Ego Trippin'

On his ninth album, like a hip-hop Tom Petty, Snoop continues to deliver more of the same MOR, easy-on-the-ears stuff: His sing-song purr sinking deep into lush, smooth, low-key tracks.

Snoop Dogg is a little like Woody Allen. His projects regularly promise exciting new directions, only to deliver the same old, same old. The big difference is that late-period Snoop still delivers the goods via killer singles and solid (though padded) albums. Though it shares its predecessors' bloated length and…

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On the album, Snoop tries to reconcile his past with his newfound family-man status.