A few tracks from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s upcoming album, Missionary, have been highly praised in advance, including their collaboration with Sting.
The legendary West Coast combo revealed some teasers from the upcoming LP, which is scheduled for release on December 13, during their appearance on a live episode of Drink Champs from ComplexCon in Las Vegas over the weekend.
After that, Snoop posted snippets of the incident to Instagram, where people like Travis Kelce, Jamie Foxx, LeBron James, and others reacted to what they heard in the comments section.
“Very strange!” Kelce shared fire emojis, and Foxx used them in his writing.
“LFG Unk!!” Bron wrote.
Even though Sting’s voice isn’t heard in the teaser, it’s likely that they collaborated because the song on the third slide interpolates “Message In A Bottle” from his band The Police. The song is named “Another Part Of Me,” according to the previously published tracklist.
Missionary, which is the tardy 30th anniversary follow-up to Snoop Dogg’s 1993 album Doggystyle, is produced solely by Dr. Dre and is the two artists’ first full-length joint effort since Snoop’s 1993 debut.
Last month, the release date was revealed along with a funny teaser showing two Mormons knocking on a woman’s door and being shocked when she answers in expensive underwear.
“What the devil? You were committed to missionary work, according to your advertisement! She lets out a bark, obviously anticipating something other than religious enlightenment.
Both Snoop and Dre have raised the standard for Missionary; in an interview earlier this year, Tha Doggfather referred to it as “masterful.”
He said on the All the Smoke podcast, which features former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, “When you hear what we have and how he got me rapping, it’s like a grown Snoop Dogg.”
It’s the way he chooses his bars and the way he speaks. I enjoy being created, therefore I love it when [Dr. Dre] utilizes me like a fucking robot. I enjoy challenges.
Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man, Jelly Roll, Tom Petty, Jhené Aiko, BJ The Chicago Kid, and Sting will all be featured on the 15-track album Missionary.
