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Thread started 07/31/12 12:14pm

ColAngus

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Introducing : SNOOP LION

NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he's tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.

Also, he's got a new name: Snoop Lion.

The artist said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was "born again" during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his "kids and grandparents can listen to."

The former gangster rapper is releasing a reggae album called "Reincarnated" in the fall. He said that in Jamaica, he connected with Bob Marley's spirit and is now "Bob Marley reincarnated."

Bob Marley's son Rohan attended the conference and gave Snoop his blessing.

"I feel like I've always been Rastafarian," Snoop said of the spiritual Jamaican movement. While there, he said, he visited a temple, was renamed Snoop Lion and was also given the Ethiopian name Berhane, meaning "light of the world."

full story :

http://music.yahoo.com/news/snoop-dogg-becomes-snoop-lion-readies-reggae-cd-161013663.html

Not sure if Snoop Lion will catch on ... confused confused

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Reply #1 posted 07/31/12 12:19pm

NaughtyKitty

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hmm

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Reply #2 posted 07/31/12 12:37pm

aardvark15

eek I thought this was just an album. I didn't think he went all Prince on us
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Reply #3 posted 07/31/12 12:37pm

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He is not BOB reincarnated, that was just a hit of good sticky. stoned

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Reply #4 posted 07/31/12 12:47pm

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lol

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Reply #5 posted 07/31/12 1:00pm

AsherFierce

Can't switch from a dog to a cat. I do not approve. bored2

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Reply #6 posted 07/31/12 2:10pm

NDRU

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ColAngus said:

he connected with Bob Marley's spirit and is now "Bob Marley reincarnated."

uh...okay lol

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Reply #7 posted 07/31/12 2:11pm

NDRU

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looking up "lion" in the kamasutra...

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Reply #8 posted 07/31/12 7:20pm

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this nigha had some good dodo!

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Reply #9 posted 07/31/12 7:57pm

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I'd say I want some of what he was smoking, but i don't wanna change my name, so.... maybe not

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Reply #10 posted 07/31/12 9:58pm

Gunsnhalen

He's just trying to sell albums lol STFU Snoop.

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Reply #11 posted 07/31/12 11:56pm

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Reply #12 posted 08/01/12 8:45am

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Oh my efffing gawd eek disbelief http://www.vancouversun.c...story.html

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    89%
  • I like it

    11%
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Reply #13 posted 08/01/12 10:37am

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Dude must have some killer weed.

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Reply #14 posted 08/01/12 12:06pm

Graycap23

LIE ON..............Snoop

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Reply #15 posted 08/01/12 9:23pm

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Snoop Lion aka Snoop Dogg heads up new documentary about Jamaican culture

The film will accompany the rapper's forthcoming 'Reincarnated' reggae album

Photo: PA

Snoop Dogg's brand new reggae persona, Snoop Lion, is set to head up a new documentary.

Following the artist's recent journey to Jamaica, Vice will be releasing a feature-length film and a photobook, as well as the 'Reincarnated' album, produced by Diplo/Major Lazer.

The documentary, Reincarnated, shares a name with the forthcoming Snoop Lion reggae album, and features never-before-seen images of Rastafarian and Jamaican culture. It will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7. Photographer Willie T accompanied Snoop on the trip and will release a coffee table book of his images.

Snoop Lion was the name given to the rapper by a Rastafarian priest upon his arrival to the island – it comes from the Lion on the Imperial Ethiopian flag, which is highly important to Rastafarians as it is a symbol of former Ethiopian Emperor Halie Selassie.

Of his trip to Jamaica, Snoop said at a recent New York press conference, that he believes he is the reincarnation of singerBob Marley. He added: "For this project, I had no intention of making a reggae album, but the spirit called me. Anytime the spirit calls you gotta know that it's serious and real."

He continued: "I didn't want to be Snoop Dogg on a reggae track... I wanted to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion, but I didn't know that until I went to the temple and received the name Snoop Lion from the Nyabingi priest. From that moment on, I started to understand why I was there and was able to create something magical in this project... something I haven't done before in my career."

Snoop Dogg teamed up with Diplo to release a reggae single, titled 'La La La'. You can listen to the track below.

http://soundcloud.com/sno...snoop-lion

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #16 posted 08/01/12 10:12pm

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I don't think he fully understands what "reincarnated" means. Bob is dead. Snoop is alive. If the spirit of a dead person enters your body, YOU'RE not reincarnated, you're POSSESSED.

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Reply #17 posted 08/02/12 2:02am

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Reply #18 posted 08/02/12 4:12am

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Just recently got back from jamacia myself. Gotta stay away from two things in jamacia. The weed and the pussy. The weed got Snoop, the pussy got me!!!! Snoop changed his last name, I'll probably change this female's last name.

F'n jamacia.....
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csharp57 said:

Just recently got back from jamacia myself. Gotta stay away from two things in jamacia. The weed and the pussy. The weed got Snoop, the pussy got me!!!! Snoop changed his last name, I'll probably change this female's last name. F'n jamacia.....

eek lol

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Reply #20 posted 08/02/12 5:50pm

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He is not BOB reincarnated, that was just a hit of good sticky. stoned

lol

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Reply #21 posted 08/02/12 5:51pm

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luv4u said:

csharp57 said:

Just recently got back from jamacia myself. Gotta stay away from two things in jamacia. The weed and the pussy. The weed got Snoop, the pussy got me!!!! Snoop changed his last name, I'll probably change this female's last name. F'n jamacia.....

eek lol

falloff it's true

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Reply #22 posted 08/02/12 7:18pm

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nursev said:

luv4u said:

eek lol

falloff it's true

falloff ohhh shit!!

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Reply #23 posted 08/02/12 7:20pm

nursev

luv4u said:

nursev said:

falloff it's true

falloff ohhh shit!!

Stay away from the dick too falloff you'll be name changing and shit like Snoop lol

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Reply #24 posted 08/02/12 7:44pm

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I don't think he fully understands what "reincarnated" means. Bob is dead. Snoop is alive. If the spirit of a dead person enters your body, YOU'RE not reincarnated, you're POSSESSED.

You're right about that. You can't be the reincarnation of somebody if you were born before they died, hmm

He should call himself Snoop lyin', lol

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Reply #25 posted 08/02/12 7:53pm

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babynoz said:

ScarletScandal said:

I don't think he fully understands what "reincarnated" means. Bob is dead. Snoop is alive. If the spirit of a dead person enters your body, YOU'RE not reincarnated, you're POSSESSED.

You're right about that. You can't be the reincarnation of somebody if you were born before they died, hmm

He should call himself Snoop lyin', lol

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