Rapper Snoop Dogg is preparing for his new album by paying homage to old friend Suge Knight in his new single Let Bygones Be Bygones.
The former Death Row Records CEO was sentenced to 28 years in prison back in 2018 for the death of former rap music label owner, Terry Carter. Snoop released his debut album, Doggystyle, back in 1993 at just 22-yeard-old through Death Row.
The song reflects on Snoop’s relationship with not only Suge Knight, but Dr. Dre and Master P as well. “Me and Suge cool as a motherfucka,” Snoop says in the intro. “I’m cool with Suge, I’m cool with Master P, Dr. Dre—I’m cool with everybody.”
He also talks about the hit-and-run incident for which Suge was sentenced to prison for.
“This man changed my life / We made history together,” he said about the controversial producer. “Yeah, he did some bulls—/I’m admitting that,” Snoop acknowledges.
Snoop also told Billboard that Let Bygones Be Bygones is the main song on the album that he is most excited to perform live.
“That’s a real musical song, very musical, where I’ll probably have a proper band up there playing the musical pieces and give it an array of sound that normally you don’t see in a hip-hop show,” he said.
The Drop It Like It’s Hot rapper also released a Countdown video with Swizz Beatz, which was modeled after his popular 1992 hit Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang. The video featured lowriders and some of the same clothes and locations as the iconic moment from Dr. Dre’s, The Chronic.
I Wanna Thank Me is Snoop’s 17th studio album. It is set to be released on Aug. 16. Listen to the song below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=XcIY5CB2mmU
