Snoop Dogg Has Officially Cemented Himself As One Of The Greatest Storytellers Of All Time

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Snoop Dogg gets credit for a lot things- his music, his swagger, his voice, his ability to transform from hardcore gangster rapper to wholesome family cook at the drop of a hat…But one thing he doesn't get credit for is his storytelling ability. I guess part of that has to do with the fact that what he's saying is often overshadowed by how he says it. People get lost in the expletives and cadence rather than the meaning of the message. The same thing happens with Mike Tyson. So when Snoop sat down with Wallo and Gillie on this week's Million Dollaz Worth of Game, I made sure to listen extra close. It wasn't hard to do given that THIS was the intro to the episode…

^^One of the most iconic rappers of all time rapping one of the most iconic songs of all time? You have my attention! 

Without giving too much of the episode away, here are some parts that I thought were interesting. Again, this isn't groundbreaking stuff, but hearing Snoop talk about it so candidly was fascinating. Credit to Wallo and and Gillie for making him feel comfortable enough to do so…

Snoop on what it was like being charged with murder at the age of 21…

“Normally when I went to court, I would just take the deal. Cause I didn’t have money for a lawyer. So this was the first time I ever had a lawyer, had somebody speak for me to where I couldn’t say nothing, I couldn’t do nothing, I had to let the lawyer speak and just sit in court and be on my best behavior…I couldn’t move in certain ways and couldn’t do certain things, but it taught me discipline. In a real crazy way it taught me discipline because everyone else around me was running wild and I was the only one that couldn’t.”

Snoop on his relationship with Suge Knight and how he helped him through his murder trial…

“Suge Knight was one of the best n* that I ever ran across in my life. For the simple fact that he was so honest, so real, so true and so passionate about Death Row and his artists and about us becoming who we are. I like to reflect on the great shit that he did. Everybody know about the bad shit, but the great shit he did was he instilled in me the power and the will to be great and just stand on top of it and not to be second place.”

“If it wasn’t for him I don’t know what I would have did because he was professional enough to know that, ‘you need a lawyer, you gotta get a defense team, you gotta do this, don’t say a word.’ We spent about $10 million on that case…at least, because the case went on for 3 years.”  

 Snoop on longevity in the music business…

AND last but not least because I don't want t give away too much, Snoop on what it was like going from Death Row to No Limit with Master P…

“Death Row we was like leasing. Leasing, so you paying somebody else’s rent. No Limit was, ‘what house you want? What car you want? In your name. Yeah, IN YOUR NAME.” On the difference in the way Death Row operated versus Master P’s No Limit label

“I wanted $3500 for a verse and he [Master P] gave me $35,000 and he gave me game on how I should be moving. He was willing to just take me up under his wing and he looked at me as a star. He didn’t look at me as a nigga that didn’t have it. He seen what I could continue to be and that’s why when I got with No Limit I don’t think I was as big as I was on Death Row, but I think I was better. I think I was more wholesome. Like on Death Row I really couldn’t fuck with niggas cause we was only in house, but on No Limit I was able to be on 50 fucking records.”

^^Nothing buys loyalty quite like tacking a few extra zeros on the end of a paycheck. He also told a WILD story about waking up to his cell mate hanging from the bed his first time he went to jail…

Alright, that's all you get. This blog wasn't meant to be a plug, I just genuinely find Snoop Dogg fascinating and thought the interview was great. He ropes you in the second he starts talking. Kinda like Bryce Hall. Check out the whole thing below if you have the time. Have a great day my queens.