Vato (song)

2006 single by Snoop Dogg

"Vato"

Single by Snoop Dogg featuring B-Real

from the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

Released

August 15, 2006 (2006-08-15)

Recorded

2005

Genre

West Coast hip hop
gangsta rap
latin hip hop

Length

4:45

Label

Geffen
Doggystyle
Star Trak

Songwriter(s)

Calvin Broadus
Pharrell Williams
Chad Hugo

Producer(s)

The Neptunes

Snoop Dogg singles chronology

"Hollywood Divorce"
(2006)

"Vato"
(2006)

"That's That"
(2006)

B-Real singles chronology

""Get U Down""
(2006)

"Vato"
(2006)

Music video

"Vato" on YouTube

"Vato" is the first single by Snoop Dogg from his album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. The song features B-Real and was produced by The Neptunes. The word "vato" is Chicano slang for "homie".

Background

The album version of "Vato" contains an introduction with Snoop Dogg saying "Man, don't you know that I'm loco?" and also some shout-outs from Julio G. Shortly after the release of the song, Snoop Dogg and B-Real would receive disses and responses by numerous Mexican rappers who mistakenly took the song as a slander towards the Chicano culture. The song was performed live in the Life & Rhymes of with B-Real, and in solo on the day of the release in the MSN live session concert.

Music video

The music video, directed by Phillip G. Atwell for Vato premiered on BET on August 30, 2006 Video on YouTube. Pharrell Williams said the rapper's newest music video 'Vato' would not only feature his gangsta side, but would also tackle the issue of racial conflict in Los Angeles between African-Americans and Hispanics and call for racial unity.^[1] It features cameos by Chicano rapper Frost as well as Oscar-Nominee Edward James Olmos. An animated video also premiered on snoopdogg.com in September.

Remixes

Official^[2]

"Vato (DJ Jam Remix)" (featuring Malverde)
"Vato (Remix)" (featuring Lil Uno & B-Real)

Track listing

A-side

"Vato" (Radio edit)
"Vato" (Radio edit #2 (extra clean))
"Vato" (LP)
"Vato" (Instrumental)

B-side

"Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" (LP)
"Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" (Radio)
"Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" (Instrumental)
"Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" (A cappella)

Personnel

Written by C. Broadus, P. Williams, C. Hugo
Produced by The Neptunes
Publishers: My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music (BMI); Waters of Nazareth Publishing/ EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI)/
Recorded by Andrew Coleman at Chalice Studios, Los Angeles, California, Chris Jackson at The Cathedral, Hollywood, California
Mixed by Phil Tan in the Tanning Booth at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California and Soapbox Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Assisted by Josh Houghkirk Heavy Harmony Music Publishing; WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) and EMI April Music (ASCAP)

Charts

Chart performance for "Vato"
Chart (2004–2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	55
Australian Urban (ARIA)^[4]	10
Finnish Singles Chart^[5]	3
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[6]	85
US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)^[7]	31

References

^ "New Snoop Dogg Album To Drop In The UK This November". Musicrooms. 2006-08-26.
^ "DubCNN". Duncan Rutherford site owner. October 6, 2006.
^ "The ARIA Report: Issue 871" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 2006-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ "Issue 874" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ "Snoop Dogg Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
^ "Snoop Dogg Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Hot Singles Sales for Snoop Dogg.