, N.
  • Young, A.
Producer(s)Dr. Dre

Personnel

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  • Written By C. Broadus, A. Thiam, N. Hale, A. Young, T. Curry, D. Camon, D. Lamb, T. Smith S. Benton, D. Parker)
  • Produced by Dr. Dre.
  • Published by My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music (BMI); Byefall Music/Famous Music Publishing (ASCAP); WB Music Corp. (ASCAP); Almo Music Corp (ASCAP); Every Knight Music Co. (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp. (BMI), Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) and Teamsta Entertainment Music (BMI) ; YEL-NATS (BMI); Psalm 144:1 Music (BMI)
  • Keyboards by Dawaun Parker
  • Guitar by John “Natural” Najera

Music video

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The music video premiered on BET's Access Granted on March 21, 2007 which features Snoop Dogg in a mansion with girls dancing around and ending with a big puff of smoke is blown that reads "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment". The video premiered on MTV's TRL on April 17, 2007 3:30pm est & pst with Snoop Dogg and Don Magic Juan being the guests of the show.[1]

Personnel

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  • Anthony Mandler, director
  • Kim Bradshaw, producer
  • Box Fresh, production co
  • Ketil Dietrichson, cinematographer
  • Jeff Selis, editor[2]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 65
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[4] 65
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard)[5]
featuring Akon version
15

Remixes

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An official remix with additional verse by JT The Bigga Figga is available on DubCNN. It is also available on Snoop Dogg and JT the Bigga Figga's Myspace pages.

References

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  1. ^ Snoop Dogg : News : Snoop Dogg on TRL Archived May 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Video Static: Music Video News
  3. ^ "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Snoop Dogg – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2014.