Snoop Dogg Says His 'Cool' Cover Of Time Song Is 'Dynamic To Your Ears'

[Elano]

He had a place in New York, two more in Malibu. Diamonds on his fingers and toes. Ladies by the dozens and money by the tons. Lead singer of the Time, Morris Day epitomized what he sang about on the group's 1981 hit "Cool." He had his own dance and somebody to carry a mirror around just so he could check out his own sharp splendor. Now, in 2008, one of the coolest guys of the past two decades is honoring the Time in song.

"Sensual Seduction" was just the beginning for Snoop Dogg's full-on singing. His upcoming LP, Ego Trippin', includes a tribute to the Time. Coooool!

"I redid 'Cool,' " said Dogg, sitting with his new business and musical partners Teddy Riley and DJ Quik. "Teddy put his fingerprints on the music. We did a remake of it. It sounds amazing. Everybody who hears it don't believe I sang. Teddy made me sing. I was trying to cheat in the beginning.

"I was like, 'Teddy, you should keep your vocals on there,' " Dogg continued. "We sound good together. He was like, 'Nuh-uh. You come in there and you sing.' He stripped it all down. He made me sing it. Find the right note, get on the right key. It's a fun record. It's one of those records that if you never heard it before, it's gonna be dynamic to your ears. If you have heard it before, it's gonna take it back to a time where it felt good, where music was all about feeling good and partying. No killing. No dying. Everybody just lives happily ever after and parties all the time."

"I ain't afraid," said Riley, who produced the new version of "Cool," about making a record as big as "Sensual Seduction." "I just think that music is music. Anything with the touch and print of Snoop on it is gonna feel good. People are gonna say, 'Wow! That's him?' They gonna bug out. It's gonna be a totally different world after that single."

The Time have heard Snoop and Riley's song and have co-signed on it. When asked whether he would appear in the video, Day replied, "Absolutely."

"I think it's a good thing that Snoop Dogg chose to cover 'Cool,' " Day said. "We heard it, and he did a decent job. So it's all good. I'm happy to see he's singing, going towards the R&B direction. Props to Snoop Dogg."

Snoop's next two singles from Ego Trippin' are "Neva Hafta Worry" and "Life of Tha Party." No word yet on whether "Cool" will be a single.

[Mackin]

How does Quik fit into this?

Snoop Oh Snoop...Can't wait 2 hear this though...

Anybody getting a feeling That Dre Might actually cop on to what Snoop is doing..and get sum ideas.....

[LyRiCaL_G]

im actually really looking forward to this album. Its funny snoop has proved himself without dre that you hardly ever hear shit like "snoop aint shit without dre" no more. If people talk about dre its more of a "we hope they work together because they bring it together" which shows that people know snoop can make hits and good records without dre. Now they just need to hear some of that vintage snoop/dre to bring back the memories of the old days! Whether that ever happens or not though we'll see. The BCT was the worst shit they done imo  in terms of quality in comparison to classics they bang out like its nuttin.

imma be coppin ego trippin no doubt!

pz!

[DOGGSHIT]

Can't wait to here it

[Quadruple OG]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

[Lunatic]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

[Quadruple OG]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

I forgot this was the unofficial snoop dogg forum, what was I thinking 

[Lunatic]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

I forgot this was the unofficial snoop dogg forum, what was I thinking 

lol you are for real?

I ain't even that big a snoop fan..I wouldn't even put him in my top 5, MAYBE i'd put em in my top 10..like c'mon? really think bout that one..Snoop VS. Suga Free? who's the bigger name therefore has the better chance of getting a legendary sample cleared?

[D~Nice]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

I forgot this was the unofficial snoop dogg forum, what was I thinking 

Maybe the Time did not like his version. Alot of artists are very sensitive when their music is sampled.

[We Fly High]

song is super dope. some saturday night cruisin in hollywood type shit.

[Tha G In Deee]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

I forgot this was the unofficial snoop dogg forum, what was I thinking 

Maybe the Time did not like his version. Alot of artists are very sensitive when their music is sampled.

^That's true. But at least we still got that one song Free & Morris did together from "The New Testament" with Quik & Freeze on the beat.

[D~Nice]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

I forgot this was the unofficial snoop dogg forum, what was I thinking 

Maybe the Time did not like his version. Alot of artists are very sensitive when their music is sampled.

^That's true. But at least we still got that one song Free & Morris did together from "The New Testament" with Quik & Freeze on the beat.

No doubt.

[Tha G In Deee]

So how come snoop got a pass for getting the clearance to use that sample and Suga Free couldn't a couple years back when he remade "Cool"?

is this a serious q?

snoop might have a bit more pull than suga free

I forgot this was the unofficial snoop dogg forum, what was I thinking 

Maybe the Time did not like his version. Alot of artists are very sensitive when their music is sampled.

^That's true. But at least we still got that one song Free & Morris did together from "The New Testament" with Quik & Freeze on the beat.

No doubt.

^I would still like to hear Free's version of "Cool", that would be completely off the hook.

[tonybest]

Nate Dogg re-did "Cool" back in the Death Row days.  Not sure if it was ever released commercially, but the track was ridiculous.

[smegma]

^I would still like to hear Free's version of "Cool", that would be completely off the hook.

Here ya go...
suga_free-cool.mp3 - 7.19MB

Nate Dogg re-did "Cool" back in the Death Row days.  Not sure if it was ever released commercially, but the track was ridiculous.

If the DR vaults would only be available for the fans someday...