There’s barely a style that Snoop Dogg hasn’t touched. An early pioneer of the Nineteen Nineties G-Funk period, Massive Snoop got here in swinging together with his debut album and magnum opus, “Doggystyle” in 1993. All through the last decade, he’d stay constant in hip-hop, however on the flip of the late-2000s, Snoop would flip to extra eclectic stylings, whether or not dropping straight soul classics or attempting nation music.
Virtually 4 years after the passing of his mom, Beverly Tate, on Monday, April 14, Snoop introduced the upcoming launch of his second gospel album, “Altar Name,” which shall be devoted to Tate. The LP arrives on what would have been Tate’s 74th birthday, and follows Snoop’s 2018 album “Bible of Love.”
“The spirit of my mom will eternally reside inside me. This album is a mirrored image of what she has taught me to make use of my voice and my platform to unfold love and heal the world,” Snoop mentioned in an announcement.
Like his return to gospel, Snoop has utilized his musical vary in increasing the genres of disco, reggae, and extra, we BET.com recaps under.
Earlier than collaborating with the likes of Hint Adkins and Jelly Roll, Snoop hit the backroads with Willie Nelson on twangy 2015 tune “My Medication,” which additionally featured Everlast.
The all the time charismatic Snoop crooned on 2008 single “Sensual Seduction,” also referred to as “Sexual Eruption,” which was a mainstay on “106 & Park” throughout R&B’s autotune period.
The West Coast rap icon introduced the funk on his 2015 album, “Bush,” which was government produced by Pharrell Williams. With an all-star forged of Charlie Wilson, Stevie Marvel, T.I., Rick Ross and extra, Snoop introduced again Seventies curler skating jams whereas dedicating the album to his favourite plant, Mary Jane.
Snoop held the great phrase shut on his 2018 gospel effort “Bible of Love,” and introduced out the style’s most interesting, like B Slade, Kim Burrell, Tye Tribbett and John P. Kee.