Snoop Dogg and 213

Superstar rap trio 213 never managed to get an album released before each of the three members - Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G - broke out with solo careers. But the Long Beach, California, group has resurrected the name 213 (the telephone area code for their hometown) and will release a debut album, The Hard Way, on TVT Records on July 20th.

Started more than twelve years ago, 213's recorded output was sparse. Warren G passed along a Snoop tape to his half-brother Dr. Dre, who invited Snoop to rap on his title song for the film Deep Cover. The buzz further built when Snoop landed a prime spot on Dre's solo debut The Chronic (1992), setting the stage for Snoop's own record-setting debut Doggystyle in 1993. By that point, Warren G and Nate Dogg had already made moves towards their own solo careers and 213 was effectively finished.

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