Snoop Dogg has something to say about the response to his new album Missionary – mainly the critics who initially voiced negative opinions.
Taking to Instagram with a video on Thursday (December 19), Snoop thanked his fans for the support and shared his thoughts on everyone else.
“First of all, thank y’all for the support for Missionary,” he began. “Long time coming. Love the reception, but let me say this. I’ve been watching podcasts and people doing reviews – a couple of them specifically where they started off saying, ‘I wasn’t into this album, I don’t like Snoop Dogg, I wasn’t anticipating this, I don’t care…’ Really just listening just to listen. Started off hating.
“Get to song three/four, demeanor change a little bit. By the time they get to song eight/nine/10, they love Snoop Dogg, loving the production, loving the growth. By the time they get to the end, they’re in tears because they’re emotional behind the body of work that me and Dr. Dre put together trying to show how to make a body of work, a project, well received. I love the hate and the love. That’s why we do it. We do it because we love what we do. Thank y’all!”
In the caption, he added: “Thin line between love and hate [prayer emoji] ya kids and ya mama love me [laughing emoji]. Carry on.”
Missionary is set to penetrate next week’s Billboard 200’s chart — just not as deep as people were probably expecting.
According to HITSDailyDouble, the long-awaited album from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre is projected to earn just 36,000 equivalent units in its first week.
With that figure, the project will likely debut at number 20 on the Billboard 200, behind previously-released rap albums such as Tyler, The Creator‘s Chromakopia and Kendrick Lamar‘s GNX.
If the forecast is accurate, Missionary would be one of Snoop’s least commercially successful albums and by far Dre’s worst performing release.
Tha Doggfather has dropped a series of low-selling projects in recent years, with Bible of Love, Algorithm and Bacc on Death Row all struggling to crack the top 100 on the Billboard 200.
Dre (who produced Missionary but isn’t technically billed as a lead artist) has never debuted outside of the top 10 or sold less than 200,000 first-week units.
Despite this, the N.W.A legend has heaped high praise on Missionary in terms of its quality, calling it one of the best efforts of his decorated career.
The 16-track album boasts appearances from fellow Hip Hop heavyweights Eminem, 50 Cent and Method Man, as well as Sting, Jelly Roll, Jhené Aiko, BJ The Chicago Kid and the late Tom Petty.
Holy.shit, dude is delusional and in compete denial. Using paid for shills to try and advertise it more. Although, I don’t doubt that non hiphop fans may enjoy it a bit. But snoop and Dre fans? Nope.
Speak 4 u buddy
@thereal and everyone i know personally, who loves doggystyle, blue carpet treatment, no limit top dogg, etc. I think I can say I speak for the masses when one of the biggest names in entertainment in general is doing such low numbers.
Dope album 🔥
It’s better than it’s being given credit for, but why the fuck did they master it with the treble cranked so high. Brutal on the ears at times.
Biggest problem with the album after listening to it a lot is the lack of good hooks! Some songs should have been cut while others would have been much better with the right feature on them. Strong point is Snoops rapping.
Hmmm i didnt catch that…but youre right.
Snoop really lives in his own little world. Or maybe the weed got to his brain too much. This album sucks. Big time. The production is lame and Snoop got no bars. This is not a hip-hop album. This is a Britney Spears Justin Timberlake album. It really sounds like music for white college chicks driving their dad’s car to get some frozen yogurt before going to a Katy Perry concert. FOH.
@alan maman if it was music white college chick’s listened to it would actually be very popular. It isn’t. White College gorls listen to straight up pop music, like swift. And for hiphop, things like lil uzi. But yeah, Missionary still sucks. It’s music that few to none listen to. Just diehard Snoop fans who desperately want to like it.
Dre needs detox to remedy this ..Album sounded uninspired to me outside snoops rapping..when we talk dr dre production were used to over the top shit at least a few sprinkled. everything felt like dr dres son doing or something lol
Best snoop album .
Wow, they’re legit paying this site for fake comments LOL. 25 likes and zero responses, to an album that clearly is unpopular amongst hiphop fans and casual listeners alike?
MISSIONARY & DFSH BESTS RAP ALBUM IN 20 YEARS FOR HIP HOP
And Dre sounding like a awkward weirdo trying to rap like Kendrick.
Right. I hate that. Dre doesn’t sound like dre at all. He used to do the tough sounding, monotone deep voice… foreever…. now he’s trying to do the scratchy voice BS? Not dre, cmon…
No DPG?! No way this is Doggystyle counterpart. Bubblegum Crip! Soft!
It’s not a bad album. I didn’t get it (yet) but I have listened and it’s not bad. I was a bit skeptical about it but it delivers, but to me I think it’s just something far away from Doggystyle that it’s hard for me to digest. But doggystyle was a younger snoop, so let me explain, it’s not the lyrical content I don’t like, I think it’s the beats that I’m kind of skeptical about. I think it’s a great record though. But it feels a bit crossover.
It’s not a bad album. I didn’t get it (yet) but I have listened and it’s not bad. I was a bit skeptical about it but it delivers, but to me I think it’s just something far away from Doggystyle that it’s hard for me to digest. But doggystyle was a younger snoop, so let me explain, it’s not the lyrical content I don’t like, I think it’s the beats that I’m kind of skeptical about. I think it’s a great record though. But it feels a bit crossover.