they were playing the new snoop rhyming over hits cd in the record shop today. any time between 94 and 98 this would have been the greatest cd ever, just to hear his very particular style over beats that weren't straight west coast. but in 03 snoop and his fans and probably his management have already played these "what if" games, so he's rhymed over timbaland, premier, no limit, fucking everything! guest appearances and films have made me tire of his persona too.
from the brief listen i got he wasn't doing anything funny with other people's songs like g unit do (there was a lame version of "react" which, a year on, sounds like the most annoying beat ever released anyway). so what's the point? well "so fly" uses monica's "so gone" instrumental to amazing better-than-g-funk-era effect. it doesn't sound like a winner immediately but when nate dogg sings "riding in my car/and i'm listening to the radio" it's just like "ahhhhh", you know it all makes sense and everything is right with the world. the rule must be that if you give nate a beautiful heart-breaking beat to sing over he will raise everyone's game because snoop sounds great too!
it is also testament to this enduring beat, which is nearly my favourite of the year but everyone else i know hates. wtf is wrong with you people!
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