Snoop Dogg On Future, Migos, Drake & More: “I Don’t Know Who Is Who When The Record Is Over”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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West Coast rap veteran Snoop Dogg recently gave his take on today’s hip-hop scene and explained why the new generation of artists sound alike.

In Snoop’s opinion, some of today’s biggest rap acts all have the same style.

“I don’t know who is who when they doing that rap style, and I love them all! I love Future, Migos, I love all them. Drake. They my n*ggas, but I don’t know who is who when the record is over. When I came out as a rapper, everyone had their own style. If you sounded like someone else, that word was called biting. You biting my style, you biting my sh*t. If you paying tribute, like I did with “La Di Da Di” with Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh—I paid n*ggas who I grew up loving. I’m gonna redo your song, get you paid all over again, and let everybody know it’s your sh*t, and put a twist on it for the new kids who don’t even know it exist. That’s a different way of showing love as opposed to everyone rapping the same style.” (Pigeons & Planes)

Based on one-day estimates, Snoop’s new Bush album should sell at least 19,000 units in week 1.

Pitch Perfect 2 (UMe) 60-65k sales, 70-75k SPS
Incubus (Island) 33-38k, 34-39k
Snoop Dogg (iamOTHER/Columbia) 19-22k, 21-24k
The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Vol. 2 (Big Machine) 11-13k, 13-15k (HITS Daily Double)

Despite having made hits with endless collaborators, Snoop singled out producer Pharrell Williams this week when discussing his Bush LP.

“I think we love each other. We love what we do and we respect each other’s mentality. There’s certain people that I’ll take the backseat to—Dr. Dre being one of them, Pharrell being another. I’ll accept direction because I know at the end of the day that they really care about me and putting me on a level that I can’t see.” (Rap-Up)

The rap veteran also talked about intentionally giving his Bush album a funky, throwback theme.

“This is a funk experience album, which takes you in and out of the galaxy of funk. From a perspective of great music, vocals at a high level, great arrangement, production, just a musical experience for the ages. One to enjoy. We were about trying to put a record out that doesn’t sound like nobody right now. We wanted a record that had a groove line, that was similar to an era of great music.” (Rap-Up)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. To many rappers biting one another with no repercussions back in the 90’s if you did that your career was over

  2. These new cats repeat the same verse through the entire song. Honestly speaking, I only listen to Sports radio now.

    • It’s a shame. All the music I listen to is on my iPhone and it’s mostly 80s and 90s stuff.

      • Its a LOT of good music right now. Its just not on the radio. U sleepin man u better come on in !

        • Like what???? lol. I guess i’m just stuck in the 90s. lol. To me it’s no NEW artist that I can bump and really feel. Mind you I gave certain cats a chance and brought they albums but it didn’t do it for me.

  3. It’s a whole different game. Things that cats get away with now wouldn’t have flied in the 80s and 90s. You would have been kicked out the game.

  4. Someone had to say it! I hope these rap dudes hear it and change it up from the same old same old

  5. Snoop wasn’t You Just AutoTune Out Like in 07??? Lmaoooo Stfu and Worry about That Terrible Bush Album You Sell Out

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