shit. Jigga sat for 20 minutes and came back with some hard-ass, around-the-way L.A. shit." In an interview on The Breakfast Club, Snoop Dogg elaborated on Jay-Z's contributions on the song. "He wrote Dre's shit and my shit and it was flawless," he said. "It was 'Still D.R.E.' and it was Jay-Z and he wrote the whole fucking song." An alternate reference track was also written by The D.O.C..

"Still D.R.E." was the final song written and recorded