1.
The
artist that is being evaluated is Snoop Dogg.
His music can be classified as R&B, Hip-Hop and Rap.
2. Snoop Doggs has had many hit songs
that have been on billboards top charts including : “Gin And Juice”, “I want to Rock” “Ain’t Nothing but a G
thang baby”, and “Drop It Like its’ Hot”.
3. Snoop Dogg also known as “Calvin Cordoazar
Brodus Jr” has been around since the 1990’s.At first he had many bad mishaps
with the law and this stalled his music career for a while. When all his
mishaps finally cleared up he came back and gangsta rap wasn’t as popular but
he found a way to stay afloat and make himself popular since the 90’s. Snoops
music is popular because of his collaborations with many artists and catchy
violent, rhyming lyrics combined with Ebonics.
4. Snoop usually sports a “gangster”
dressing style. I believe he sports this style because he is from, Long Beach,
California, and was once a “Crip” gang member. This was the culture throughout
his whole life. Snoop wears baggy jeans,
shirts and blingy necklaces. He also always or most of the time has a cane in
his hand symbolizing his lifestyle; an old rich stylish pimp. His hair is
usually styled in cornrows or relaxed with a perm.
5.
The
lyrics to the song “young and free” are catchy and inspiring to young
teenagers. An example would be where [Bruno Mars sings] So what we get drunk? So
what we smoke weed? We're just having fun. We don't care who sees so what we go
out? That's how it’s supposed to be Living young and wild and free. I went with
this song to match the spring break theme and this song is No. 9 on Billboards
Hottest List this week. Next week will be spring break, so as you know most
students who will be partying will probably be partying to this song. Another
example where Snoop relates to his adult fans would be where he sings: [Snoop
Dogg] You know what? It's like I'm 17 again Peach fuzz on my face Lookin', on
the case Tryna find a hella taste Oh my god, I'm on the chase, Chevy It’s
gettin' kinda heavy, relevant, sellin' itDippin' away, time keeps slippin' away
Zip in the safe, flippin' for pay Tippin' like I'm drippin' in paintUp front,
four blunts, like, "Khalifa put the weed in a J". The words are
erythematic and catchy. Snoop relates to his older fans by rapping about songs
that make him feel young and mentioning that he flips houses for money and his
profit is kept in a safe. Snoop smokes hashish to forget about his everyday problems.
6.
The
music video that I watched was “young and free” by Snoop, Whiz Kaliffa and
Bruno Mars. Snoop is known for collaborating with many artists. The videos’
setting is in a high school with teenagers smoking hashish. Students are
smoking in the hallways and in the principal’s office. Afterwards the scene
changes and cars are parked at a drive in movie where teenagers are partying. Teenagers
are having fun throwing popcorn around and teenage girls are dressed in bikinis
sliding down an inflatable slide with bubble foam in it. Snoop Dogg and Wiz
Kaliffa are “high” throughout the video and have flashbacks of all the fun they
had and are still having.
7.
I
don’t think I would like Snoops popularity to come to an end. He always has fun
in his videos and I like his rhythmic rapping. I believe his music makes him
feel young and that’s why he doesn’t look like he’s 40. I would like to see him tone it a bit down and
not appeal so much to drug use. I can see that he’s trying to say to have fun
while you’re young and enjoy it. It’s not all about fun and games, but he does
have a point .I think high school should be the last stop on a joy ride. Eighteen
is the legal age limit so teenagers have to decide either to be dropouts or
continue studying to pursue a college degree. In the past Snoop’s lyrics were
violent aka gangsta rap, like all artists I think you have to come up with
songs that sell and appeal to the younger generations.
