No Diggity

No Diggity
"No Diggity"
Single by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen
from the album Another Level
Released July 30, 1996
Format 12-inch single, CD
Recorded 1996; 2010 (Re-recorded)
Genre R&B, New jack swing, G-Funk/West Coast hip hop
Length 5:03
Label Interscope
069495003-2
Writer(s) Andre Young/Chauncey Hannibal/Teddy Riley/William Stewart/Lynise Walters/Richard Vick/Bill Withers
Producer Dr. Dre
Certification Platinum
Blackstreet singles chronology
"Tonight's the Night"
(1995)
"No Diggity"
(1996)
"(Money Can't) Buy Me Love"
(1997)
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"California Love"
(1996)
"No Diggity"
(1996)
"East Coast West Coast Killas"
(1996)

"No Diggity" is a song by American R&B group Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen in her first recorded appearance. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 in the UK. It ranked at #91 on Rolling Stone and MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs. It sold 1.6 million copies in 1996, and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was nominated for Best R&B Song. It ranked at #32 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s. In 2010, the song was re-recorded with the new members with a remastered instrumental.[1]

Between Blackstreet's sung verses are rap verses performed by Dre, Teddy Riley and Queen Pen, in that order, as well as backing vocals from Shaquana Elam. Despite the fact that some of Dr. Dre & Queen Pen's lyrics are censored, there are no "dirty" versions of the song.

The song's musical backing track is an altered sample from the beginning of "Grandma's Hands" by R&B hitmaker Bill Withers. Dr. Dre originally intended the beat to be for 2Pac. However when he left Death Row Records he sold the instrumental to Blackstreet, causing 2Pac to have to change the beat for Toss It Up, but still using the same sample; he then added the second verse to the song dissing Dre.

Contents

The music video

The video is directed by Hype Williams and features said artists in front of a beachhouse standing in the sand, dancers in a wet road surrounded by black limousines, and a marionette resembling former Nike spokesman Lil' Penny playing the piano sample in a club. It was nominated for Best R&B Video and Best Rap Video on 1997's MTV Video Music Awards. Video production and casting was handled in house by Future Recording Studios manager Tony Brown who also worked closely with puppeteers to develop marionettes of Teddy Riley and Chauncey Black.

On November 9, 1996, "No Diggity" overtook "Macarena" for the Billboard 100 Single's number one spot.

Australian CD Single

  1. "No Diggity" (LP Version)
  2. "No Diggity" (Clean Version)
  3. "No Diggity" (Billie Jean Remix)
  4. "No Diggity" (All Star Remix)
  5. "No Diggity" (Instrumental)

Versions

  • A1 Billie Jean (Remix) (5:38)
    • Producer - Blackstreet , Teddy Riley
  • A2 Billie Jean (Instrumental) (5:38)
    • Producer - Blackstreet , Teddy Riley
  • A3 No Diggity ("Will" Remix) (4:26)
    • Producer - Teddy Riley , William "Skylz" Stewart
  • B1 No Diggity ("All-Star" Remix) (4:44)
    • Producer - Allstar
  • B2 No Diggity ("All-Star" Remix Instrumental) (4:44)
    • Producer - Allstar
  • B3 No Diggity (A Cappella) (4:42)
    • Producer - Teddy Riley , William "Skylz" Stewart

Personnel

Published by Donrill Music/Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ASCAP/Chauncey Black Music for Smokin' Sounds [ASCAP]/Queenpen Music (ASCAP)/Sidi Music (BMI)/Sony Songs Inc./Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But Fuckin' (ASCAP)

Track recorded by George Mayers, John Hanes, Serban Genea and Sean Poland for Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA. Track mastered by Herb Powers at Hit Factory, New York, NY.

Queen Pen appears courtesy of Funky Mama Productions/Interscope Records. Dr. Dre appears courtesy of Aftermath Entertainment.

Track contains portions of "Grandma's Hands" written by Bill Withers and published by Interior Music Corp./Avant Garde Music Publishing, Inc. Rick Hendrix (BMI); performed by Bill Withers, used courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment

"Billie Jean" written by Michael Jackson.

All-Star Remix contains a sample of "As Long As I've Got You", written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter & performed by The Charmels Will Remix contains a mimic of "Cell Therapy", written by Barnett, Burton, Gip and Knighton & performed by Goodie Mob

Charts

Peak positions

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard) 1
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard) 1
US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard) 1
US Top 40 Mainstream (Billboard) 10
Australia Top 100 17
Eurochart Hot 100 18
Germany Top 100 14
New Zealand Top 50 1
UK Top 75 Singles 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 42
Chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 23

Decade charts

Chart (1990-1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 36

Cover versions

  • 2Pac used the sample on his song Toss it Up. Both songs came out around the same time.
  • Paddy Casey and the Dublin Gospel Choir on Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 2
  • Klaxons on Radio 1 Established 1967
  • Virginia Coalition on OK to Go
  • The song was sampled in 2001 by German singer Sarah Connor. However, the song was misquoted in her albums liner notes as "No Daggity."
  • The song is sampled on Girl Talk's mash-up album entitled "Feed the Animals" (2008)
  • The song is sampled in a song titled "Strange Diggity" in which it is mashed with Reba McEntire
  • British Blues singer/guitarist Oli Brown released a cover version in 2010.
  • Washington State produced a cover version "Dog Doogity" encouraging dog owners to pick up their pets' waste.[5]

See also

References


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