Snoop Dogg recently opened up about his appreciation for Eazy-E’s iconic diss track, “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s,” which was aimed at him and Dr. Dre. During an appearance on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, Snoop expressed admiration for the song, admitting that he listens to it regularly.
“I have a radio station on LITT Live called Cadillac Music. Every day around 1:30 or 2:00, I walk down the hall and hear Eazy-E, [Gangsta] Dresta, and B.G. Knocc Out playing, and that sh*t be knocking,” he shared. “You’ll catch me singing along: ‘Muthafuck Dre, muthafuck Snoop, muthafuck Death Row!’ Eazy-E was coming for me [laughs]. That track was hard.”
However, Snoop revealed that his feelings towards the song were very different when it was first released. “Fuck no! Fuck them n-ggas! You don’t want to give any credit when someone is dissing you, especially since we were going hard on them too with tracks like ‘What Would U Do?’ and ‘Dre Day.’ But when they dropped that one, we felt it. Eazy-E was going in!”
Snoop also reflected on his surprise at being targeted by Eazy-E, whom he regarded as one of his hip-hop heroes. “I was like, ‘Damn, I love Eazy. Why is he going so hard on me?’ But then I had to realize: look at what you did to him and what you said about him. I didn’t start off on a good note with someone I really respected.”
The 55-year-old rapper took the feud personally, explaining that Dr. Dre viewed it as “just business” and maintained a cordial relationship with Eazy-E outside of the diss tracks.
Snoop Dogg also reminisced about his early career, revealing that Dr. Dre gave him his first chance to record over the beat that would later become Eazy-E’s “Eazy Duz It.” He recalled a Thanksgiving when Dre played the track and asked if Snoop could rap, to which he nervously replied, “Nah, I don’t rap!” He admitted that he froze during that pivotal moment.
Fresh off the release of Missionary, his first album produced entirely by Dr. Dre since the landmark 1993 album Doggystyle, Snoop continues to make waves in the hip-hop scene. However, despite a star-studded lineup featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, and Sting, Missionary is projected to debut at number 20 on the Billboard 200, potentially marking one of Snoop’s lowest-selling albums.
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