And to be able to take what I learned from rapping and be able to spin it into reggae music is beautiful because there's a little rap in reggae and there's a little reggae in rap, so it's all complimentary. So that's probably 1978 when I started and it's 2012. I've been doing rap ever since I've been a rapper. I just think that, right now, this is what feels good to me. Or as we say - to G or not to G? That is the question. Snoop: To be or not to be? That is the question. Will we ever see another rap album from Snoop Dogg? Snoop Dogg and Snoop Lion.ĮT: We look forward to that. Snoop: We got Bunny Wailer on a song - from The Wailers. It's a great thing.ĮT: Can you tell us anything about the collaborations on the album? So they give a positive message and turn it around and come from that same perspective that I come from but just on another level, but it's all music. And, you know, Rastafari a lot of the guys come from oppression and come from being abused and treated bad.
That's why the transformation into reggae fits better, because to me reggae is about love and peace and unity and struggle. That's what I'm going to always be in hip hop. Do you feel like you could've made that switch staying in hip hop? rapping - it seems like you have more of a focus on putting out a positive message. To me it's a little bit of both in everything.ĮT: One thing with the reggae vs. It's a journey and it's a transformation. It's kind of hard to say what's the difference because it's not two different people. Snoop: I can't tell, because it's still in the process.
Hopefully when the movie comes out it will better explain to you and everyone else who wants to know how it happened.ĮT: What would you say is the major difference between Snoop Lion and Snoop Dogg? I'm glad I documented it because you wouldn't really understand it until you've seen it. the transformation is kind of hard to explain.
Snoop: The plan was to go make a record, and to film the process of me making a record. When you initially went down to Jamaica, what was the plan? Snoop: Yeah! If it's written correctly and the role on there for me is appropriate for what I'm going through at the time and if I can bring a positive message - most definitely.ĮT: Speaking of what you're going through, I gotta ask about your transformation and the documentary. You know, some things from the '70s that really had an effect on me as a kid.ĮT: Would you ever consider doing something like that moving forward?
I always wanted to figure out a way to do a great sitcom like a Good Times or What's Happening. You know, I had a show called Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, which was on MTV. Have you ever fielded ideas for your own sitcom? It was all about an idea that was brought to me that I enhanced and liked, and I went ahead and put my team around it to make it work.ĮT: You've done a lot with comedy - we've seen you on the Comedy Central Roasts and Soul Plane and you've worked with Andy Milonakis before. I liked the idea and, you know, went to the studio and made it happen and it worked. Snoop Lion: They approached me about it, and we put a team together (like Andy Milonakis around it and a couple other people that I had trust and faith with the comedy side of what I do).