“Me and Pharrell went into the studio last night, and we’re gonna start on this album called Ego Trippin’,” Snoop told MTV last Week.
“I’mma do the whole record, me by myself. I don’t want no guest rappers, no singer, nothing. Just Snoop Dogg. I want you to feel me. When I think of all the greats before me … I bought Rakim’s album the other day for the hundredth time, no guest rappers. I bought one of KRS-One’s albums the other day for the hundredth time, no guest rappers.
“You lose focus after awhile when you’re doing an album,” Snoop continued. ” ‘Snoop, you got a new album coming out. Who’s on it?’ I’ll be like, ‘I got him on it, him on it, them on it.’ When it’s time to do the video, they’ll do the video with me, but when it’s time to do a show with them, ‘Oh, I got a show in Germany,’ or, ‘I got to be in Paris.’ You’re left one-legged. Now it’s time to show artists.
Can you handle the whole weight? Do you got enough to do it on your own? Did you put yourself in a position where people love you for you — or for being associated with people? This record, I’m seriously ego-tripping like, ‘I don’t want you on my album. Nah, I don’t need you.’ “
Snoop, who got the idea to go solo on his forthcoming LP from British Songstress Amy Winhouse, says he wants listeners to get to know him on a more personal level.
“[When I’m listening], I’m learning who she is,” he said about the soulful singer.
“But when you listen to James Brown, he did it by himself. Curtis Mayfield, by himself. Of course they did collaborations, but the [songs] that matter they did by themselves. I don’t think people have got all of me yet. Doggystyle was about 95 percent of me. But I wanted Tha Dogg Pound on my album. This record, even if this record don’t sell, that might be a blessing. It needs to get back to [letting people know] who you are. I don’t know whose record I’m buying right now because it’s so many people on it. Is it a compilation? What is it?”
No word yet as to when the LP will be released.
COMMENTS
CANT WAIT FOR THIZ SHIT TO COME OUT
first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha fuck it snoop is right
Your actually second you dumb fuck! GET EM SNOOP!
this is gonna be hot :]
Interscope aint gonna let him do that...he gonna have somebody on it...even if its one r&b artist
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SNOOP DO THAT cuz it would be a classic!
And get beats from these people:
Dr Dre, Cool & Dre, DJ Premier, Swizz Beatz, Hi Tek, JR Rotem, Meech Wells, 9th Wonder, Eminem, Neptunes, J Dilla (RIP), Quik, Scott Storch, Mannie Fresh, Alchemist, Kanye West, and Just Blaze
all star line up ya know! Snoop a vet so why not get the vet producers!
hopefully dre do like 40% of his beats. and let pharrel do 20% everybody else can get one track. i would love to see a dilla track or 9th though for real
i co-sign that.
cosign...if dr.dre and pharrell does most of the beats, its gonna be a classic!
cant get too many pharrell beats i like him a lot but i start feelin like im in a spaceship after awhile.
maybe i'm wrong but isn't "great depression" without featz,,,,i meen DMX,,,(question mark)
"It needs to get back to [letting people know] who you are. I don’t know whose record I’m buying right now because it’s so many people on it. Is it a compilation? What is it?"
'Nough said....
~Be Eazy!
Any chance to sneak my girl Amy's name into the headlines... Cop the album... lol.
Illmatic...Az only had 1 verse in the whole album and is still the greatest Hip Hop album ever so whatever snoop isn't just Ego Trippin' he's got some sense in him.
cmon...NO FEATURES...we being technical
Illmatic was that shyt and still is though!
In all honesty, the black album has been one of my favorite since it hit the market matter fact my sis copped da album on release date for me....but that album wasnt all Jay//
2. Gloria Carter ( some vocals yah remember)
3.Hum V yes he was credited ( additional vocals)
4.Mad voices on that i wouldn't consider it a feature tho) Ye himself i reconize consequences voice to
5. this was an actual feature by Pharrell
7. this is a skit by Cedric the Entertainer ( does skits count too)
11 had some vocals from Sharlotte Gibson this was gonna
be cooler with tha new girl whats her face humm chrisette..
well i mean without ANY other rappers! No one verse wise...ya know lol
if we wanna go there
Jay-Z - Black Album was the perfect cd with no features!
oh yeah (LEAVE DEPRESSION CD OUT cuz Drag, Mysonne, Mic Geronimo, and Big stan was on that even if it was a bonus track or 2)
rakim did that shyt alot!
rakim should be top 5 on everybody list...reason not #1 cuz we need
NEW RAKIM! NEW RAKIM! NEW RAKIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hateme,
You from the South... Memphis, TN right? How do you feel about the Jena 6 situation? The Genarlow Wilson situation? Jim Crow is still alive and well in the South isn't it? I'd like to get your personal opinion since you're from down there... Is Tennessee considered part of the Deep South? What are race relations like in Tennessee?
If this AIN'T Hip-Hop, I don't know WHAT IS...
And one other thing hateme, the #s are in - after all that, TALIB ONLY MOVED 60. Are you serious? The dude moved 60 thousand units. That's TERRIBLE... I'm not one to quote album sales, but in this case I'm pissed 'cause I'm part of that sixty. Wow... 60... Just goes to show... Actually, I don't know what it goes to show... help me out here...
charismatic — about 5 hours ago
And one other thing hateme, the #s are in - after all that, TALIB ONLY MOVED 60. Are you serious? The dude moved 60 thousand units. That's TERRIBLE... I'm not one to quote album sales, but in this case I'm pissed 'cause I'm part of that sixty. Wow... 60... Just goes to show... Actually, I don't know what it goes to show... help me out here...
its just goes to show that rap industry is starting to become like professional basketball nowadays. its like they lettin all the new cats grab up all the money and lettin all the vets bust they ass for the minimum. i bet you(not really) that when allan houston, or penny hardaway come back, they wont be making as much as lebron or wade. \\
and about that jena6, i heard its supposed to be this big ass protest down there wit people from all over the us just like the million man march, i hope its true.
hatemebytch-ok!!!
Okay thats whats up. I was listening to Gin & Juice last night and was thinkin what it'd be like to see Snoop return to his roots..he got caught up in the pimp persona thing and making loot off featuring to the point that we really don't know who he is any more. It'll be nice to see that. Like I was feeling that show he had on MTV cause at least we got to see he was a goofy fun loving guy.
I always respect the artists that put themselves into the music.
yea yo, its like after rappers get famous, they let the media affect them and change them into whatever they want, its like they are shells of their former selves. thats why sometimes i be hearin and seein dudes rap on tv, and be like damn is that really him/her
DAMN IT SHOULD BE A GOOD LOOK 4 SNOOP AND THE FANZ IF SNOOP CAN GO BACK 2 GIVING US JOINTS LIKE GIN AND JUICE ON THIS NEW ALBUM
GOING ALONE ON AN ALBUM IS REALLY THE SHIT LIKE JIGGAZ BLACK ALBUM (WAS FEELIN EVERYTHIN THE NIGGA SAID FROM START 2 FINISH OF THAT ALBUM) HOPE SNOOPS IS LIKE THAT
i cant wait to see a snoop album wit dre doin the beats again.
I AGREE WITH THE BIG HOMIE SNOOP....HE'S AN ARTIST THAT CAN DO AN ALBUM BY HIMSELF THAT'S REAL GOOD AND WILL SELL. CHURRRCH!
IF SNOOP PUT SOULJA BOY ON THIS ONE, HE WOULD SELL 5 MILL EASY!!!!
YYYYUUUUAAAAAHHHH!!!
lol, you on every post talkin bout soulja boy, but it be hilarious though.
dude is trash...u gotta admit lol
NA PIMPIN, HIP HOP IS TRASH WITHOUT THE LEGENDARY SOULJA BOY!!!! YYYUUUAAAHHHH!!!
lol does everyone understand why I'm not going to engage in a discussion about this commentlmfao....
All i got to say is about damn time.
why dont he just take it back to the old days, and let dre produce like 95 percent of the album. and i feel him on the whole ego trippin thing, but for some reason i think dre gon rap on a song.
i feel him, most of the time i hate features, sometimes they work, but most of the time they seem like just fillers to help the album sell.
NIGGA SNOOP GANNA DIE SOON SMOCK EVERY DAY
i feel a classic album is comming
OK, so you'll be the only one rapping and singing.
But will you be the only one writing.
It is well known that Snoop has used ghostwriters in the past (Bad Azz being one),
so let's keep it true school hip hop.
He does have a point though, the average hip hop album now is like a compilation, the weaker the rapper, the more famous featuring artist.
So it could be a nice change, just write it yourself Snoopy
good to hear snoop talk like this....BRING THE WEST BACK NIGGA
crankallday — about 7 hours ago
NA PIMPIN, HIP HOP IS TRASH WITHOUT THE LEGENDARY SOULJA BOY!!!! YYYUUUAAAHHHH!!!
... u must be a dumb nigga soulja boy iz tha wackest rap artist in tha game