Snoop Dogg? Nah.

Where do I start with this one? "California Gurls" by Katy Perry. I just saw the video clip for the first time on Channel V and I'm a little disturbed. Not by Katy Perry's amazing boobs or the violent display of colour jammed in my face, but by Snoop Dogg's cameo. Are you kidding me? Snoop Dogg from the LBC. Wayside County Jail. Rollin' 20 Crips. Doggystyle. We're talking about one of the greatest West Coast MC's here! I realised some time ago that Snoop had gone mainstream pop and would probably never return to his roots. But never in my life did I imagine Snoop Dogg dancing around a Willy Wonka world with an army full of gummi bears marching behind him. Sure, he's left the whole hard-ass corner-crip-rapper thing behind him. But don't give that up to look like a complete poo-say. Go make another vid with Lil' Bow Wow. That shit was dope! Morphing into dobermans and shit. I curse the day Snoop recorded that song "Beautiful" with Pharrell (you know the one). I have to believe that he was drugged, passed out, bound to a chair, and later awoke to find jumper leads attached to his balls and Pharrell Williams standing over a car battery. "Now you sing, and you sing good!" That really was the beginning of the end. Watch the clip embedded below and mourn the loss of one of hip-hop's true pioneers. Way to go Pharrell. Schmuck.




Snoop before Pharrell.



Snoop after Pharrell.