Stars: Snoop Dogg

Summary: Featuring the group Snoop Doggy Dogg and the video clips: 'What's My Name', 'Gin And Juice' and 'Doggy Dogg World', the mini movie 'Murder Was The Case' and their television appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Rapper Dr. Dre has proved himself as good a producer and director as he is a rhymer. The quietly menacing, wonderfully smooth gangsta rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg was Dre's first major prodigy, and has proven himself worthy of his own massive success. MURDER WAS THE CASE is a long-form video (or more accurately, a short film) which goes along with Snoop's eponymous song "Murder Was the Case". Directed by Dr. Dre, it conjures up resonant images of life on the street and as a young gangsta. Also included is the director's cut version of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube's "Natural Born Killaz" as well as three other uncensored music videos from Snoop ("Gin & Juice," "Who Am I (What's My Name)," and "Doggy Dogg World").

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He may have been usurped in recent years but, during the period detailed in Murder Was the Case, Snoop Doggy Dogg was the last word in gangsta rap. As with the new boy on the block Eminem, the power behind Snoop's throne was undoubtedly producer Dr Dre, and he is to be found included in nearly as much of the documentary footage as the rapper himself. These sit alongside a selection of music videos and clips from live television performances. While not exactly in-depth, a few of the interviews do try and scratch beneath the surface of the gangsta veneer (when asked if he is a violent man, the reply is a slightly chilling "when I have to be"), a marked contrast to the clips of the proud father and baby son. The videos are the usual mix of edgy urban funk and street style, coupled with the by-now rather tired visual imagery. The short film from which the package takes its title takes these concepts to an uncensored conclusion, a tasteless and crass work indulging in explicit scenes of violence, drug taking and misogyny.

On the DVD:A brief inclusion of two extra video clips, as well as an animated interactive menu and scene selector. The stereo sound quality is suitably booming.--Phil Udell

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Additional Footage - 1. Material From The American Music Awards, 2. Material From Saturday Night Live, Behind the Scene Footage, Music Videos - 1. Midnight Love - Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2. Head Doctor - Snoop Doggy Dogg, 3. Natural Born Killaz (Director's Cut) - Dr
Year:	1994
Release Date:	June 27, 2005
Runtime:	60 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	W N R D 2108
Label:	Death Row Records
Keywords:	Music, Murder, Rock, Case, Movie, Was, Pop, Performing, Snoop, Doggy, Dogg, Arts, Popular
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts