Willie Nelson singing with Snoop Dog

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 22 Apr 2011 1:02 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-weOXYqW ... r_embedded

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 25 Apr 2011 12:29 pm

why does snoop dog have a career?

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 25 Apr 2011 1:07 pm

Ha!

Probably won't go down as Willie's best tune but what fun. Good for Snoop and Willie, love em both.

Laughed out loud watching Snoop take a hit on the vaporizer for the first time.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Apr 2011 11:46 am

does snoop dog have a talent?

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 26 Apr 2011 11:57 am

I don't know too many people who have lasted in the music industry as long as Snoop without a talent.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Apr 2011 12:05 pm

alright fine...what is his talent? ...endurance?

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 26 Apr 2011 1:02 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg may answer your rhetorical question, Chris. He's extremely successful in a different style of music than you may enjoy.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 26 Apr 2011 1:04 pm

Snoop sang as good as Willy.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 26 Apr 2011 1:35 pm

In regard to the Snoop & Willie duet, let me paraphrase the infamous Rodney King quote if I may.
Can't we all just get a bong?

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 26 Apr 2011 1:53 pm

Brad Bechtel wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg may answer your rhetorical question, Chris. He's extremely successful in a different style of music than you may enjoy.

I don't enjoy rap or hip hop either, but clearly the man is doing something right.

I've been told that there are rappers who are actually saying things that have social value. For all I (and most of us) know, there may be some brilliant poets and wordsmiths working in that field. We have to acknowledge that possibility.

But all I ever seem to hear is a lot of profanity and calls for violence. When did the F-word become required?

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 26 Apr 2011 1:56 pm

Well, Chris,

As per Brad Bechtel's link, he has been in the industry for over 17 years, sold millions of records, as been in many tv shows and movies, was an instrumental force in his brand of music, added terms that have gone into the american lexicon (Louis Armstrong is the only other musician I can think of off the top of my head that did that).

No Limit Top Dogg (selling over 1,503,865 copies

Tha Last Meal in 2000 (selling over 1,000,000)

Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$, on Priority/Capitol/EMI Records, selling over 1,300,000 copies.

Snoop's 2004 release R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece. "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Pharrell), the first single released from the album, was a hit and became Snoop Dogg's first single to reach number one. His third release was "Signs", featuring Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson, which entered the UK chart at #2. This was his highest entry ever in the UK chart. The album sold 1,724,000 copies in the U.S. alone, and most of its singles were heavily played on radio and television.

Snoop's 2006 album, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, debuted on the Billboard 200 at #5 and has sold over 850,000 copies.

In addition to music, Snoop Dogg has starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows: Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg's Father Hood and Dogg After Dark. He also coaches a youth football league and high school football team.

Chris: I guess that is how he has a career: he is successful.

Should Snoop not have a career because you don't like him?

Should you not have a career because I don't like country.

What is more puzzling to me is how does Kenny G have a career? or how does any smooth jazz artist have a career? or how do accordion artists have a career.

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 26 Apr 2011 2:02 pm

"When did the F-word become required?"

As an entrepreneur, I can tell you sometimes it is VERY required.

Is this really an issue anymore? It is a word. A very good word and a very effective word.

One of my favorite shows is the the Marc Maron WTF podcast where it is said in the opening theme music probably 30 times in 2 minutes. Sure I'm not going to say it in front of little children, but last time I checked we were all adults.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Apr 2011 2:21 pm

i guess i miss a more respectful and less low class era. being rich doesn't make you classy.

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 26 Apr 2011 2:36 pm

Personally, I don't find much class or respect in much of this thread.

High class and respectful like George Jones showing up drunk for gigs.

High Class and respectful like Johnny Paycheck going to jail for attempted murder.

Country music has no claim on class or respect.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Apr 2011 2:45 pm

i don't remember mentioning country music...

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 26 Apr 2011 2:47 pm

Did you have to?

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 26 Apr 2011 2:48 pm

I can't listen to this crap anymore. Time to take a long break from this forum. I won't say what I really think because believe me, it ain't classy or respectful.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 26 Apr 2011 3:45 pm

Bio from Rap Basement News:

Snoop broke into the adult entertainment business in 2001, recording adult videos to some of his music tracks for the DVD, Doggystyle, Vol. 1, which received two AVN Video Awards. He followed Doggystyle with his own installment of the Girls Gone Wild series dubbed Girls Gone Wild Doggy Style.

Class.

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 26 Apr 2011 10:09 pm

OK,
Time for one more before b0b gets tired of this too.
Snoop and Willie
I guess if you grow up gangbanging with the Crips, a legal career is considered a sellout.
Apparently, Its not just the pimps, ho-ho's and twinkies in Compton that like his music.

Clete

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 27 Apr 2011 10:16 pm

Yeah old Snoop has made a lot of cash. So did Al capone ,But Al had a better product.YOU BETCHA.DYK?BC.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 28 Apr 2011 4:42 am

I didn't like it because there was no Steel..

Shows you what can be accomplished when great Country singers get together..Remember "If it smells it sells"?

Willie would have sung with Kate Smith if she was still around..

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 28 Apr 2011 4:58 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ZSKkurmG4

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 28 Apr 2011 6:55 am

I was commenting on Mike's post.
I don't condon WIllie or Snoop at all. I don't respect either one! Snoop sang as good as Willie and that's not saying much.

I'm with Joe on this one, no steel, no good!

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 28 Apr 2011 2:52 pm

Mike Perlowin wrote: I've been told that there are rappers who are actually saying things that have social value. For all I (and most of us) know, there may be some brilliant poets and wordsmiths working in that field. We have to acknowledge that possibility.

http://cdyoung.typepad.com/weblog/2004/ ... _arti.html

From the article:

Sadly, most people only experience the tip of the iceberg when it comes to rap. Indeed, commercial radio these days is dominated by bling-bling, gangsta, R&B, and dance manifestations of the genre that are often catchy and fun, but monotonous in delivering an unsubstantive message. But dare to explore the lower end of the FM dial and with a little patience and luck you will find independent and college radio stations playing amazingly creative and fresh music

I think this quote fits almost any genre in "popular music" these days....

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 28 Apr 2011 3:55 pm

I just thought of something. Snoop Dog's endorsement of Willie Nelson, even if it is just for smoking weed, is going to introduce Willie and his music to Snoop's fans. Maybe some of them will say "That dude's music is cool" and listen to other country artists.

Maybe some of them will eventually become interested in the steel guitar.