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"Oh Snoop's back to singing again? Pass."
Statements like these are upsetting because at the end of the day, why does a person listen to music? The answer, in most cases, is because you enjoy the way it sounds. Real music heads can go deeper and talk about inspiration, but at the very core, the average person listens to music because it is sonically appealing. Pharrell's top notch production and overall vision for this album are pure magic, and help bring it to life behind Snoop's smooth vocals. Bush simply sounds amazing for the most part, and there's not one single person you can credit for this. Snoop Dogg is really not the star here, and honestly neither is Pharrell's production. Usually one aspect outshines the other, but it's the medley of elements bonding together that make at least half of this album worth listening to. It's Stevie Wonder's harmonica and brief background vocals spread across the intro track "California Roll," that make Bush special. It's Snoop's clever wordplay with the common acronym D.T.F. on "R U A Freak" and Charlie Wilson's timeless golden pipes on "Peaches N Cream" which make you wanna jam like you're listening to some classic Kool & The Gang.
This is an anywhere, anytime kind of album that you can play on the way to work, at a cookout, or while you're cleaning the crib on a Saturday morning. It isn't anything groundbreaking, and damn sure won't go down as a classic, but this is one of very few bright spots in Snoop's somewhat extensive catalog at this point. If you enjoyed any of Snoop's prior 70s-inspired efforts from R&G: The Masterpiece, to 7 Days of Funk and a portion of Ego Trippin, you will be able to enjoy a lot of Bush. But if you are of the mentality that a former (cringe) "Gangsta Rapper" (it irks me to even type that shit) should never sing again and get back to what made him famous 20+ years in the past, then Bush is not for you at all. Snoop is the SHAQ of the music game, he can do whatever the fuck he wants and it will still probably be dope.
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