Snoop Lion, who earlier this year changed his name from Snoop Dog to release a reggae album, has done so again to Snoopzilla. He and Dam-Funk are forming the group 7 Days of Funk.
According to Los Angeles Times, the two are working on a self-titled album through Stones Throw Records. The release date is currently set for Dec. 10.
The two decided to work together after Dam-Funk performed with Snoop at 2011's South by Southwest. "We're the babies of the Mothership," Snoop wrote in a statement. "I've had funk influences in my music my whole career. Dam-Funk is cold. He's keeping the funk alive, and I knew I had to get down with him."
Rolling Stone reports that Dam-Funk had comments in the same statement. "Snoop knew what I was thinking without me having to articulate it."
"That's how you know when you gel artistically with someone. These beats were made for him and he laid down some of the smoothest harmonies and melodies I've ever heard. It's hip-hop, but you can also hear what we grew up on, from Zapp to Evelyn 'Champagne' King and Patrice Rushen."
The new moniker Snoopzilla is evidently inspired by Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins, whose nickname was Bootzilla.
"Faden Away":
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