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)
Perfectly said Snoop…
Funny isn’t it lol
UNCLE SNOOP!! PREACH!!!!!
To many rappers biting one another with no repercussions back in the 90’s if you did that your career was over
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.
So
Go somewhere clown. Lol.
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.
He said this with G-Unit months ago… Y’all could’ve just took it from tht!
Dung beetles are wack lley
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.
How you know Was you in the Game ?
Well obviously you didn’t see the criticism that dudes like Big Daddy Kane & MC Hammer got along with others who made questionable moves. Instead of trolling why don’t you do a lil research like an adult.
You know alot ….Fuckwhit
Ok “Kanye East”. LOL. Eat a dick.
when the culture and the game was one and the same,,theres rules to this sh*t
Someone had to say it! I hope these rap dudes hear it and change it up from the same old same old
Snoop wasn’t You Just AutoTune Out Like in 07??? Lmaoooo Stfu and Worry about That Terrible Bush Album You Sell Out
What label is Snoop on, what is iamOTHER?!
pharell’s label