The Return of the Regulator


The Return of the Regulator is the fourth studio album by American rapper Warren G. It was released on December 11, 2001 via Universal Records. Production was handled by Warren G himself, except for two songs produced by Dr. Dre and Soopafly. It features guest appearances from Mista Grimm, Butch Cassidy, CPO Boss Hogg, Damone, El DeBarge, George Clinton, Kokane, Lady Mo, LaToiya Williams, Soopafly, WC, and fellow 213 members Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg.
The album peaked at number 83 on the Billboard 200 and number 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States and number 87 in France. Its lead single, "Lookin' at You", made it to number 45 in France, number 60 on the Official Singles Chart and number 13 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart in the UK, and number 72 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the US.

Track listing

;Sample credits
  • Track 3 contains excerpts from "Dolemite" written and performed by Rudy Ray Moore.
  • Track 12 contains excerpts from the composition "Village Ghetto Land " written by Stevie Wonder.
  • Track 14 contains interpolations from the composition "New York, New York" written by Joseph Salter and Douglas Wood.

    Personnel

  • Warren "Warren G" Griffin III – vocals, drums, producer, executive producer
  • Damone Coleman – vocals
  • LaToiya Williams – vocals
  • Rojai "Mista Grimm" Trawick – vocals
  • Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale – vocals
  • Priest "Soopafly" Brooks – vocals, producer
  • Danny "Butch Cassidy" Means – vocals
  • William "WC" Calhoun – vocals
  • George Clinton – vocals
  • Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus – vocals
  • Vincent "CPO Boss Hogg" Edwards – vocals
  • Lady Mo – vocals
  • Jerry "Kokane" Long – vocals
  • Eldra Patrick "El" DeBarge – vocals
  • Traci "TrayBlack" Brown-Bailey – backing vocals
  • Val Young – backing vocals
  • Craig Brockman – keyboards
  • Camara Kambon – keyboards
  • Scott Storch – additional keyboards
  • Theron Feemster – additional keyboards
  • Marlon Williams – guitar
  • Mike Elizondo – guitar
  • Andrew Gouche – bass
  • Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – producer, mixing
  • Booker T. Jones III – recording, engineering
  • Charles Nasser – recording, engineering, mixing
  • Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri – tracking, engineering
  • Rich Travali – mixing
  • Zach Will – Pro Tools engineering
  • Jamie Duncan – mixing assistant
  • Rich Johnson – mixing assistant
  • Darrell Thorp – engineering assistant
  • John Tyree – engineering assistant
  • Rouble Kapoor – engineering assistant
  • Tom Sweeney – engineering assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Kevin Law – executive producer, A&R direction
  • Derek "LA" Jackson – executive producer, management
  • Cey Adams – art direction, design
  • Tonya Blackstone – art direction, design
  • Jonathan Mannion – photography
  • Chrystal Chambers – A&R administrator
  • Jennifer Havey – A&R coordinator

    Charts