Snoop Dog says: Ugly Women Don't Sell Records

He came right out and said it.
jacked from Miss Info

Here’s a taste of Snoop’s kooky stream of consciousness rant on women, thanks to the friends at BET.com’s Hip Hop Vs. America blog.

“How many ugly women selling records? None! Only the pretty ones sell records. Beyonce, Mary J, Keyshia Cole, the ugly ones don’t sell. I ain’t gon say no names, but they don’t sell records. They just be singing their little hearts out, but they don’t get no sales, cause they ugly. Now, that’s my fault? I can see this on TV now: ‘Snoop Dogg called me, ugly.’ You beautiful on the inside, baby. What I wanna say to go on top of that, to the chocolate women, the dark-skinned women, I love ya’ll. I got a chocolate daughter at home. I always tell her chocolate is the best thing in the world….“

and then Snoop on women in hip hop videos….

“Hip-hop is not the stories. It’s not a soap opera. Hip-hop is not ‘The View.’ It’s not…’The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ Hip-hop is what it is. We have our certain views on women the way we do. It’s like Playboy. Do anybody got something to say about the way Playboy view women? They take their shirt off and show their t**ties. That’s the first way to get into Playboy. You gotta show Hugh Heffner your t**ties if you wanna get in Playboy. There’s nothing degrading about that, but at the same time, when we show women in videos, they have their clothes on. We don’t play videos on BET with women naked; we can’t get away with that. But it’s degrading what we’re doing, when in actuality, we’re giving these women a chance to shine. Now, if these women would become directors and depict women in a different light, then that would give them a different light as far as the way people view them.”

Scorpion said:

muse87 said:

my sentiments exactly !!!!! he is speaking like a true pimp



Keisha cole is cute...wouldn't say she was conventional pretty

I'm glad we didn't have to worry about looks back in the day, because the sister's were doin' their thang with the strength of their vocals and not looks. They didn't give a damn about that ugly mug when they hit that sweet note that made the crowd testify....have mercy.

They were not all beauty queens and still sold records on vocals alone... I can't fault him for what he says because it's the truth now days, non attractive artist don't sell as well, and snoop and any other artist don't mind them taking their track to a level, that a non singing pretty women can't. I fault that on the money hungry record industry, which is all about image & gimmicks and lil' talent ...from the late 80's or early 90'sd to now.

Martha Wash and C&C Music Fictionally incident, Martha was not ugly but her weight was the problem. Hell I guess he should look @ one of his not so attractive female peers in the rap game Missy Elliott she seems to do well..... so it's not your beauty... it's your booty.
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Snoop's not my idea of an expert on gender equality and respect for the sexes...

ThreadBare said:

Don't you love that the concept of actually being talented has gone out the window??

CalhounSq said:

Music today sucks...

It's official: the weed Snoop took blew all of his brain cells.

Of course, Snoop can get away with saying this as he's SOOOOO handsome...

Timmy84 said:

Weed doesn't kill brain cells

ThreadBare said:

snoop;'Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks'

Snoop speaks the truth. It may not be right, or a good thing....but it's the truth.

The Feel-loss-set-fee of Snoop Dogg.
The man who got his name from Charlie Brown.

Militant said:

so wut is christina milan cassie keri hilson nicole sneggar and many more women who flops issue r

snoop betta hope he can deal wit the issues his daughter will face people start dissin her

Snoop Doggy Wrong!

Acutally, she used to be very pretty but you can't say now that her looks are selling records. Her album is still in the Top Ten.

Scorpion said:

Its a shame that Snoop dont realize how much the pimps of the music industry(the corporate big wigs) has turned him into a non thinking prostitute.

For the most part,the way a female looks play a huge part in how successful or unsuccessful they are,more so than with male artist.

Yes, people like Cassie, Christina M, etc have flopped, but would they even have a record deal if they did not look the way they look?

Women that aren't considered attractive by society standards have to come to the table with extreme amount talent - so much talent that they can't be denied, so of course there are exceptions to the "ugly women don't sell' rule.

The industry is more looks/image driven, thanks to videos.

fcukthepolice said:

He's the exception.

fcukthepolice said:

He does love them hoes. He married his boo.

fcukthepolice said:

Just expands them.

Snoop Dog

I love how Snoop sandwiches giving women a chance to "shine" between

lamenting what he can't get away with doing on BET
and putting the weight of how women are depicted on women themselves.

Maybe he'll publicly endorse Hillary Clinton. I wonder if she would both reject and denounce?

Timmy84 said:

He's just dumb

no really; have you heard his lyrics? They are shit

She writes song about giving up on recovery. How beneficial for her life. And the public watches her decline.











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fcukthepolice said:

In a major way.

MsLegs said:

ThreadBare said:

Not sure would Hillary would do...lets listen to sermons of her pastor to give some insight into that..well then again, lets not
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qvgangsta18 said:

you still have to make music thats marketable and stands out somewhat. but if you're not hot, you're not likely to even get that platform and the possibility of having major backing and a big promotion budget.

Militant said:

so whats the determination on whats marketable and what isnt?