In so many ways Snoop Dogg has become a joke. It seems that no one today can make an album without having a song featuring Snoop Dogg. To that you add his cameos in movies, television shows, etc. and he's seen as some phony baloney persona, not even a real person. In fact he has struggled with this since he hit the scene because everyone looked at his debut album as just an extension of Dr. Dre in many ways. The problem is that Snoop Dogg is a great rapper with a very unique voice, both tonal and lyrical, and so when he gets a good track it's good. The problem is he's on everything and so there are so many bad tracks you forget that he has any skill. This album was suppose to be a very serious effort from Snoop Dogg, but it's obvious that it turned into his usual free for all and runs at 21 tracks. It even has a duo with Willie Nelson. There is so much junk on here that anything good gets lost.
Still if you are willing to dig into it you could come up with a few solid tracks to put on a workout mix.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 1 out of 5 stars for Just OK.
So Snoop Dogg is basically the Elton John of rap?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more of Nicholas Cage.
ReplyDeleteThat's a better analogy. Was Snoop Dogg ever as good a rapper as Nicholas Cage was as an actor?
ReplyDeleteHis debut is considered a rap classic for sure. He was also working at the time with Dr. Dre who was considered the top producer. His career went fully commercial more quickly, but there was a time when he was thought to be one of the top rappers.
ReplyDeleteGood for Snoop Dogg. I always assumed he was a no-talent.
ReplyDeleteI am for public libraries, yard sales and picnics at shelter houses at city parks.
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