Fans of De La Soul can rest easy today. After months of contention and uncertainty about the legendary rap crew’s musical future – the result of a haphazard EP, a controversial crowdfunding campaign and massive delays on output, their new track Pain featuring Snoop Dogg is their best new song in years.
Last month they released new track Trainwreck, the first from their upcoming full-length album And The Anonymous Nobody, and while it was great to see them back on track, it didn’t cause a huge stir. We were still skeptical, to be totally honest. Today, that changes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vDVDo9w20w
Pain is a funky, groove-laden throwback; a reminder that the legendary artists of old are still more than capable of producing wonderful new tunes. The classic beat is led by a soulful sample, setting a cheery atmosphere ahead of any lyrics. The verses, with Snoop’s bars sandwiched in between the two De La offerings, are slick, playful and clever, focusing on the motto, “Pain makes it better.” Snoop’s low-flying verse and husky tone is the perfect antidote to the long beloved bouncy tones of De La Soul.
As well as Snoop, confirmed guests on And The Anonymous Nobody include Damon Albarn, Usher, Snoop Dogg, 2 Chainz, Jill Scott and even Justin Hawkins of The Darkness. There’s still hope yet for this album to become one of the best new releases in 2016. I for one, can’t wait.
And The Anonymous Nobody is set for release on August 26, 2016.
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We know Snoop Dogg is a man of many talents, from being a beast on the mic, to helping young kids reach new heights in his youth football league, SnoopyFL. Did you know of his affinity for basketball?
I remember watching the Up In Smoke Tour VHS, when I was way too young for all the boobies and weed smoking depicted, and they had a basketball hoop that they carried around from city to city. The video went through a highlight reel of each rapper shooting hoops. Ice Cube could hit baseline 3s all day, he shot about 7-8 in a row. But Snoop Dogg, he had game, his highlight reel was him dominating on the court. He became one of my idols after that day. Maybe I could smoke weed and play basketball like that?
Since then Snoop has gone on to has participated in many basketball exhibitions, including the 2014 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game. This past weekend, Snoop along with former Toronto Raptors star Morris Peterson, hosted a basketball fundraiser called Hoops 4 Water, a celebrity basketball game in Flint, Michigan to raise money and further awareness for the water crisis taking place in the city, for which other artist including Pearl Jam, Vic Mensa and Beyonce have also announced donations.
All of the proceeds were being raised for the Morris Peterson Jr. Foundation to assist with relief efforts amid the city’s water crisis. Snoop and Peterson was also given the key to the city of Flint.
Other celebrities and sports stars who participated included Detroit Lions tight end Eric Ebron, Harlem Globetrotters guard Carlos “Dizzy” English, Detroit rapper Trick Trick, pro boxer Anthony Dirrell, Pat The Roc, and former NBA player Mateen Cleaves. Sway Calloway, from Sway In The Morning served as a coach. MSU basketball coach Tom Izzo was also in attendance.
“I wish I could’ve played for Izzo,” Snoop Dogg said. “When I watched Mo [Peterson] and them back in the day and how they had so much fun out there I like his spirit of how he knows how to coach.”
“The first thing he said to me was that ‘I was down in Michigan back in 89, why didn’t he recruit me?'” Peterson said. “I need that scholarship to State.”
On the first play of the game Snoop “Baby Magic” drove to the basket for a finger roll layup but Morris Peterson’s team came away with a 104-99 after Peterson’s deep 3 point dagger to seal the game.
“We do want to make sure that the mission is to fix this problem and don’t forget about it,” Snoop said. “We’re not here just for fun and games, we’re here for a bad situation that the media and America tends to sweep under the rug but we’re here to pull the rug up. We want to fix this.”
In case you are having trouble picturing Snoop playing ball, check out his half court shot during warm ups. The whole event must have had Snoop in a good mood as he didn’t seem to mind being served with a nasty crossover. Snoop, what were you thinking going full court press on Pat The Roc AKA The World’s Greatest Ball Handler?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f527AarETtc
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It was just yesterday that the one and only Snoop Dogg announced a new album was on the way, scheduled for release come July 1. Now, it seems he is hellbent on making that happen and has gone onto share not one, but two new singles. Although his last single prior to this was only released in April, I don’t think it ever gets old seeing fresh music from the one and only S-N-Double O-P D-O-Double G!
First, we have Top Down. Produced by Bongo da Drum Gawd, it’s a Cali song for cruising around with the top down. Looking back on the years when he wasn’t one of the kings of hip-hop, the lyrics recognise the struggle faced in the come up and features some silky smooth singing from vocalist October. That, and a lot of references to weed. #JustSnoopThings.
https://soundcloud.com/snoopdogg/top-down-mix
Next up is Love Around The World. This time tapping Big Bub for some soulful, sensual vocals, Snoop talks about his touring and the extent of his influence. Giving shout outs to “the whole globe” and talking about having “100 fans show up at my door,” Snoop knows he’s the bomb, and now he’s wanting to spread that love that is given to him all over the world.
It’s assumed these two tracks are from his forthcoming record, but that is still yet to be confirmed. Saying yesterday he intended for his new record label, DoggyStyle Records, (which will be releasing his album) intended to release up to 100 singles by August, so it seems they’re off to a good start. Going from that, we can probably expect to hear a lot more from Snoop and his DoggyStyle crew in the coming months – and that is definitely a good thing… as long as there is no more Snoop Lion.
See More: Read our retrospectives “What Ever Happened To Baby Snoop?” Part One and Part Two
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Over the last month, there have been more than a few hints that Snoop Dogg has entered the studio to work on a new project.
Now, as revealed via a late-night Facebook live stream and Instagram post, Snoop has now confirmed that the project will be his next solo album. Launched under the newly relaunched DoggyStyle Records, the LP will be dropping July 1.
Further highlights of the live stream include details of DoggyStyle’s intention to put out no less than 100 singles before August, Snoop’s ornate pair of Versace shoes, an unreleased tape from early alias Snoop Rock Ski and a conspicuously large jar of the artist’s personal stash.
For the new LP, Snoop has enlisted help from Just Blaze. Commenting on the forthcoming album, Blaze provided insight into his inspiration: “Some of the stuff that I’ve been working on lately just kind of felt like an updated version of that old Death Row sound, kind of an updated G-Funk,” he shared with Billboard. “I just started working on these tracks and they had a lot of those similar elements, just felt like newer versions of that feeling.” Blaze also added he’s not the only producer working on the project, but further details have not yet been announced.
Considering that DoggyStyle and The Doggfather were both released on Death Row Records it sounds like the album might be evocative of a more classic Snoop Doggy Dog-era sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hIjgofcuWU
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Money makes people do weird things. Like, really weird. Celebrity endorsements come to mind as the birthplace of some of the more batshit insane advertisements that have seen the light of day. Following on from the announcement that Soulja Boy just signed a $400 million contract with an online poker fund, we’ve put together five of the craziest and hilarious musician endorsement deals. A word of warning, don’t read this article while you’re at work, because some are too ridiculous to contain your laughter and/or incredulity. Also there’s a Victoria Secret ad, and it’s really creepy.
Method Man x Sour Patch Kids
Yes, this happened. Method Man, formerly of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, not only appeared in a 4-minute commercial for the candy company, but also wrote a rap for the sweets. The video opens hilariously with a parental caution screen, claiming that it “May contain content inappropriate for children.” Yeah, like extreme amounts of sugar. Also the lyric “pussy pump,” bleeped out in the final edit. Watch it below, and ponder how far the poor man has fallen. This is the same man who got a solo track on Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), and who The Source named in their list of 50 top lyricists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw7uhVtpI5I
Snoop Dogg x Norton Anti-Virus
This one isn’t a video or an ad, but rather a campaign. Snoop Dogg legitimately teamed up with Norton Anti-Virus to hold the “Hack Is Wack” contest, where contestants were to create the best 2-minute rap song about “viruses, phishing attacks, identity theft and other cybercrime.” The prize? A ticket to L.A. to see a Snoop Dogg concert. Yes, this really, really happened.
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Warren G x AffirmXL
Dick pills. Warren G, west-coast rapper/producer and stepbrother to Dr. Dre, starred in a commercial for dick pills. The same Warren G who was nominated for two Grammy’s, and here he is sitting on the toilet in some random guy’s apartment, reading a newspaper and handing him Viagra knockoffs. And you bet your ass he makes a Regulate joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLkOxdG6I2g
Bob Dylan x Victoria’s Secret
This one is less weird than the others, but way more creepy. Of all the people you wouldn’t want to see in a lingerie commercial, wrinkly old Bob Dylan is up there. His pouty/brooding expression rivals that of Jon Snow, but Snow is a) much more attractive than Dylan, and b) hardly ever surrounded by super models in their undies. Bob, you have no right to be all pouty, and you definitely have no place in this super creepy ad. He looks like a homeless man who wandered onto the shoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFrFQ-F64Y
Ozzy Osbourne x I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
30 seconds. That’s all this commercial is, and it’s changed my life. I have no words, so please, just watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMs7-MQb5as
I don’t know what’s better, the completely wooden line of, “Awh ah cahn’t tell the diffrence,” or the fact that he cracks an egg on a mini skull. This whole clip is so “…What the fuck?,” it’s better than most modern art pieces. I want this video to play at my funeral.
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Over the weekend, Birdman released a new single, Fuk Em, which seems to be a Lil Wayne diss. Really? Aren’t we past this? Is Birdman seriously responsible for Tha Carter V two year delay? Or are they just beefing for the sake of it now?
I thought they had moved past it, as earlier this year, both rappers appeared on stage together in Miami. But no, Wayne was still suing Birdman for millions. Birdman spoke out on the matter in an interview with Hot 97 claiming he’s not responsible for holding back the release of Tha Carter V:
“Me not putting out Tha Carter V, why wouldn’t I? I’ve got a lot of money invested into Young Money and Wayne. So for me, I want to get some of mine’s back, you understand me? … I think the world deserve Tha Carter V. Whatever he wanna do, I’m good with it. I ain’t gonna stop him, I’m gonna embrace it. Wayne is a boss. He his own boss. … I would never stop him from doing nothin’. He’s still puttin’ out records—I could stop that shit if I wanted to, but I ain’t gonna stop him from hustlin’. We in this for the money, man. We rap for the money.”
Two sides to a frickin’ coin with these two – but whatever the reason, I wish we could go back to a simpler time. A time when Lil Wayne and Birdman were friends
Do you remember when Lil Wayne and Birdman were the best of friends? I do, it was great. We had solid releases from Wayne and also had the two doing what they love, rapping for money. What about that time when Birdman took Lil Wayne’s daughter Reginae jewellery shopping for her ‘Super Sweet 16’? Remember that beautiful brotherhood moment?
Skip ahead to 21 minutes to watch the glorious Rolex action (and stay watching for cameos from The Game, Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, Rae Sremmurd, and uh, two luxury cars – including one Ferrari – for this girl’s sixteenth birthday).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68G9KS2wVQ
It’s always quite novel when rappers appear in reality TV shows. It’s like seeing a lion up close in a zoo – not nearly as scary when it’s in a cage. Gangster rappers like Ice-T and Ice Cube have certainly lost their one toughened edge since entering into the world of reality TV, comedy and children’s movies. Then you’ve got rappers like Snoop and Xzibit who just nail their weird and wonderful cameo appearances.
As such, we’ve decided to take a look at our five favourite rap reality shows. In no particular order, here they are. And just to clarify, making the list doesn’t mean they’re exactly great or worth watching. We just think they’re funny.
5: Ice Loves Coco
The show features the life of Ice-T and his wife Coco as they move house, start a family and struggle to spend their riches. I was initially super excited to watch this back in 2011 when it aired, as I had remembered seeing an MTV Cribs episode that featured Ice-T’s house a few years before. It was hilarious, he was gangster, and most importantly he had vending machines everywhere. Vending machines that worked as normal, by the way – despite his masses of money, no one gets a free ride. I was so impressed that I wanted vending machines (and still do) in my house. However, it seems that Coco is an exception to the ‘no free ride’ rule, as it turns out this show was pretty much about her, the glamour model, with Ice-T occasionally just saying things and doing stuff. At times it feels like a father-daughter type of thing, like in the episode where she teaches him how to use Skype. Overall, I think Ice-T is just far too soft.
4: Snoop Dogg’s Fatherhood
I personally love this show, because Snoop is one funny motherfucker. “This ain’t the Huxtables but we living comfortable/ and I don’t make my kids eat their vegetable,” he says in the intro song. Everything he says and does in the show is fantastic. I truly think I could be actual friends with Snoop Dogg; I have thought it my whole life, and seeing him as a family man and really not having anything lost from his persona confirmed it. I mean, I have a dogg and I am still as gangster as I was before I did – we are two peas in a very tall pod. The show runs viewers through every aspect of Snoop’s life, from making music videos to his peewee football league, living in the exact way you would imagine Snoop Dogg living his life.
3: The Vanilla Ice Project
The last thing I heard about Vanilla Ice was that Suge Knight held him over a balcony. Well, he clearly survived and is doing very well flipping houses. His show The Vanilla Ice Project is currently in its 6th season – yes, six seasons of Rob Van Winkle aka Vanilla Ice renovating houses. I haven’t watched a lot of this show, but it seems very serious. If you didn’t already know Van Winkle was Vanilla Ice, you might never know. He does occasionally (unintentionally?) quotes rap songs with ome improvement gems. For instance, a new interior might run “from the window/ to the wall.” Classic. Never change, Ice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBWMF4Ci7E
2: Xzibit’s Pimp My Ride
This one should need little explanation as it is probably the most popular of the rapper reality TV shows. You shoot a video of your crappy car and ask MTV to pimp it up. Simple. It’s one of the greatest shows of all time in my opinion. It used to come on right after The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and me and my mate Drops would watch the show while fantasising about owning our own pimped up rides. Unfortunately, Xzibit has moved on (see tweet below) and I guess, in a way, I have as well. I currently drive an Isuzu light truck during the week and scoot around on a tram during the weekends. Occasionally, I splurge for an Uber Black (okay, I did that once) but as far as wanting or owning a pimped up ride, I’m right where Xzibit is. Shit’s been over for a decade. And I have got a job.
But until you have a ute that doubles as a pool table, you cannot truly say you have it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VhWYEOIx0
1. Flavor Flav in The Flavor of Love
I have been scratching my head for a way to explain this show without sounding like someone who ‘loves’ The Bachelor. I have had many (one or two) girl friends (girls who let me hang out with them outside of school, anyway,) who inexplicably love watching terrible reality TV. But as far as reality dating shows go, this is number one. Not just in this list, but number one of all reality TV. Back when I had dreams of making it big as a basketballer, I also had dreams of becoming washed up and lonely and starting my own reality dating show where lots of women had to vie for my attention (ed. note: after chatting to Alex while editing this piece I’ve discovered this isn’t necessarily a joke. I think he really did dream of becoming a lonely washed-up reality dating show host.) But Flavor Flav beat me to it. He stole the idea right out of my 15-year-old mind. That said, his show differed from mine as at the end of the show, the girls had the option of ‘love’ or ‘money’. The show starts with Flav nicknaming all the girls, because apparently he is bad with names. Like on The Bachelor, there is a rose ceremony at the end of each week – sorry, not rose, clock; yep, he puts a clock around their neck if he chooses them. At the end of season 1, he picked Hoops (we all knew he would) but Hoops, plot twist, picked the money instead – cue season 2. Side note: New York, one of the girls from Season 1, went on to star in her own reality dating show. At least it wasn’t Hottie, the girl who served Flavor Flav’s mum an entire raw chicken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35mbdGoH2lQ
When rappers stop making music, boredom must set in and new endeavours must be undertaken. Some turn to media conglomerations, some found their own record labels or extremely successful headphone brands, some purchase hi-fidelity streaming services and others partner with the biggest tech companies in the world. Others turn to reality TV. For better or worse, I prefer the latter; it humanises my idols and usually shows you a funny side you might not see or hear in their hardened raps.
There is no sign of them slowing down, as evidently Snoop Dogg, Birdman, Jermaine Dupri and Damon Dash plan on making a new reality TV show entitled Music Moguls – I, for one, can’t wait.
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Millionaire mayor Salim Mehajer caused a stir this week as he apparently paid $50,000 for rapper Tyga to come and perform at his wife’s 30th birthday party in Auburn, western Sydney.
The scene was set with the rapper turning up in a rented Rolls Royce and a security team by his side as he entered into the Auburn council deputy mayor’s mansion. The bizarre appearance, complete with pictures and videos of the two together, got us thinking about some of the other times people have chucked obscene amounts of money at rappers to come and perform at their private parties.
Kanye West and Jay-Z
Perhaps the greatest show of wealth ever, when it comes to private parties, was when heavyweight rappers Kanye West and Jay Z were paid US$3m each to perform at an Arab billionaire’s daughter’s party. The sweet 16 party saw the two rappers flown out just before Christmas five years ago to perform some exclusive sets. The rappers apparently did a number of shows for the packed party and even threw in some rare content to keep the crowds happy. What the girl, who is a member of the wealthy family that rules the United Arab Emirates, was given for her 21st Birthday party is anyone’s guess.
Drake
Just last month, Drake appeared at the famous Rainbow Room in New York. Only he wasn’t performing in front of an adoring crowd of fans: instead, he was there for an intimate Bat Mitzvah performance. The Canadian rapper ripped through a number of his hits including Hotline Bling at the restaurant, which had been privately booked for Gigi Ashkenazy. Drake’s going rate for private shows is around a staggering $500,000 but you can be sure that Gigi’s father, a commercial real estate developer worth $7 billion, was good for it. It’s not the first time the rapper has been spotted at a Bat Mitzvah, by the way: he was also on hand in 2011 at the Four Seasons to undercut Kanye West.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pdGuPRRajk
Pitbull
US rapper Pitbull earned over $1 million when he appeared at a 15-year old girl’s private party in Texas recently. The singer, who was the headline act after Nick Jonas also stopped by, raked in the obscene amount for an hour long set. The birthday girl, Maya Henry, was clearly thrilled at his appearance as she posted numerous pictures of the two of them on her social media accounts. While her family also stated that she wore two $20,000 dresses during the special night for reasons that haven’t really been explained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-7F8CO-hfs
Snoop Dogg
Everybody’s favourite stoner rapper, Snoop Dogg also cashed in on a lucrative gig when he appeared at a Bat Mitzvah. It’s actually just better leaving what happened at said event down to the man himself though. “I performed at a bat mitzvah. And I’m telling you, man, these little motherfuckers, they were singing my shit, they was cussin’, they were singing the dirty version. I’m talking about 12 and 13-year old little white kids singing this real gangsta shit. Man, I was shocked. para kazanma siteleri. I just gave them the mic and let them motherfuckers go.”
50 Cent
The year was 2005 and 50 Cent was in his heyday and absolutely rolling in it. He had a mega-hit on his hands in In Da Club and he was just about to make some more serious money thanks to his investments in vitamin water. But that wasn’t enough, as he also netted himself a cool half a million when he performed a five song set at Elizabeth Brooks’ party. The highlight of the night? 50 actually changing the lyrics of his hit to, “Go shorty, it’s your bat mitzvah, we gonna party like it’s your bat mitzvah.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss
Nicki Minaj
It doesn’t all go quite so smoothly when it comes to making lucrative appearances at private events. Rapper Nicki Minaj found this out the hard way when she was sued by a Las Vegas club for not fulfilling her contract. Chateau, a nightclub in Vegas, alleges she only performed for 34 minutes of what was supposed to be a full hour, and to make matters worse, she arrived late to the show and cost the club excessive revenue for VIP tables that it was counting on her providing. The club filed a lawsuit and claimed it wanted its cool quarter of a million back off the Pink Friday hit maker.
T.I
What do you do when you are about to be sentenced for illegal gun possession? Well, if you are rapper and actor T.I. you drop by the Townsend Hotel for an Adam Katzman party. The Atlanta native performed a 45 minute set, which was apparently raved over in the local high school newspaper. He then promptly left the party to go to jail for a year. What a guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPTL_plHSGQ
Notable mention: Lil Jon who stills somehow gets paid handsomely for shouting “shots” over and over again on stage in Las Vegas.
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Language is ever growing. From the earliest days of man, the way that people communicate has evolved in such intricate and complex ways that people have dedicated their entire lives to studying it. In the world today, there are roughly 6,500 spoken languages being practiced. With the invention of the written word, these languages were able to be shared more easily, and even more so with the printing press, and the internet after that. The internet in itself has spawned countless words that cross all language barriers. LOL, OMG, ROFL. All of these are understood by almost everyone in the world with access to the internet. Some of these words are now able to connote something more than simply a reaction, like that of a feeling or an experience. One of these, that should need no explanation, is 420.
Marijuana, has always had a relationship with music of all genres, particularly hip-hop. Rappers talk about weed all the time, smoke it in their video clips, and some even now have their own weed-related products on the market. On December 10th 2012, the private consumption of marijuana was made legal in Colorado, America’s 38th state. Weed culture has been booming there over the last three and a bit years, and this year, on the most holy of weed days, April 20th (04/20), there’s going to be a hell of a lot of hip-hop happening there too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlujizeNNQM
Denver’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Gothic Theatre, Herman’s Hideaway and many, many more will set the stage for a 420 that Colorado will no doubt ever forget. Kevin Gates, Future, Snoop Dogg, Tory Lanez, Flosstradamus, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Redman, Method Man, Afroman and tonnes more will be converging on the state to play gigs and, we assume, smoke a fuckload of weed. This is a night that smokers and non-smokers will simultaneously feel a huge amount of FOMO over, and we cannot wait to see what sort of fried antics get recorded and reported about.
Check the full list of people playing here.
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Taking a break from the revolutionary work he’s doing at YouTube, Snoop Dogg has unleashed a spectacular tirade against Mr Olympia, some times Terminator, Kindergarten Cop and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, accusing him of being “a racist piece of shit” in a string of Instagram videos. Specifically Snoop is referring to the release of convicted murderer, Esteban Nunez.
As per Billboard, one of Schwarzenegger’s last acts as governor was reducing the 16 year sentence for manslaughter to just seven years. The kicker here, and why Snoop is dropping it like it’s hot, is that Nunez is the son of former speaker of the State Assembly, and close political ally of Schwarzenegger, Fabian Nunez. To compound things further, Snoop questions why Schwarzenegger would be okay with allowing Nunez to get out of prison early but refused to stay the execution of former Crips gang leader turned peace activist, Stanley “Tookie” Williams.
It’s all quite shady with double standards, perceived racial connotations and perverting of justice abounding. Snoop went further in his rants, via Uproxx:
“So Schwarzenegger lets Nunez’s son out, but he doesn’t let his crimey out. The n**** he did the murder with still in the [penitentiary]. That’s white privilege right there, right? That’s bullsh**. That’s straight bullsh**. So you’re just a f**kery, that’s what you are. You’re just a slut-bucket-mouth motherf**er. I can’t wait to catch you […] I hope he’s running with Trump so we can knock both of you n****s off at the same time.”
These accusations are pretty huge, and the language Snoop is using shows just how mad he is. In a time where race relations are extremely prevalent, and the current political climate isn’t exactly painting a bright picture for the future of minorities, you can understand the anger that Snoop must be feeling.
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Snoop Dogg is apparently back in the studio, recording a new follow up to his 2015 album, Bush, if his Twitter account is to be believed. The 44-year-old OG rapper posted an Instagram video which he took himself, in which he records Just Blaze making some solid g-funk beats, exclaiming that, “motherfuckin’ Just Blaze is cooking right now.”
Just Blaze also tweeted that the studio session had him feeling like it was 2001, no doubt referencing the year which was one of the greatest highlights of his career, in which he produced Beanie Sigel’s The Reason, as well as a solid chunk of Jay Z’s The Blueprint and Busta Rhymes’s Genesis. Needless to say 2001 was a good year for Just Blaze.
Right place right time, next thing, I got @NipseyHussle and @SnoopDogg in the booth trading bars. #rightprice #illmakeyoursh**tighter
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 11, 2016
Got me engineering and recording vocals like its 2001 again.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 11, 2016
Several hours after the initial social media posts, Snoop again took to Instagram to throw up a photo of him and Nipsey Hussle, with the caption, “Crippen cuzzinz cuzzz.”
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Although it’s currently unknown what the title of the new album will be, if it truly is being released in July as Snoop said in the Instagram post, then we should be getting more information about it soon, as well as possibly some new singles.
The last time Just Blaze produced a Snoop song was Lollipop, off the Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ album, which was…pretty average, but judging from what we heard of the beat from the video Snoop posted, this new joint sounds significantly better.
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