Coming soon: Snoop Dogg returns to rap roots

‘Coolaid’ will be star’s first hip-hop album in five years

NEW YORK: Snoop Dogg has returned to his rap roots, as well as his familiar love of marijuana, as he released a new song and detailed his upcoming album.

Coolaid, which will come out on July 1, will be Dogg’s first hip-hop album in five years, he said in a statement.

The first song, Kush Ups, is driven by a bouncy beat and explores the delights of marijuana.

Fellow hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa, joining Dogg in the song, boasts of the size of his joints and raps, “So much weight that now I’m doing Kush Ups.”

Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa also announced a joint 33-date tour of North America that will open on July 20 in West Palm Beach, Florida.



A longtime aficionado of marijuana, Dogg debuted a video for the song on Merry Jane, a cannabis culture website he founded, and has invested in a smartphone delivery service for medical marijuana in his native California.

Dogg earlier appeared on a track entitled Kush with his mentor, rap mogul Dr Dre. He has previously collaborated with Wiz Khalifa. The pair, along with pop singer Bruno Mars, celebrated marijuana on the 2011 hit Young, Wild and Free.

Emerging from the gangsta rap scene of southern California, Dogg, who has sold more than 35 million albums, quickly found his calling with smoother sounds.

His last album, Bush, took an R&B turn and featured songs with singing legends Stevie Wonder and Charlie Wilson.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 9^th, 2016.

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