Missionary
Missionary Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre With all due respect to DJ Battlecat, The Neptunes, and the other myriad producers who made key contributions to Snoop Dogg’s vast discography, nothing feels quite so right as when he links with Dr. Dre. From the moment the former N.W.A member’s ostensibly solo debut The Chronic entered the zeitgeist, artists have repeatedly tried—and generally failed—to achieve the level of chemistry and clout generated by their seminal pairing. While they’ve stayed in each other’s orbit over the years, trading beats and bars on albums like Snoop’s 2006 Tha Blue Carpet Treatment and Dre’s 2015 Compton , the auspicious release of Missionary marks their first full-length team-up in more than three decades. Its title a clear nod to the 1993 West Coast masterpiece Doggystyle , this long-hoped-for album changes positions without losing the feeling. Though Missionary largel...
