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"Vato"
Single by Snoop Dogg featuring B-Real from the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Released	August 15, 2006
Format	12" single, Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Gangsta Rap
Length	04:45
Label	Geffen/Doggystyle/Star Trak
Writer	Broadus, C./Williams, P./Hugo.C
Producer	The Neptunes
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
Gangsta Walk (2005)	"Vato" (2006)	That's That Shit (2006)
B-Real singles chronology
"Get U Down" by Warren G (2006)	"Vato" (2006)

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". The original single had Pharell singing the hook, but he was replaced by B-Real for the video form, who is of Mexican and Cuban ancestry. The music video for Vato premiered on BET on August 30, 2006[1]. Pharrell Williams said the rapper's newest music video 'Vato' will not only feature his gangsta side, but will also tackle the issue of racial conflict in Los Angeles between African-Americans and Hispanics and call for racial unity.^[1] It is directed by Philipp G. Atwell and featured Chicano rapper Kid Frost as well as Oscar-Nominee Edward James Olmos. An animated video also premiered on snoopdogg.com in September. The final version of "Vato" contains an intro with Snoop Dogg saying "Man don't you know that I'm loco?" and also some shoutouts from Julio G.

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.

Official

• "Vato (DJ Jam remix)" (featuring Malverde)
• "Vato (Lil' Uno remix)" (featuring Mr. Lil' One)

• 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, CA, Chris Jackson at Tha Cathedral, Hollywood, CA
• Mixed by Phil Tan in the Tanning Booth at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA & Soapbox Studios, Atlanta, GA
• Assisted by Josh Houghkirk Heavy Harmony Music Publishing; WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) and EMI April Music (ASCAP);
• All Instruments by Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo

1. ^ "New Snoop Dogg Album To Drop In The UK This November", Musicrooms, 2006-08-26. 
2. ^ "DubCNN", Duncan Rutherford site owner, October 06, 2006.