The Next Episode - Intellectual

He’s “on one”, maybe a pill or some other drug. While under the influence he might just decide to go to the now closed Century Club in LA and show off his expensive possessions.

The gun is loaded because some people in some hoods are dangerous and might want to see Dre and Snoop dead. Compton, Long Beach, Inglewood and South Central, and all of it districts of Los Angeles are those hoods, as well as the place where Snoop and Dre are from.

Dr. Dre had a similar line on his ‘92 classic hit Let Me Ride

Snoop drops this ad-lib throughout the song and uses similar ones on different tracks from the album.

For the clean version of “Still DRE” (and the music video) Snoop used a similar ad-lib (ah!) to mask out the n-word.

Represents the sound of police sirens

This is what Snoop told us to look out for back in 1992, saying:

And who gives a fuck about those
So just chill, ‘til the next episode

Snoopy might walk into the club all stoned and looking goofy AF, but he does not care he’s just chillin with his braids/ponytail and smokin' herb.

If you believe in the Ex i.e. ecstasy

Cadillac Coupe DeVille 1960 . On dubs means on rims which are more than 20 inches in diameter.

Coupe DeVille (1959–1964)

Reference to 2Pac’s song featuring Dr. Dre called “California Love”.

There was an original and a remix video. In the original 2Pac dreams about a big party in Mad-Max-theme (action movie from 1980). The remix is the continuation and shows a big party in 1995/1996.

back insert of the promo CD

This line is the stereotypical bar experience at the Century Club, a famous bar in LA. CC is known for its strict dress code of “NO JEANS”. Dr. Dre is bragging that he can enter the club wearning jeans.

You walk in with your squad, start smoking weed or cigarettes and get a few drinks, and then go home with some girl from the bar.

Dre and Snoop are high off weed while driving their 1964 Cadillac.

Snoop and Dr. Dre are one of the most notable and successful rap tandems ever, famous for songs such as this one

Snoop and Dre commonly spell their names in their songs–this one not being an exception.

The Father of Rap is not 100% referring to Snoop. In the context of the song, it is most likely referring to Dre as he originated before Snoop. First with WWC, then N.W.A in which he Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella forever changed the rap game. After that Dre went solo on Death Row Records where he released The Chronic in 92, one of the best selling rap albums every released. During this time he also discovered many other rappers including Snoop. It is easy to say by this point, even so early in the game, Dre had drastically changed the rap game and paved the way for other rappers such as Snoop.

This line mentions Compton and Long Beach, the hometowns of Dre and Snoop, respectively. On their hit single “Nuthin' But a ‘G’ Thang,” Snoop mentioned a similar line when he said:

Compton and Long Beach together
Now you know you’re in trouble

“Hookin' back up” refers to Dre and Snoop collaborating again, since Snoop had left Death Row the year before, 1998.

Dogg Pound Gangsta Crips

D.P.G.C is a coalition of Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger), Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and more real west coast OG’s. Since Snoop brought the gang together for what was originally his song, he had to give the crew a shoutout.

Snoop is one of the most commercially successful rappers of all time thus him being a “Top Dogg”.

This line might also refer to the album Snoop Dogg released on No Limit Records called No Limit Top Dogg.

CPT is short for Compton, the place where André Romell “Dr. Dre” Young was born in 1965.

Also, this line might be a reference to N.W.A’s song and album Straight Outta Compton. Dr.Dre was a former member of the group, and also produced this song.

This may also be a reference to the album Str8 Off Tha Streetz Of Muthaphukkin Compton by Eazy-E, a former N.W.A band mate of Dr. Dre.

The intro is sampled from David McCallums' “The Edge”.

The D.O.C. is sitting in the back of the car drinking some Cognac (a high-quality brandy,) which he also did in the “Still D.R.E.” music video.

The D.O.C. adds a raspy ad-lib here, which means this song includes vocal contributions from himself, Dre, Snoop, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, making it a partial reunion of the original Chronic team (excluding Warren G, Daz Dillinger & The Lady of Rage.)

Guess who’s back. This line from “Nuthin' But A ‘G’ Thang” gives the answer:

1, 2, 3 and to the 4
Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door

Rather referring to these two but maybe also to Nate and Kurupt who are also featured on this tune.

BE WARNED: Dre, Nate, Snoop and the rest of the Aftermath crew are on a whole different level. Anyone who isn’t paying respect to them, thinks they are better than them or is just acting out for the hell of it better rethink. 7 years of waiting has been brought to an end with the sequel to the greatest West Coast album of all time and the world ain’t ready for it. Take a seat before you’re knocked down: doctor’s orders.

This line has become associated with a number of image macros and video remixes known as Smoke Weed Everyday. Though it was not the first video to remix “The Next Episode,” it was YouTuber Freuderthreep’s July 2011 video remix of Snoop in the game Kirby Super Star that launched the fad:

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fJp7faTtJ_w

These remixes often use a black and white GIF of Snoop Dogg jigging from side to side, taken from the 2004 music video for “Drop It Like It’s Hot”

If you get caught by the DEA, you best not snitch on Snoop

Snoop’s identifying himself in a manner that he has so many times before – for example in 3rd verse of “Nuthin' But A ‘G’ Thang”.

It’s the capital S, oh yes I’m fresh, N double-O P
D O double G Y, D O double G, ya see

“One and only” replaces “motherfuckin” in the clean version.

Dre is ready for the coming year 2000 – which was also the beginning of a new millenium.

‘Loc’ is street slang for ‘buddy’ – especially members of Crips use this term.

Crip walk aka C-walk originated among the Crip gang members in Compton:

http://youtu.be/e3EnS44_Dl0?t=17s

I think Snoop in this line means that he gave his .44 Magnum (“forty-fo'”) to his “ho” to hide when she entered the club by the back door. usually ladies don’t get frisked at the clubs so it’s a good way to bring it inside

Dre is known as one of the best beat-makers ever, as he greatly exemplifies on this very song. He’s telling you to ride to his beats with the stereo up in a Cadillac Fleetwood.

But now Dre’s not only king of the music beats but also the of the established ‘beats’ brand:

A reference to what Snoop says in the intro of this song, “You know I’m mobbin' with the D-R-E”