Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970 ) is an American rapper, record producer, and DJ who helped popularize West Coast hip hop during the 1990s. A pioneer of G-funk , he attained mainstream success with his 1994 single " Regulate " (featuring Nate Dogg ). He is credited with discovering Snoop Dogg , having introduced the then-unknown rapper to record producer Dr. Dre .
93-489: The second season of the VH1 reality television series Flavor of Love brings female contestants into the mansion of Flavor Flav to compete for his love. The second season first aired weekly from August 6, 2006 to October 29, 2006, with a total of twelve episodes. During the first season reunion, Hoopz announced that her relationship with Flavor Flav was over, saying "It's like that, but it's not like that ." When discussing
186-420: A winery where a woman brings them three horses. Bootz gets on her horse up immediately but New York is hesitant and panics. Eventually all three of them go for a ride through the winery fields. They stop at a beautiful spread where they sip wine and Flav tells Bootz he is really feeling her. Naturally New York is angry. Tensions rise but soon all three wind up stomping grapes together. After they shower they leave
279-432: A "dreamer" meaning she's just dreaming of Flav being her man. The next day, the girls wake up and are told to go to a photoshoot for URB Magazine. New York is in charge of how the women look. New York starts bullying everybody because they were late and screams to them to come down stairs. New York gets into an argument with Bootz when Bootz is late coming downstairs for the evaluation. New York has mean things to say to all of
372-501: A "fabulous ass". Deelishis' daughter Jasmine meets Flav for the first time, but this moment doesn't make it onto the final edit of the show. After a few minutes, New York is brought out. Buckwild throws a shoe at New York, which narrowly misses New York's head. La La tells Buckwild to respect her, since she never disrespected anyone and that the shoe almost hit her. Then Saaphyri throws a red bull can at New York. New York, Buckwild, Buckeey, and Saaphyri can be heard confronting each other at
465-586: A 213 album finally arrived: The Hard Way . During 1993, at Dr. Dre's studio, Warren met John Singleton , director of Boyz n the Hood , the seminal film named for Eazy-E's debut single , produced by Dre. Singleton asked Warren to produce a song for the soundtrack of his forthcoming film Poetic Justice . Warren thus produced Mista Grimm 's song " Indo Smoke ", featuring Warren G and Nate Dogg . The single's success led to Warren's invitation to Russell Simmons 's label Def Jam Recordings , where Warren G signed
558-503: A Look Over Your Shoulder (1997), peaked within the top 40, as did his 1998 duet with Nate Dogg, " Nobody Does It Better ". Both the album and its follow-up, I Want It All (1999), received gold certifications by the RIAA. His fourth album, The Return of the Regulator (2001), failed to yield his earlier commercial heights. Along with longtime collaborators Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, he formed
651-687: A Look Over Your Shoulder , released in March 1997. It was certified gold, with half a million copies sold, in May. Sharing with the Supercop soundtrack the single " What's Love Got To Do with It ", featuring singer Adina Howard , a spin on the 1984 single by Tina Turner , reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart , and peaked in the U.S. at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. " Smokin' Me Out ", featuring Ron Isley of
744-660: A bachelor party—thrown for Dre's friend Andre "LA Dre" Bolton, another record producer—whereupon Warren found himself invited to join it. There, once the songs began to repeat, Warren offered LA Dre the 213 tape. Liking it, he summoned Dr. Dre, who, hearing the Snoop rap "Super Duper Snooper", immediately welcomed the trio. Days later, 213 moved into Dre's lavish troubadour-style house in Calabasas , home to both his wife and his recording studio. In April 1992, Dr. Dre's debut solo single " Deep Cover " introduced America to Snoop Doggy Dogg,
837-414: A bed". First aired September 17, 2006 Five girls remaining: New York , Krazy, Bootz, Buckeey, and Deelishis. Flav instructs them to put pictures of the two girls they think most deserve elimination into a box. They choose Krazy and New York, and as a result, neither of them get dates that evening. They pick Krazy because they think she is fake. New York is picked because she came on the show later than
930-454: A bucket of KFC . The next day, the three girls who won the speed dating competition accompanied Flav on a group date to the "gonzoleers" ( gondolas ) in the LBC . Flavor Flav tried to stick to the tradition of kissing all the girls as they passed under the bridges, however Tiger had no interest in kissing him. She claimed that she didn't like kissing him after other girls. Later that evening, Flav had
1023-471: A career in his mentor and stepbrother's shadow, signed to Def Jam Recordings in New York City . By 1990, in his hometown Long Beach , as record producer and rapper, Warren formed a music trio with two of his longtime running mates, Nathaniel " Nate Dogg " Hale, a rapperlike singer, and Calvin " Snoop Dogg ” Broadus, a singerlike rapper. The Long Beach trio, fond of Oakland rap group 415 , named for
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#17328696381771116-423: A daughter with the same name). First aired October 29, 2006 The twenty-one women from the second season reunite on stage. La La hosts once again. She introduces all the girls (with the exception of Deelishis and New York, who arrive later, and Eye'z and Payshintz, who did not show up). After this introduction, La La asks Saaphyri and H-Town to come up on stage and discuss the "bed-fight" they had, after showing
1209-433: A distance. After this warning, La La asks Bootz whether she still wanted to say anything to New York. Bootz and New York then exchange insults, and Bootz tells New York, 'Flav only brought you back to fuck you, 'cause he left your ass twice!" Bootz then runs backstage. But security grabs Bootz, then New York and Bootz try to punch each other, while New York is screaming, "come on bitch, come on bitch bring that shit", several of
1302-484: A full-time competitor. The girls are pissed and Buckwild returns her clock because New York returned and she was afraid she would violate her probation with New York there. Her urban style of speech that had been a point of contention earlier in the season disappeared during the elimination ceremony, making Flav and the other contestants certain that she had been faking it all along. Buckwild then calls out New York for "assaulting" Krazy, disrespecting Flavs mansion, smoking in
1395-417: A mixer, and all went well until Wire watched Buckeey and Flavor Flav kiss. She stood there until Flav asked her to go inside. She then played the piano very loudly and ruined Buckeey's date. Toasteee gave Flavor Flav advice on whom he should eliminate, and he took this into consideration that night in the elimination ceremony. Wire and Spunkeey were both eliminated. Spunkeey cried hard when she was eliminated and
1488-518: A prior marriage, one of whom was Andre Young, the soon-to-become Dr. Dre who in 1984 joined a leading DJ crew, the World Class Wreckin' Cru , which by 1985 doubled as an electro rap group, which in 1987 put out the Los Angeles area's first rap recording under a major label. By then, a Jordan High School student, Warren was playing football and running with friends. In 1988, age 17, Warren
1581-546: A ratings success, and is cited by observers as the beginning of the network's programming leaning towards shows about African-American personalities (such as the Basketball Wives and Black Ink Crew franchises); similar to BET and its sister networks . In 2011, VH1 debuted the first installment of the Love & Hip Hop franchise; which would go on to become the network's longest-running program. On November 9, 2022, it
1674-404: A record deal, but doesn't have the money. Afterward he asks Deelishis how she feels about him. Deelishis declares her feelings for him, through tears. Flav decides to spend the night with Deelishis. Flav turns and bids farewell to Krazy but mistakenly calls her Deelishis. Deelishis and Flav retire to their room where eventually they fall asleep together. The next day New York and Bootz meet Flav at
1767-620: A record deal. Also that year, Warren and Nate, along with Kurupt —whom the 213 trio had brought to Dre to help on his album The Chronic —feature on " Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None) ", a huge underground hit, too risque to be a single, on Snoop's Doggystyle album, released in November. On the Above The Rim soundtrack, from Death Row Records in April 1994, the single " Regulate "
1860-444: A romantic candlelit dinner to KFC, Nibblz spends the next morning in his bedroom and has breakfast with him, and Deelishis goes with him to a strawberry field. In the meantime, Toasteee spreads a rumor to the other girls that the night before, she heard noises and concluded that Nibblz was "jacking Flav off". Nibblz, offended by this rumor, retaliates by revealing to Flav that Toasteee apparently admitted that she has done pornography on
1953-420: A sister channel to MuchMusic (which was considered to be MTV's Canadian counter-part), in 1998. The channel would air the majority of VH1's music and reality programming until 2013. Warren G His debut studio album, Regulate... G Funk Era (1994), debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 , selling 176,000 in its first week. The album has since received triple platinum certification by
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#17328696381772046-447: A small cruise liner. There is a misunderstanding between the two when New York makes remarks that suggest that she wants to take control of his life and money; Flav thinks New York is sounding like her mother. However, later New York apologizes for what she said, and decides to accept Flav's decision-making power. That night, Flav invites her to his hotel room for a nightcap. At first she declines, but later decides that she can't put up with
2139-543: A track, is allegedly overdone, a comeback undone by Warren's reaching beyond his strengths and being outdone by his guests. He "wastes a hot, Dre-produced beat", in the single " Lookin' at You ", alleges a Vibe writer, who finds G-funk on its deathbed and Warren G "administering the fatal shot". The album peaked at number 83 the Billboard 200 , and became his final album under a major record label , here Universal Music Group , before returned on an independent label. In
2232-468: Is Nibblz, and she and Flav have a king and queen dinner. Bootz and Payshintz then start fighting. Many of the other girls joined in and started making racial comments, furthermore accusing her of not knowing who she or Flav is. Bootz tells Flav that Tiger, Somethin, and Payshintz should all go home. Flav takes this into consideration, and eliminates Tiger and Sumthin. He has a clock for Payshintz as well, but she chooses not to accept it because she couldn't take
2325-467: Is a "loony" and begins to read the Flav-O-Gram aloud again and discovers that New York said slicking where the Flav-O-Gram said slicing. Soon afterward Deelishis follows New York to the balcony where she is standing visibly upset that she hasn't had a date with Flav in four days. The conversation is short but almost escalates into a confrontation after Deelishis tells New York to redirect her hostility. After
2418-471: Is around different races of people, her voice changes. She then wants to leave but Like Dat convinces her to stay. Like Dat and Buckwild make up. Flav spends time with Buckeey, Bootz, and Like Dat before elimination. However, Like Dat is sent home because Flav only sees her as a friend. The girls are then pissed to find out that another guest will be joining them tomorrow: Season 1's Tiffany "New York" Pollard. First aired September 10, 2006 The episode begins
2511-479: Is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global 's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City . The network was originally owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment ; a division of Warner Communications , and the original owner of then-sister channel MTV at the time. It was launched in the channel space of Turner Broadcasting System 's short-lived Cable Music Channel . VH1
2604-492: Is disqualified for physically assaulting H-Town. Flav revealed that he had a spy in his house; this turned out to be Eye'z. She told Flav that Bamma is too quiet, Somethin is crazy, Hood was sent to the show by her agent, Wire was on The Fifth Wheel , Tiger wasn't into Flav, Choclate didn't say much, and Toasteee drinks too much. Later, Somethin shared an intimate moment with Flav, and Spunkeey called her out on lesbian statements she made before. Somethin erupted and begins to scream;
2697-418: Is fake. Big Rick must come in to break up the fight. When New York leaves, she says that she just ruined Deelishis' date. However, Deelishis and Flav have a great time on an exotic camel ride date. Buckeey and Krazy then get into a dangerous fight when she hears Krazy talking bad about her, Bootz, and Deelishis to New York. Krazy supposedly pushes Buckeey, to which Buckeey responds by almost pushing Krazy off of
2790-427: Is in charge of eliminations except him. Flav then takes New York and asks her about each of the girls. She wonders if Buckwild is actually there to be in a romantic relationship with Flav, and that Buckwild pretends to be "ghetto", and its offensive. She feels that Buckeey lacks energy. Nibblz is filthy and too sexual. New York believes that both Bootz and Deelishis are there to be with him, while she believes that Krazy
2883-505: Is just taking advantage of her to eliminate the other girls. First aired September 24, 2006 With the four remaining women, the episode begins with Bootz and Deelishis still in their beds discussing their disdain for New York and Krazy. Then all the girls go downstairs where Rick delivers the Flav-O-Gram which New York reads. Flav pairs Deelishis and Krazy for the first date to LBC. As usual New York becomes openly upset and goes upstairs. After she leaves Deelishis snidely says that New York
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2976-449: Is only on the show to further her singing career. At the end, he announces that Deelishis and New York will be going to Placencia , Belize the next day. The show ends with New York's mother yelling, insisting that New York is coming home right now. New York, however, does not leave the mansion. First aired October 8, 2006 (2.7M viewers) This episode shows highlights of the second season with unseen footage. The pivotal quote of perhaps
3069-402: Is talking like she's black and that it isn't how she really talks, but Buckwild insists that she's not a fake. At breakfast, during which Buckeey comments on Like Dat's slovenly table manners, the girls find out that they must throw a party for some of Flav's famous friends. Bootz, Buckeey, Deelishis, Like Dat, and Buckwild get into a argument about Buckeey and Deelishis not working hard. After all
3162-436: Is there for the wrong reasons. Back at the house, Krazy calls Deelishis out when Deelishis spreads the word that Krazy is fake to all of the girls back at the photoshoot. At eliminations, New York states that Krazy, Beatuful and Nibblz should go home. Flav eliminates Beatuful because she is too laid back and Nibblz because she wouldn't fit with his children. Krazy gets her clock. Flav has a surprise and invites New York back as
3255-706: The Bay area 's area code, took the name 213 , the Los Angeles area's. Practicing and recording in the modest studio in Long Beach record store V.I.P., they cut a demo tape. Dr. Dre , already a celebrity, rebuffed his younger stepbrother Warren's requests for him to listen. Before long, homemade copies of 213's songs spread in Los Angeles county , particularly the cities Compton and Pomona , and Los Angeles city's sections Watts and South Central , but no label picked them up. One day, Warren phoned Dre to catch up, and found him at
3348-573: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), signifying sales of three million copies. "Regulate" spent 18 weeks within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with three weeks at number two, while its follow-up, " This D.J. ", peaked at number nine. At the 37th Annual Grammy Awards , both songs received nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Solo Performance , respectively. Three songs from his second album, Take
3441-609: The 1990s, VH1 would gain popularity for original music-related programs such as Pop-Up Video and Behind the Music . In the 2000s, VH1 would begin to scale down its music offerings, while shifting its focus to pop-culture and nostalgia-based programming; including reality television shows focused on celebrities , and various documentaries and panel shows. Headlining this programming shift would be VH1's Celebreality block, featuring The Surreal Life & its franchise of various spinoffs. One spin off, Flavor of Love , proved to be
3534-754: The American summer of 1994, it stood at No. 1 on the MTV charts. Performing in Japan, he would discover fans who apparently understood no English, but knew all the lyrics. Into the 21st century, it remained Def Jam's biggest hit single. Russell Simmons, a Def Jam founder, explains, "Warren's music was worldwide because the melody plays no matter what the language." Yet further, unlike other G-funk (short for gangsta funk) artists, Warren G, even called "a romantic" at heart, voiced simpler concerns. And his modest rap styling maximized, by heeding, his modest lyricism. "Regulate" doubled as
3627-707: The Billboard Hot 100's upper tier Top 40 became Nate Dogg's single " Nobody Does it Better " —on Nate's repeatedly delayed debut album —featuring Warren G, in another duet, which peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Here, incidentally, Warren raps a bar indicating his transition to family life. Warren's third album, I Want It All , released in October 1999, has Warren mainly producing—where, perhaps, his greater comparative strength among musical peers abides—while vocals go largely to guest artists, including Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, RBX , Kurupt , Eve , Slick Rick , and Jermaine Dupri . Certified gold in November 1999, it bears
3720-639: The EP, premised as a sequel to the 1994 original, is titled Regulate... G Funk Era, Part II . Released on August 6, it features E-40 , Too Short , Jeezy , Bun B , and, in all four songs, Nate Dogg. With his unique knack for intuiting Warren's production cues, Nate leaves behind some of his 213 partner's favorite recordings. Warren has six children with his wife, Tennile Griffin. Getting older, increasingly identifying with his father, fond of cooking and storytelling, Warren G embraces "his morals and good family fun". His oldest son, Olaijah , played college football for
3813-622: The Long Beach shipyards and began focusing on music after Dr. Dre taught him how to use a drum machine. By 1990, Warren G had formed the trio 213 with two longtime running mates, Nathaniel " Nate Dogg " Hale and Calvin " Snoop Dogg " Broadus. 213 was a contributor to the G-funk sound soon to emerge in rap. The trio dissolved after Warren G connected them to Dr. Dre. At that point, two solo careers were launched: Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dogg's, upon G-funk. Nate, too, signed to Dr. Dre's Death Row Records . Warren G initially helped there, but not desiring
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3906-609: The Mid-Nite Hour , released in October 2005, Warren G's fifth album, his first without a major label involved, was on Hawino Records. Heavily featuring his native, 213 groupmates Nate and Snoop, it is devotedly Warren's own project, homemade on a low budget. Music critics assess it to better carry Warren G's own virtues as G-funk's everyman . Yet by that very virtue, as expected, it saw scarce exposure beyond Warren G's fans. His sixth album, in September 2009, The G Files , "still
3999-588: The Music , the I Love… series, the Celebreality block, Love & Hip Hop , and Basketball Wives . As of December 2023, VH1 is available in approximately 67,481,000 American households; down from 90.2 million in January 2016. VH1, an acronym for Video Hits One , launched on January 1, 1985 over the channel space of Turner 's Cable Music Channel . The channel originally focused on music and programming aimed at older audiences than its sibling channel at
4092-913: The West Coast Fest, "an OG affair" with DJ Quik , Mack 10 , the Dogg Pound , Bone Thugs N Harmony , and others. Meanwhile, in a guest role, Warren played OG Hemingway in the sitcom Newsreaders on the Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim programming. And in August 2014, on the Mnet channel's reality series American Hustle Life , he directed an alternate music video for "Boy In Luv", by South Korean boy band BTS . Nostalgic fans would ask Warren for more of classic G-funk , and even ask for more from Nate Dogg, who had died in 2011. The single " My House ", leading Warren G's first EP , arrived on July 13, 2015. With four songs,
4185-485: The album's other single, " Do You See ", had peaked at No. 42. In August, the album was certified 3x multi-platinum. That month also brought some Warren G collaborations on two albums from his Long Beach associates, Twinz only album Conversation (album) and The Dove Shack trio's This Is the Shack . And 1996 saw Warren G on the "Groupie" track of Snoop's second album, Tha Doggfather . Warren G's second album, Take
4278-547: The arguments, the girls are excited to find out who will be coming to the party. The special guests are Three 6 Mafia , Warren G , Don Magic Juan , DJ Quik , the Ying Yang Twins , and Lloyd Banks and Young Buck of G-Unit . When the guests first arrive Bootz entertain them with her booty dancing, and Nibblz gives them lap dances . The Ying Yang Twins ask Bootz to dance in one of their videos and she declines because she didn't want to risk her relationship with Flav. During
4371-457: The challenge seriously, and Bootz wins the challenge. The next day, the second group (consisting of Buckeey, Tiger, Payshintz, Nibblz, Beatuful and Like Dat) finds out that they have to clean a disgusting house after a crazy party the night before, which turns out to belong to hip-hop legend Warren G . While the girls in the second group are cleaning, back at the mansion Buckwild, Krazy and Deelishis watch as Bootz and Somethin are arguing. The winner
4464-548: The classic soul group , reaching No. 35, was big on the Los Angeles area's radio play. "I Shot the Sheriff", a lyrical spin on the 1973 single by Bob Marley & the Wailers , yet an instrumental borrow from rap group EPMD 's 1988 single " Strictly Business ", which itself samples that Wailers classic, reached No. 20. Yet a letdown overall, the album missed his debut's superstar potential. In July 1998, Warren G's sixth appearance in
4557-406: The complete second season was released onto DVD. Jersey City, New Jersey Never received a nickname Alkeisha Phillips died on April 21, 2024 First aired August 6, 2006 Twenty new contestants arrive at the mansion and discover that there were only fourteen beds. When H-Town and Saaphyri fight over a bed, Flav asked them what happened. After finding out who started the fight, Saaphyri
4650-439: The contestants attempt to intervene, and in the end Buckwild, Saaphyri, Buckeey, Bootz, and Deelishis were asked to leave. Deelishis and Saaphyri were later brought back before the reunion concluded. Deelishis and Saaphyri apologize for the brawl and Deelishis, Saaphyri, and New York exchange compliments. It was later revealed that New York would be featured on her own show, I Love New York , which premiered in January 2007. During
4743-430: The credits, Nibblz confronts New York about New York telling her in one episode that she needed a bra and a manicure, and tells New York that she looks like a man. New York responds arrogantly, 'if I look like a man, then I look like a fabulous man, thank you very much'. VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One ) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and
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#17328696381774836-650: The discussion Krazy and Deelishis set off for their date with Flav. When they get there Flav greets them and the two climb aboard the yacht. Flav eventually makes out with Deelishis, which upsets Krazy. But soon Deelishis leaves Flav's side, seasick. Krazy and Flav speak intimately. After they get off the yacht Flav takes the girls to the RMS ; Queen Mary for accommodations where the girls prepare for dinner. During dinner Flav asks Krazy how she feels about him and what she feels they share in common. When she fails to answer appropriately, he asks her to sing. She says she would love
4929-435: The drama with Bootz, and a few of the other girls anymore. First aired August 27, 2006 The episode begins on the night of the previous elimination, when Toasteee and Nibblz share Flav's bed that night. In the morning, Flav holds a hip-hop dance contest. The girls are divided into three teams of three each. Krazy, Nibblz, and Deelishis end up winning. Each girl gets a private date with Flav; that night, Krazy goes with him on
5022-498: The entire series took place during the unseen footage aired on this episode. New York's mother, Michelle, told Deelishis that her posterior was so large that she was capable of moving her bowels for an entire year. Deelishis had no comment. There was a scene where Flav was in a photo shoot with some girls from Flavor of Love Season 1. He said, "I'd throw all of y'alls in my crib, except Hottie." First aired October 15, 2006 The episode begins where Episode 9 ended, when Flav announced
5115-429: The first season makes an appearance. She asks Krazy why she thought New York was her friend and says that Somethin is strong for dealing with what happened with her on the show. She also asks Bootz, Buckwild, and Like Dat to do their booty dancing again from the fourth episode. After entertaining the crowd, La La, and the girls, Flavor Flav appears. La La asks Krazy to come up on stage, and she asks if Krazy thought being on
5208-645: The girls (except Deelishis and Beautiful). The girls head to the photoshoot and New York is once again giving the girls mean comments. After the photoshoot, Buckwild and New York argue over Buckwild acting "darker than what she is". When Flav steps in, he comments that Buckwild looks like she "has an attitude". Buckwild tells him that its because New York is pissing her off by accusing her of acting "darker than she is" and telling her shes "uneducated". New York at first denied it, but when Nibblz reminded her that she called Buckwild "ignorant", Flav takes Buckwild's side. New York runs out crying and feels disrespected by Flav. All
5301-485: The girls are happy when New York storms out, while Flav brings her back. Meanwhile, the girls are upset that New York is there and Krazy decides to call her out. The two fight because Krazy is saying that New York is not in control of elimination and New York starts physically bullying Krazy by going on top of the table and touching her on the forehead, and then trying to pull out a chair from underneath Krazy, which lead Flav to come and stop it, by telling everybody that nobody
5394-568: The hip-hop trio 213 , named for Long Beach 's area code; they released the album The Hard Way (2004) to mild success. His next two albums, 2005's In the Mid-Nite Hour and then 2009's The G Files , were released independently and self-produced. In 2015, he released Regulate... G Funk Era, Part II , an extended play featuring archived recordings of Nate Dogg, who died in 2011. In 2017, "Regulate", certified platinum in 1994, went multi-platinum, propelled by digital downloads. Warren Griffin III
5487-542: The house to get their input on who would make a better stepmother. Flav's kids thought Krazy only told people what they want to hear and New York was too dramatic. They felt Deelishis was the most sincere. Later, he takes the women and their parents over on separate dates: Deelishis and her parents go to a magic show and dinner; Krazy, her mother, and her grandmother go to the hair salon; and Flav orders an assortment of soul food for New York and her parents. That night during elimination, Flav eliminates Krazy because he suspects she
5580-408: The hurt going on inside, and eventually accepts. The following night, amid a rainstorm, the two girls are invited to the dock where Flav makes his final decision. Flav talks about his feelings for the two girls, both what he likes and what he dislikes. In the end, Flav decides that Deelishis is the winner. New York, angry that she lost again, starts a vulgarity-laced outburst towards Flav, resulting in
5673-416: The internet and in a magazine. Toasteee denies the allegations, so Flav does some internet research to see who's lying. Toasteee goes to Flav, letting him know that she's leaving because she can't handle the drama anymore. Flav tells Toasteee that if she leaves now, she's basically implying that Nibblz was right. Toasteee agrees to stay. In that evening's eliminations, Flav has both girls promise they're telling
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#17328696381775766-620: The lead single Warren G's debut album, Regulate... G Funk Era , arriving in June 1994. Selling a million copies in three days, it debuted at No. 2 on the popular albums chart, the Billboard 200 . In August, it was certified 2x multi-platinum, two million copies sold. Its second single, " This D.J. ", went gold, half a million copies, in September, while peaking in July at No. 9. At the 1995 Grammy Awards , in March, both singles were nominated. And in January,
5859-404: The mansion, and "insulting" the other contestants and says that its not right for Flav to bring New York back, stating that if New York ever touched her forehead or attempted to pull a seat out from underneath her, the way she did Krazy, that she would quote, "bite New Yorks finger off, and shove it down New Yorks throat". And the only way she will stay is if Flav quote "ties or handcuffs New York to
5952-528: The mid-1990s. In 2003, MTV Networks VSPOT , a broadband video channel that followed the model of MTV Overdrive , containing the shows aired by VH1 and music videos . Like Overdrive, it was coolly received due to a heavy reliance on broadband and advanced web technologies. VH1 returned to a traditional-style website in late 2007. As with other MTV channels, Paramount Global has broadcast international versions of VH1, besides VH1 India they all closed down however: In Canada, CHUM Limited launched MuchMoreMusic ,
6045-479: The network; as of 2016 this feed is downgraded at a provider's headend to provide the network's standard definition channel on systems. VH1 initially launched four spinoff digital networks as part of The MTV Suite , with another being launched at a later date. By August 2016, these channels spinoffs had either been realigned under the MTV, BET , or CMT branding, or were shuttered altogether. VH1's website launched in
6138-622: The night, that Flav welcomes Season 1's Tiffany Pollard aka New York back to the house as a guest to help him decide about tomorrow night's eliminations for the seven remaining ladies. All the girls are pissed that New York returned to the house, because they hold New York in contempt. Flav leaves the girls alone and New York asks the girls about each other. They all express disgust with New Yorks presence, and Bootz lets New York know that she doesn't like her and doesn't want her there and that she's just another bitch trying to steal her man. New York and Bootz get into an argument, where New York calls Bootz
6231-467: The others, and they felt that she wouldn't be a good mom for Flav's children. Flav takes Buckeey on a date to a bowling alley and teaches her how to bowl. For his second date, Flav has a romantic evening with Bootz in the backyard. But Bootz tells Flav that she is going to wait until she marries to have sex. Flav is shocked and upset by this. The next day, Deelishis is getting ready for her date when New York comes in and argues with her for saying that New York
6324-516: The party, Nibblz drinks too much liquor and is in the bathroom vomiting , resulting in Like Dat having to lay her down on her bed. Also, Three 6 Mafia asks Krazy to sing any of Flav's songs. She says she knows one of them, but she can't sing it. Bootz and Krazy argue about Krazy's authenticity. Like Dat, Bootz, and Buckwild then get into the same argument again, about Buckwilds urban speech and Buckwild "talking like shes black". Buckwild says that when she
6417-452: The producers added a demonic voice for humorous effect. Spunkeey also gets into it with Toastee, when she snitches on and calls out Toastee for being quote, "tipsy". After the five girls Hood, Bamma, H-Town, Choclate and Saaphyri were eliminated, the contestants discovered that Somethin had defecated on the floor during the elimination ceremony because she couldn't hold it in or go to the bathroom. First aired August 13, 2006 Flav challenges
6510-413: The remaining fourteen Flavorettes to a blind speed dating competition so he could get to know them without appearance being a factor. Things fell apart when Flav realized he couldn't eat something he couldn't see. The girls were each given ten minutes to leave a lasting impression on Flav as he stumbled from table to table. In the end, Flav chose Tiger, Like Dat, and Buckwild as the winners while indulging in
6603-418: The room. Then Deelishis' parents arrive. Flav immediately likes Deelishis's parents. New York's parents arrive and as was shown from Season 1, New York's mother doesn't like Flav. This leads to a confrontation early on, and we discover that New York's mother will do anything to keep her daughter from being together with Flav, even fake a terminal illness. Flav then invites his six children and two grandchildren to
6696-502: The same basic G-funk sound", adds to "that classic soul vibe", Warren explains, "a taste of that modern electro sound". Disliking what he put as the rap standard of "some drums and one synth sound", he titled "The West is Back" for return to "that great soulful sound". "100 Miles and Running" features Nate Dogg—recorded before Nate's strokes in 2007 and 2008—and the Wu-Tang Clan 's Raekwon . From June to September 2013, Warren toured in
6789-405: The second-floor outside balcony. New York laughs and tries to break them apart, jokingly telling Buckeey, "dont kill Krazy. Flav doesnt want any corpses on his lawn". At the elimination ceremony, Buckeey is eliminated for almost killing Krazy. New York then states her plan, which is that Deelishis and Bootz will be her next "victims". She also says that Krazy thinks that they are friends, but New York
6882-404: The show helped or hurt her career. She says "it helped us all in our own way." Next, Krazy sings for Flav and appears to have mostly negative receptions. Then Flav asks Deelishis to come out. They state that they have been apart for four months so that no one would know the outcome of the show. La La asks what Nibblz thought of his decision. She says Deelishis was a great choice for him and she has
6975-475: The show largely stayed the same as the first season, with the exception of Flav's deliberations with Big Rick as to whom he would keep or send home before the actual ceremony; this angle was dropped during the second season. The second series' season finale was the second highest non-sports basic cable program of the year drawing over 7.5 million viewers which is the highest rated show in VH1 history. On November 28, 2006,
7068-632: The single " I Want It All ", featuring Mack 10 , which, becoming Warren's most recent Top 40 appearance, peaked on the Hot 100 at No. 23. Over 20 years later, his 1997 and 1999 albums remain at gold certification, which none of his subsequent albums have achieved. Released in December 2001, Warren's fourth album, The Return of the Regulator , with a litany of collaborators, including the P-Funk father and G-funk godfather George Clinton and, elsewhere, Dr. Dre producing
7161-447: The tape of it. Saaphyri says she regrets it looking back on it, however, H-Town threw flowers at her, meaning she couldn't do anything about it. Saaphyri later admits to having gone to anger management classes, in consideration of Flav saying she was too violent. She later says she got a certificate, which amuses everyone. H-Town also states that looking back on it, she regrets it, but maintains that Saaphyri hit her first. Later, Goldie from
7254-440: The three remaining girls' parents come over so he can get to know them. Hours before the remaining girls' parents arrive, everyone is cleaning and preparing rooms for the parents. Suddenly New York is bothering Deelishis because she believed that Deelishis intentionally took the room that New York chose her parents to stay in. Deelishis, unknowing of what New York is so upset about, has a brief confrontation with New York over who gets
7347-448: The time, MTV . On August 27, 1985, parent company Warner Communications sold 31% of VH1 and its siblings (MTV and Nickelodeon ; which were already divested by Warner into MTV Networks ) to Viacom . Viacom would eventually buy the remaining 69% of MTV Networks from Warner for $ 326 million on May 20, 1986. By 1989, VH1's music programming would cater to Top 40, adult contemporary , classic rock , and 1980s mainstream pop. During
7440-418: The track's guest but instantly star rapper. Warren helped Dre find sounds for Dre's debut solo album The Chronic , further debuting Snoop, whereby superstardom chased Snoop into 1993 and, via Snoop's own debut solo album, Doggystyle , captured him by 1994. By then, also solo, Nate, too, had joined Dre's label, Death Row Records . Warren, returning to Long Beach, aimed to find his own way. In 2004,
7533-584: The truth, but right after that, he holds up a pornographic picture of Toasteee, which shocks everyone. Toasteee claims that it's not necessarily evidence against her as she leaves, and points out that Nibblz is both a stripper and pornstar, too. Flav then tells Toasteee that Nibblz has quote, "always kept it real with me". Flav states at elimination, that he has no problem with Toasteee doing porn per se, but eliminated her for lying about it. First aired September 3, 2006 This episode starts with Like Dat confronting Buckwild about her speech patterns, claiming that she
7626-532: The two dates they are all faced yet again with the elimination ceremony. The first clock goes to New York, the second goes to Deelishis and the third goes to Krazy, despite Flav's worries about her intentions, he feels that they have a strong connection. Flav then eliminates Bootz because she said she wouldn't have sex with him until she is married. But before she leaves, she gives him her phone number for him to call her when "he gets sick of those ho's". First aired October 1, 2006 (3.99M viewers) Flav decides to have
7719-464: The two remaining girls were going to Placencia, Belize. New York's mother knocks on Flav's door and informs him that she is going to get her daughter out of the mansion, but gets nothing more than a rise from Flav and New York. New York's mother then ends up leaving, but not before she tells Flav that he can't marry her daughter (to which Flav responds that if he asked New York, she would marry him). The next day it's New York's turn, and she and Flav go on
7812-471: The two trading insults. After mooning Flav, she says that she no longer has feelings for him and will someday find "another man who is right for me". While storming off and sobbing uncontrollably, she says to the camera, "Do I look like I give a fuck cause I don't". She also says she wishes that one day she will find the man of her dreams. Flav gives Deelishis a shiny gold grill to match his, and he says he can't wait to meet Deelishis' daughter Jasmine (as he has
7905-409: The upcoming season, Flav emphatically told the producers "No more gold diggers!" (referring mainly to Hottie from Season 1). Filming began in the summer of 2006 and consisted of an 11 episode season, with another episode for a reunion show. VH1 uploaded videos of contestant auditions on IFilm and encouraged viewers to rank the contestants. The show premiered with 3.3 million viewers. The format of
7998-517: The winery and go to the Pechanga Resort and Casino where Bootz and New York prepare for dinner. During the date all Flav's attention goes to Bootz. New York feels ignored and demands attention, then storms off. Flav gives chase and asks her to spend the night with him, which New York later reveals was her plan. Bootz and New York then argue over dinner. After dinner they leave for their room and New York reveals that she again had sex with Flav. After
8091-533: Was a duet cowritten and performed by Warren G and Nate Dogg. Spending 20 weeks on the popular songs chart, the Billboard Hot 100 , with 18 of them in the Top 40, including three weeks at No. 2 in May, it was the summer's top rap hit. Certified gold, half a million copies sold, since June, it attained platinum, a million copies, in August. In January 2017, via digital downloading, it was certified 2x multi-platinum. Back in
8184-414: Was announced that oversight of VH1 would move to the BET Media Group under Scott Mills . Original programming currently seen on VH1 includes the Love & Hip Hop and the Basketball Wives franchises. Other notable shows and franchisees that have aired on the network include Black Ink Crew , The Impact: New York (a spinoff of BET+ 's The Impact: Atlanta ), RuPaul's Drag Race (which
8277-661: Was born on November 10, 1970, and grew up in Long Beach, California . He had three sisters and was the only son of Warren Griffin Jr., an airplane mechanic, and Ola, a dietician . They divorced when Warren was 4 and he lived with his mother and three sisters in East Long Beach until he was just about to start middle school. In 1982, Warren went to live with his father in North Long Beach . His new wife, Verna, had three children from
8370-471: Was jailed for gun possession. While incarcerated, he took the nickname Warren G. By this time, Dr. Dre was already beginning to experience success as the writer and record producer for Ruthless Records , as well as being a member of N.W.A with Ruthless Records founder Eazy-E and Ice Cube . N.W.A’s landmark album, Straight Outta Compton , was driving the Los Angeles area's rap scene to swiftly drop electro for gangsta. Once out of jail, Warren worked at
8463-454: Was moved over from Logo , and aired on VH1 from 2017–2022), reruns and new episodes of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (which originated on MTV ), and Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party . Since the 2010's, and prior to its move to BET , VH1's programming had shifted towards urban music genres and African-American personalities. VH1 HD (launched in 2005) is a 1080i high-definition feed, with all major providers carrying
8556-427: Was originally conceived to build upon the success of MTV by playing music videos targeting a slightly older demographic focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music. Like MTV, VH1 ultimately drifted away from music and into reality television programming; albeit with a focus on music personalities, celebrities, and shows targeting African-American audiences. VH1 is best known for franchises such as Behind
8649-471: Was sad that he kept "the beauty queen over her" and the "girls who want to have sex with other girls". She also said "I would have shitted on your floor if I had to" as she hugged Flav goodbye. First aired August 20, 2006 Flav divides the girls into two groups. The first group (consisting of Buckwild, Krazy, Toasteee, Somethin, Bootz, and Deelishis) is assigned to work at M&M Soul Food, one of Flav's favorite restaurants. Somethin gets fired for not taking
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