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snoopdoggTHE LAST MEAL
(EMI)
EVERY dog has its day and maybe Snoop has had his. Fashion has overtaken this self-deprecating style of cartoon gangsta rap, robbing it of its sting and irony. Clearly Snoop does not take himself too seriously but this cannot excuse him from making flimsy albums. With a crew of famous rappers including ex-NWA icons Dr Dre and MC Ren, along with Timbaland and George Clinton, Snoop produces an album with 19 tracks of sex raps, drug references, howls and droning loops. All the rap cliches are here: the court rap Game Court, the sex rap True Lies and references to the CPT (Compton, in Los Angeles) - it's a tired...