It’s a thrill to hear Mary J Blige dealing out self-love affirmations on “Diamond Life”. “Big Subwoofer”, though – a joint effort from supergroup Mount Westmore – bounces up and down like a lowrider driving around Long Beach. “Anxiety” seems to interpolate the bass riff from Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” and feels more like a tribute to New York’s jittery backstreets than Snoop’s native California. Redman snarls and snaps his bars, before handing the mic to Method Man their gruff tones are tempered by the siren-voiced Nefertitti Avani and a sweetly shining synth line. It all fits seamlessly together, a rich tapestry of weed-toked slow jams, woozy psychedelic infusions and pimped-out west coast joyrides. Algorithm rolls out the creme de la creme: veteran stars such as Mary J Blige, Redman and Jadakiss, and more recent signings including Mississippi-born gospel singer Camino. What follows, in fact, is a rambunctious party at which Snoop embraces his role as benevolent hip-hop godfather – “the host with the most” – celebrating with Def Jam artists past, present and future.Īlgorithm, the 50-year-old’s second full-length project this year, arrives after his appointment as Def Jam’s executive creative and strategic consultant. It’s a red herring, designed to make you expect something cold and clinical. A robotic voice answers with the dictionary definition. “What is a algorithm?” Snoop Dogg asks in the intro of his new album.
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