"Nuthin' But a G Thing" was absolutely HUGE. It was all over the radio and all over TV, especially the Box and Yo! MTV Raps. Plus, when people heard "Deep Cover" a few months before, there was the general feeling he was going to be something special. Plus, you had the whole "Dre leaving NWA to go solo" thing going on, and the last person to leave that crew was one of the biggest rappers in the game at the time. And even back then Dre's production was seen as the power driving the NWA engine, especially post-Ice Cube.

I remember the day I bought that tape. It was after Mid-Terms Finals senior year of High School. After taking my second final of the day I drove to Leopold's in Berkeley to cop the tape. Walking back to my parking place, it seemed like every car that passed by was blasting the Snoop intro to the album.