Comments on: Listening Booth: Snoop Dogg, “Ego Trippin’”

By: T-Sides Elsewhere. | T-Sides

T-Sides Elsewhere. | T-Sides — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:37:20 +0000

[...] I usually try to get to two each week, but it varies. Recently, I’ve done write ups of Snoop Dogg’s Ego Trippin, Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV, Dengue Fever’s Venus on Earth and the “Once” [...]

By: T-Sides’ 2008 in Review: Songs* | T-Sides

T-Sides’ 2008 in Review: Songs* | T-Sides — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:14:43 +0000

[...] Read my review of the album here. Snoop must have been listening to a lot of R. Kelly when he wrote this, right? I could not believe this was Snoop Dogg the first time I heard it. I hated that 2008 was the year of digital voice enhancement as much as the next person, but this is done just right for a song about spending a day in bed set to synths. (Trying.so.hard.not.to.reference.Kanye.right.now.) In a surprising twist, the censored version (“Sensual Seduction”) is better than the uncensored version (“Sexual Eruption”). More “sensual” and “seductive,” if you will. If you forget what Snoop looks like for a minute, it’s quite the turn on of a song. “Sexual Eruption” pushes the line of ridiculousness just a little too far. Leave pushing that line for people who can pull it off. Like R. Kelly. [...]

By: 187

187 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:03:33 +0000

It's interesting to see Snoop move into “middle age” mode, reminiscent of the Who, Kinks, Clapton, Stones and solo Beatles, etc. around the time they were pushing 40 yet still trying to make the top 40. (Sounds like a phenomenon for this site to explore…)

By: 187

187 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:03:33 +0000

By: 187

187 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:03:33 +0000