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As a teen, Snoop was affiliated with the Rollin' 20 Crips gang in his hometown of Long Beach, CA. He has continued his public affiliation with the Crips well into his rap career, mostly through the not-so-subtle use of the Crips' color, blue:

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While we at RG could not find independent verification of this story, it is very plausible. James Brown had a history of making hair-based demands on people, famously telling Al Sharpton to always keep his hair straightened, a request Sharpton has honored to this day:

Likewise, Snoop’s story gains veracity by the fact that his hair is in fact very long, and he does often wear it in ponytails and/or braids:

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Snoop here references Cee Lo’s big hit

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This Large Professor-produced banger brings together four underground heroes for some serious heat.
M.A.R.S. stands for Mega, Action, Roc, and Saigon.

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Sandman drops a stellar freestyle that goes from art criticism to restaurant etiquette

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Snoop lights up a big one while recalling some interesting advice he once got from James Brown

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Khan speaks strongly against war and climate change deniers while paying tribute to the late Senator from Minnesota, Paul Wellstone

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The Roots would interpolate this line on their song “Ain’t Sayin Nothin' New”

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The “the, the, the” here is a nod to Snoop’s famous verse in “Who Am I (What’s My Name)?”:

From the depths of the sea, back to the block
Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky as the, the, The D.O.C

Snoop’s line was itself a nod to the scratched hook of The D.O.C.’s song “Mind Blowin”. And that scratched hook is a vocal sample from Kool Moe Dee’s “Go See the Doctor”

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Gangsta Gibbs gives us his version of an old proverb, while dropping some early 80’s slang

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