One of our readers specifically requested www.teawithlemon.com to do an opinion piece on one of the biggest pieces of world news to hit this week. No, I am not talking about
Olympic records being broken or the
largest blackout in the history of the world. I am talking about the debut of Snoop Lion.
During a visit to Jamaica back in February, Snoop (which is what I'll call him from here on out) visited an unspecified temple where an unspecified "High Priest" (surely the joke is on us here) dubbed him Snoop Lion.
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I'm willing to best that Snoop Lion still enjoys the herb
Photo: movieline.com |
You can get all my thoughts on this momentous announcement after the jump!
Snoop complained that his children, grandmother, and others around the world cannot accept the music he currently makes, so in addition to the name change, he'll be focusing his creative energies on a new genre for him, reggae.
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| Neither strike me as big reggae fans |
Snoop is one of the most well known artists in the history of rap and for white people in their 30s, a big part of their formative years. He's apparently bored with what he's been doing the last 20 years and thinks it is time to mix it up. Snoop has been called 'Uncle Snoop' by some and this was his cue that it was time to move on. Not content with being an elder statesman in the rap world, he wants to keep things fresh and exciting for him and fans. Sort of like his foray into porn many years back.
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| I hope he fired his management after this |
He claims to be "Bob Marley reincarnated," I think he just got a hold of some really good weed. He will forever be known as Snoop Dogg. The hits he made in the 90s will always be what is known for, but I can't knock him for this move because its getting him a lot of publicity. I wonder if he and Dr. Dre discussed this after their Coachella set in April? Snoop's last solo show in San Diego was at 4th and B (and he hadn't even showed up by the time I left at 11:30pm), if he thinks he can successfully tour behind a reggae album he's got some shocks coming. Bring back Dr. Dre and the Tupac hologram and it is a totally different story.
You can listen to one of his newly produced reggae tracks below, and expect his full album, Reincarnated, in the near future.
A big Snoop fan myself, this isn't very exciting. Most of that feeling is probably due to that fact reggae is not a genre I spend much time listening to, but also, what is wrong with sticking with what you do best? Could grandma snoop not get into
Beautiful?
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