What's My Name? (Snoop Doggy Dogg song): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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"'''Who Am I? (What's My Name?)'''" (commonly titled "'''What's My Name?'''") is the debut single by American hip hop recording artistrapper [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]. It was released on November 11, 1993, as the first single from his debut album, ''[[Doggystyle]]'', with the record labels [[Death Row Records|Death Row]] and [[Interscope Records]]. It was ranked number 456 on ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-500-401/330541#/photo/22|title=The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time - 500-401|work=NME}}</ref>

The song, produced by [[Dr. Dre]], features samples and interpolations from [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]'s "[[Atomic Dog]]" in its chorus and throughout, the bass line from [[Funkadelic]]'s [[(Not Just) Knee Deep]] and an interpolation from [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]'s "[[Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)]]" in its bridge. The song's intro contains a sample from [[The Counts]]' "Pack of Lies." A vocal sample ("the bomb") from Parliament's "[[P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)]]" can be heard throughout.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}