In Sean's Mailbox: It's Not EZ Being Snoop

Despite the fact that Snoop spends most of his time wandering beaches, in search of beautiful women wearing stylish black censor bars, the D-O-DOUBLE-G is actually a very conflicted dude. He wants to be the player, the pimp, the smoker's smoker; he also wants to be a peewee football dad and a good husband. Maybe it's all BS. Maybe Snoop is just a jerk, plain and simple. But I don't think so. Or at least I don't want to think so. Now that Calvin Broadus is 36 years old, it's far more interesting to think of him as the troublemaker who's not so sure of himself anymore, the Doggfather in turmoil.

Anyway, that's the head-snapping gist of SD's new album, one of several CDs that magically appeared in my mailbox this morning...

Snoop Dogg -- Ego Trippin'
Norah Jones -- My Blueberry Nights Soundtrack
Melody Gardot -- Worrisome Heart (LISTEN)
Black Tide -- Light From Above
Be Your Own Pet! -- Get Awkward
Josh Gracin -- We Weren't Crazy
Five Times August -- Brighter Side
Lemonheads -- It's a Shame About Ray: Collector's Edition (WATCH)

Comments

[jane]

It must be good to be Evan Dando these days -- first, a should out on The Boss' iPod and now a collectors' edition re-release of "It's a Shame About Ray."

And I just read something somewhere about Be Your Own Pet, but I'll be switched if I can remember what or where...