Snoop previews "Ego Trippin" for David Beckham & friends....

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   New LP features work of DJ Quik, Teddy Riley, Pharrell Williams, Raphael Saadiq and lyrics by aspiring MCs.
By Shaheem Reid



Could Snoop Dogg's smile get any wider? Definitely not. The legendary rapper just got the stamp of approval from one of the world's greatest and best-known athletes: David Beckham.

Yep, their friendship isn't something made up just for the Dogg's E! reality program, "Father Hood."

"I have all of Snoop's albums, and that's definitely one of his best ones," one of Beckham's associates enthusiastically said to Snoop's business partner, Ted Chung, as he stepped outside of the control room where the new LP, Ego Trippin', was playing. Beckham, Arch Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, Snoop and a host of the Dogg's friends were still vibing inside.

"I ain't no groupie or nothing, but that n---a there is the biggest thing to hit L.A. since Shaq," one of Snoop's homies said of the soccer superstar minutes later, leaving to get his digital camera. No way this moment wasn't going to be captured.

After a round of photos Beckham and company left.

"I'll see y'all later, Church!" Beckam said to Snoop.

Ego Trippin' comes out next month, and indeed, Beckham's friend's summation that it will be a gem in Snoop's legendary catalog didn't seem off. The Long Beach, California, rapper turned the album in to his record label Friday and still couldn't get enough of it that night. He gave it one more spin as his friends DJ Quik and Teddy Riley arrived.



"We're known as QDT," Snoop later told MTV News, sitting next to Quik and Teddy. The three legends have officially forged a musical friendship, kinship and business partnership. QDT want to work together the way Timbaland and Justin Timberlake make albums together and have gone to write, produce and cameo on records for other artists.

Their first project is Ego Trippin'. It started out simply enough: Snoop called in DJ Quik — who has some of the best ears in the business — to mix for the album's early recording sessions. Meanwhile, Riley — who'd been on a year-long sabbatical — met Dogg at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors, where Snoop asked Riley for some beats. He went home and started making a myriad of tracks. Snoop loved the three he heard, and everything blossomed from there.

Riley was given the task of coming up with Ego Trippin's second single, a follow-up to the monster track "Sensual Seduction."

"We redid Morris Day and the Time's 'Cool,' " Snoop said with a smile. "People are gonna trip when they hear how I'm singing on there. Teddy had me sing the whole thing by myself."

"Coooool. Ain't nobody bad like me," Doggy sings on the track. "I got diamonds on my fingers and a couple on my toes. ... I'm just cool. So cool. Ain't nobody bad like me."

Elsewhere, on what will probably be another single, tentatively titled "I'm Alright," the vocal duties are shifted to Raphael Saadiq. (It seems Snoop went back on last year's promise that he'd have no guests on this album.)

"I'm alright, I'm alright, we allllright./ ... Waste of time, go your way, and I'll go mine."

The record is about Snoop 86ing a girl.

In the studio, Dogg started dancing, rhyming and sliding on the floor to the sounds of his own music. Don Juan got up and joined in with his own moves. Out of nowhere, Ray J popped up. But that's far from random: Snoop has more famous friends than a dog has fleas, and everybody's welcome to join him.

They just might serve as a muse to one of his rhymes.

"Me and Leonardo DiCaprio," he raps on a song called "Hollywood Nights." "He keep a bad ho. I keep a bad ho."

Pharrell Williams and Too Short also contribute to the LP. This time around, not only did Snoop get people like Shawty Red to write his song lyrics, he brought in a team of aspiring MCs to pen his rap lyrics too.

"I'm into giving people chances," he explained. "They wrote what they thought Snoop Dogg should be saying. It turned out wonderful."

[Lunatic]

props

i'm damn ready for a new snoop LP for real

[KURUPTION-81]

Nice article but realistically are snoops friends gonna say "snoop ya album sh*t, ya never gonna make another doggystyle"

[kingston]

Nice article but realistically are snoops friends gonna say "snoop ya album sh*t, ya never gonna make another doggystyle"

i can't say it better

[sav]

Snoop don't need ghostwriter, what a bad idea.

[WestCoasta]

other than the fact Pharrell is involved and that he's not writing all his shit, I'm really lookin forward to what this sounds like

[MontrealCity's Most]

NIce article

[Lunatic]

other than the fact Pharrell is involved and that he's not writing all his shit, I'm really lookin forward to what this sounds like

pharrell is a dope producer. I think the problem sometimes is the artist. Look at the work he does for clipse, all dope. Their first 2 albums had every song (i think it was every one) produced by him, and both are amazing records. I think the problem is some artists (snoop, luda, etc.) when working with pharrell want a poppy, mainstream beat. Cause if u ask him for some gutter shit, we've seen he can do that no problem at all (clipse).

[Z the laidback Virus]

I have absolutely no idea wether I'm looking forward to this.

About him having guests on there, after all...I didn't like that change of direction at first but perhaps it is for the better.

I hope that QDT-business will amount to something...if it sounds well, of course.

[PLANT]

other than the fact Pharrell is involved and that he's not writing all his shit, I'm really lookin forward to what this sounds like

pharrell is a dope producer. I think the problem sometimes is the artist. Look at the work he does for clipse, all dope. Their first 2 albums had every song (i think it was every one) produced by him, and both are amazing records. I think the problem is some artists (snoop, luda, etc.) when working with pharrell want a poppy, mainstream beat. Cause if u ask him for some gutter shit, we've seen he can do that no problem at all (clipse).

I dont see a problem with SNoop & Pharrell working together.  I think almost everything hes done with the Neptunes has been dope

"Chuuch to da Palace" (Snoop kills this shit using "Shiznit" type of flow)
"Beautiful" (huge success for Snoop, this song saved his Paid the Cost record from not going plat)
"Drop It like it Hot", "Signs" & "Lets get Blown" all dope tracks IMO, DILIH turns out to be Snoops biggest hit ever, dope track, dope video
"It Blows My Mind" (from the clones cd, Snoop spits vicious on there, kills that track)
"Vato" (another dope track, B Real was dope on the hook and Snoop flows perfect using another "Shiznit" type of performance

I think I left out some of RnG and the stuff Neptunes did with 9 Inch Dix, but for the most part, they Snoop/Neptunes collabs work for me

[Meho]

The main problem with Snoop and Pharrell collabos is that the songs have very little replay value.

Back to the topic, I have no idea what to expect from this album.

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

i guess gangsta rap fans wont like this one lol...im all for it...sounds like they made this album the same way "Thriller" was made , so i am looking foward to it.

[i love men who take pictures with their booty's out]

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=208587

snoop introducin qdt

[~Lucien~]

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=208587

snoop introducin qdt

I'm happy for Quik. let's hope this will work! I wish him the best.
he's the greatest

[Snoopafly-1986]

hope there aint too many songs like Sensual Seduction but that Neva Hafta Wurry is the shit