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R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece is the seventh studio album by Snoop Dogg. It was released on November 16, 2004, by Doggystyle Records, making its first on Star Trak Entertainmentand Geffen Records. The album’s production was handled by The Neptunes, The Alchemist, Lil Jon, Hi-Tek, Warryn Campbell, and L.T. Hutton, among others.

The Neptunes’ fingerprints are all over R&G. The album was a joint-venture between Geffen and The Neptunes’ own label, Star Trak, so their involvement and time investment on R&G ran deeper than on the many other big albums they were being drafted in to contribute to at the time. “Drop It Like It’s Hot” is one of The Neptunes’ finest moments, brilliant in its simplicity. With only sparse chords, a basic drumbeat and some very infectious mouth percussion, the single was a huge hit that reacquainted the sound of Snoop Dogg with dance floors and radio waves around the world. As for Snoop’s lyrics on the song, he may not have invented that whole “izzle” thing, but perfected it with lines like this glorious bit of tongue-twisting nonsense: “So don't change the dizzle / turn it up a little / I got a living room full of fine dime brizzles / waiting on the Pizzle, the Dizzle and the Shizzle / G's to the bizzack / now ladies here we gizzo.”