ALBUM OF THE SUMMER.

discuss.

01. California Roll (Ft. Stevie Wonder)
02. This City
03. R U A Freak
04. Awake
05. So Many Pros
06. Peaches N Cream (Ft. Charlie Wilson)
07. Edibles (Ft. T.I.)
08. I Knew That
09. Run Away (Ft. Gwen Stefani)
10. I'm Ya Dogg (Ft. Kendrick Lamar & Rick Ross)

Kendrick bounced them outta of rotation for a minute, but they just roared back into my stereo.

its hit after hit after hit

easily.

Charlie Wilson being on a lot of the songs help too. Snoop does it again.

Tuxedo still champ.

I thought i was going to hate it and I'm pleasantly suprised

top down, windows down, ride out!

in terms of longevity.

i just listened once tho.

Pharrell all over it (background vocals/chorus/probably some writing).
The first three songs Snoop Dogg is very absent
This could exist as a double album with GIRL being the first part.

It is a very enjoyable album, Snoop Dogg & Pharrell are a winning team.

Agreed.

minus 2-3 joints girl sucked.

I know the first 2 singles are, but not the album yet.

perhaps there's a difference between spotify US & Europe.

I don't see it on mine either.

the Gwen Stefani joint. I can't believe I'm typing this, but that joint is BONKERS! DAYUM!

"This City"
"R U A Freak"
"Awake"

are 3 Frankensteins in a row. Trump tight.

Those are the absolute keepers for me, and DAMN Kendrick stunk up that
last joint. Very awkward.

Anyway - that joint w/ Gwen Stefani GOES. It will RULE July. Be prepared

>Those are the absolute keepers for me, and DAMN Kendrick stunk
>up that
>last joint. Very awkward.
>

Yeah, that's like the lone blemish on the album. Not sure what he was going for there.

>>Those are the absolute keepers for me, and DAMN Kendrick
>stunk
>>up that
>>last joint. Very awkward.
>>
>
>Yeah, that's like the lone blemish on the album. Not sure what
>he was going for there.

Maybe the subject matter threw him off? *Fresh Prince shrug*

I feel like the beat is actually kinda flat compared to the rest of the album. Feels like it's missing something.


werd.

Neptunes vibe. Fire.

I don't think I've felt a Snoop album since R&G, but this is dope. Good spring/summer music; should be great for cookouts when I fire up the great. I'm cool with him barely rapping at all on it too.

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Snoop does his thing, but Pharrell is in a zone.

cant wait to hear this

thanks

This ain't better than Tuxedo though.

both are great and complementary.

Snoop is singing on 90% of the record and there's little cursing. Both albums are comparable, but they are different records IMO

and i liked that Dam record but this is another beast altogether musically.

instead of that sleepy time adult r&b garbage he's been doing on every album

they brought that "S.O.S." sound back.

>they brought that "S.O.S." sound back.
Yep

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
Cameo-Alligator Woman
Krystal-Gettin Ready
Carmen Rodgers-Stargazer

I'm not even going to ask why aren't these being played on adult black radio
I know cointelpro was bad but damn that 1996 telecom act!!

Pre-'96 those would have been more hits in the Jam/Lewis portfolio.

It's cool. I doubt I'll give it much burn but I can't find much fault in the execution.

"so many pros"..it's just too much of the same sound back to back

i put PNC right after "this city" and now the album is a solid 4.5/5

surprised at how much I liked this album.

The fact that it's basically the same sound, but Tuxedo's just has more legit Funk and a lushness to it. I almost wish Snoop coulda rapped on their project, or even that all four of em could do something together.

I would much rather go back and listen to the original source material on.

I'll take this Snoop record over that all day and I don't even like it like that.

and energy to it. And it has enough of a twist to sound modern, doesn't just sound like leftovers.

each one running thru my subconscious at random for the past few weeks.

Admittedly I listen to it more but there's a reason for that.

Beck doing Midnight Vultures was more memorable to me than what Hawthorne is doing here, at least on the latter you still felt his own artistic character/charisma where this is basically an indie JT suit-and-tie take on early 80's roller rink jams that leave me wanting to just play the source material for a true fix.

Bush on the other hand is a put-on/let-it-ride album.

I hope I remember to ask you about this comparison in a year or two offline after the initial wave has cleared, when I see u out somewhere and ask you if you still think Tuxedo trumps it then.

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
Cameo-Alligator Woman
Krystal-Gettin Ready
Carmen Rodgers-Stargazer

They did this for T.I.'s album too. There's a couple gems if you look past Snoops highness & P's humility.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9uO8Tpfr5E

9 roller rink jams.

These pitchfork & billboard type reviews just remind me how little respect music like this got from outlets back in the day.. this is a hard groove oriented album and some folks just don't appreciate clean shit like this.

And I love that album

they're definitely in the same vein.

I know that they didn't know them yet, but they didn't seem to have any interest in hearing the new songs. Pharrell was there, but Charlie wasn't.

Snoop doesn't come to Detroit much, but the last time was here was when Malice in Wonderland dropped and the crowd wasn't into it unless it was from 2001 and back, Beautiful & Drop It Like It's Hot. Yet he did nothing but bangers for 2 hours.

Forget Hov, Snoop should do a deep cuts concert. When he performs he just performs hits because he has so many of them.

if we comparin', I definitely prefer the music of Tuxedo (because the "modern" sound is always gonna lose out to these ears), but there are multiple elements of this album that work much better than that album for me. The Snoop + Charlie vocal combo, Pharrell's in-and-out appearances, the general "clean" feeling of this album. The idea of "you know what they meant to say, but they didn't need to actually say it" that is prevalent throughout this album is actually an underappreciated art, and Snoop, Pharrell and friends pull it off.

Jabronis coming around (I'm mostly thinking those reviews that miss the mark) thinking that it's gonna be a Snoop Dogg rappin' album and mad that it isn't, haven't been paying attention to his career these last few years. Snoop has really carved an interesting niche in these last years, and this album just adds to it.

and really, I'd rather Pharrell make more music like this. If he did, we wouldn't be clowning him for the "New Black" and "Blurred Lines" foolishness.

Gotta give it up for Charlie Wilson. Between this and Tyler's album he's gotta be running away with 6th man of the year in music in 2015. He sounds better than ever, certainly moreso than the years he was messin' around with Ole Piss.

Wasn't feeling the slower stuff but his mid & uptempo tempo jams were all listenable at the very least and in a few cases great (Things You Do, Just Like Summer Time & Hey Lover) Charlie on a damn good run lately.

>Wasn't feeling the slower stuff but his mid & uptempo tempo
>jams were all listenable at the very least and in a few cases
>great (Things You Do, Just Like Summer Time & Hey Lover)
>Charlie on a damn good run lately.

I can't quite pinpoint it, but I would say around the time he changed that haircut, LOL. but especially in the last year or so. it's like hearing him in vintage Gap mode with some of these tracks. And definitely agreed on those uptempo tracks.

N Cream" ?
Had me almost wondering if Quik ghostwrote the verse lol

Nothing close to how Kendrick channeled Suga Free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNDKCHGW70w&feature=player_embedded

and cats will excuse your walking around like you hopped off the set of the Nutcracker, talking about the "New Black"

idk about album of the summmer...thiis album is what i expected it to be more or less. it sounds like one long song that just switches instruments at intervals. i really haven't fully adjusted to snoop yet, and honestly aint really checked for him since rhythm and gangsta(loved it)...okay maybe blue carpet treatment. i understand the direction he's took it too, but it don't seem like Snoop, like he just the figure head of his music, he don't create it. if that makes sense

alternatives.

i'm all ears

>like he just the figure head of
>his music, he don't create it. if that makes sense

...is something I was kinda thinking as well. Like, I'm listening to the album and loving it. But feel like it's a Pharrell and Charlie album with Snoop adding in some nice and smooth ad libs. I felt similar listening to this as I did when I was listening to Electric Circus the first couple times. Like....OK, this is interesting...but Common, like Snoop on this, is like a guest on his own album. ?uest, Dilla and the Soulquarians dominated that record like Pharrell and Charlie did on this.

Again I love it. And think Snoop took full advantage of his vocals. Just agree that maybe this should've been billed as a Snoop/Charlie/Pharrell album considering the level of work put in. In other words I'm curious whose vision this truly was.

Speaking of "collectives" whatever happened to QDC?

so if he and P sat down and P said lets go in this direction and Snoop rolled with it how can anyone be mad?

Honestly, when has Pharrell worked with someone and the artist was in the front and P was in the back? Even if P doesn't get on the mic you know when it's Pharrell.

I wouldn't be surprised if Snoop has a few albums left on a contract and he just told P to do what he does...

Just said I feel like Snoop's a guest on his own album.

Doesn't take away from the quality of it, I'm just always interested in who put what into each album.

Like, I'm
>listening to the album and loving it. But feel like it's a
>Pharrell and Charlie album with Snoop adding in some nice and
>smooth ad libs.

I think this is why I like it. It's Pharrell f/ Snoop.

These 3 tracks seem out of place and lack the funk:
- Edibles
- Run Away
- I'm Ya Dogg

Only saying because this album was meant to be all about the funk.

I like the rest of the album though.

I agree on Run Away

It's ok nice mix of tracks I guess but tuxedo sound better IMO.. still not a bad album and great vocals from Charlie.

like WHY can i not stop humming california roll?! WHYYYYY



does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

Took me a bit to warm up to it but I really dig what he's going for. Came out at a perfect time.

Also I like the Kendrick feature *shrugs*

this shit is stellar and as simple as it is lyrically/thematically it rewards repeat listens at the same time.

This album has owned May for me.

Tuxedo is tight but it's still white

>Tuxedo is tight but it's still white

songs like Bush/Tuxedo that are meant to sound like those 80's songs....how could I name it?

I don't really wanna name it "80's" anything since these type songs are new.

Lost for the old, and Found for the new sounds capturing what was lost.

I'll def figure it out soon enough

Skinny Jeans & Parachute Pants
Roller Rink At The Brink

Eh, I'll come up with a few later on my way home but it's a start.

Nice summer joint, one of best of 2015

THAT was unexpected....but stragely not really though

*shrug*

most of the songs sound like retread "yarbrough and peoples"

not MAD at it

but if pharrell could get in trouble for "blurred lines" then this is just as problematic in the derivative sense

From front to back... I'll be listening to this years from now...