Snoop Dogg’s got a new single. And, following the unexpected and inexplicable success of “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, Snoop returns to the Well of Pharrell for the beat to “Vato”. The song and accompanying video are reportedly an attempt to ease street tensions between Blacks and Latinos and what better way for Snoop to reach out to the Hispanic community than to give Cypress Hill alumnus, B-Real, all of six seconds on the hook? The video’s even more cloying, as Snoop has exhumed the eczema of Edward James Olmos’ decomposed career for a cameo. I guess it’s a good thing that the video shoot was on a day that LA didn’t have one of those weekly job walkouts/protest marches that emphasize the importance of immigrants. Without Olmos and his megaphone-fed brand of rabble rousing, how many Mexican celebrities would’ve remained to speak to all those defiant high school kids in the audience who just didn’t feel like showing up for second through seventh period cared about the cause?
Oh, of course, I’m kidding. And, I’m not just saying that because Hispanics are now the largest minority in America. I’m actually saying it because in another 50 years, they’ll have the numbers to be the dominant race in this country. Sorry, Matt & Trey…but, the correct answer was apparently “Catholic”. Not “Mormon”.
“Catholic”.
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