Regulate (song)

"Regulate"
Single by Warren G featuring Nate Dogg
from the album Regulate... G Funk Era and Above the Rim (soundtrack)
B-side	"Pain" "Mi Monie Rite" "Loyal to the Game"
Released	April 23, 1994
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap G-funk R&B[1]
Length	4:11
Label	Death Row Interscope Violator Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Warren Griffin III Nathaniel Hale Michael McDonald Ed Sanford Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller
Producer(s)	Warren G
Warren G singles chronology
"Indo Smoke" (1993) "Regulate" (1994) "This D.J." (1994)
Nate Dogg singles chronology
"Indo Smoke" (1993) "Regulate" (1994) "One More Day" (1994)
Music video
"Regulate" on YouTube

"Regulate" is a song performed by American rapper Warren G featuring fellow American rapper Nate Dogg. It was released in the spring of 1994 as the first single on the soundtrack to the film Above the Rim and later Warren G's debut album, Regulate... G Funk Era (1994). It became an MTV staple^[2] and the song reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I Swear" by All-4-One) and No. 8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. "Regulate" was number 98 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop^[3] and number 108 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s".^[4]

The West Coast hip hop track employs a four-bar sample of the rhythm of Michael McDonald's song "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)".^[5] It also samples "Sign of the Times" by Bob James and "Let Me Ride" by Dr. Dre. The music video featured scenes from Above the Rim, including a cameo by Tupac Shakur. "Regulate" starts with a quote from Casey Siemaszko's character Charlie Bowdre from the 1988 film Young Guns:^[6][7]

We regulate any stealing of his property - we're damn good too! ...But you can't be any geek off the street, gotta be handy with the steel, if you know what I mean, earn your keep.