![]() ![]() Snoop teams up with Brooklyn singer Angela Hunte (who co-wrote the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys New York anthem âEmpire State of Mindâ) for several uplifting reggae hymns. Reincarnated serves up numerous songs designed to uplift and motivate its listeners. Snoop Lionâs theme of âlove is the cure and courage is the weapon to defeat all evilâ is evident throughout. "We still drop it hardcore/ None of them canât take it/ When the lion roar/ We no take no shorts tellin we want more/ Now itâs time to settle the score/ For all of my people in the ghetto streets reppin/ And all who really stepped on/ Love is the cure and courage is the weapon/ You can use to overcome." âRebelâ opens up the album, setting the tone for the project right out of the gate: Reincarnated is Snoop Lionâs most socially conscious body of work to date. More than his sound, Snoop fully embraced Marleyâs belief that love conquers all evil. ![]() Snoop Lion channeled his inner Bob Marley, the very man he believes heâs reincarnated from, for a 16-track psychedelic trip. When youâre an uncle, itâs time to find something new.âįast-forward to nearly a year later, hot on the heels of what has to be one of Snoop Lionâs favorite unofficial holidays, the reformed gangsta rapper releases the highly anticipated Reincarnated for post 4/20 enjoyment. âIâve won every accolade you can get in rap. ![]() âRap is not a challenge to me,â he confessed. Snoop admitted that after 20 plus years in the music industry, he was in desperate need of a change. ![]() Wailer claims Snoop has engaged in "outright fraudulent use of Rastafari Community's personalities and symbolism" - and has failed to meet "contractual, moral and verbal commitments."Īnd it's not just Bunny who feels burned - leaders of something called the Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council (aka Rastafari Millennium Council) - fired off a 7-page demand letter to Snoop.During the press conference, Snoop Lion revealed that during his sabbatical on the tiny island, he recorded a Major-Lazer produced album of reggae songs titled Reincarnated and he would be releasing a documentary that filmed his Caribbean epiphany of the same name. which documented Snoop's immersion in the Rasta culture as he recorded his first reggae album in Jamaica last year. and now they're threatening to sue.īunny Wailer - an original member of Bob Marley and the Wailers - tells TMZ he's heated about the docu-film " Reincarnated". Snoop Lion, nee Snoop Dogg, has done the seemingly impossible - pissed off a bunch of ganja smoking Rastafarians - who claim he lied about becoming a Rasta just to make a movie and sell records. ![]()
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