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A legendary cast has just been assembled on “Gunz N Smoke.” This is one of 16 new tracks from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre and all of them are packaged on Missionary. It’s their first album together since Doggystyle back in 1993, and it’s been one of the most anticipated hip-hop listens of the year. So far, fans are really loving the record, and it feels like we are in a mini revival of sorts. A lot of MCs from the 90s and 2000s are dropping some very solid bodies of work, and it’s been another reason why the genre has been riding high all 2024.

One track that we had to put the spotlight on though is “Gunz N Smoke.” Believe it or not, this is the first time that Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Eminem have all been on the same track. It’s quite the shocking fact, but as the saying goes, “it’s better late than never.” It’s a straight up gangsta and hardcore hip-hop cut, with Fif setting the tone perfectly. It’s not the most lyrical verse out of the three, but it definitely does its job. Snoop follows next, and he finds a pocket immediately and skates all over the percussive-heavy beat. Slim Shady ties things up nicely with a mini retelling of his life as a teen and how he wanted to get famous by any means necessary. Now that he’s older, he’s not as willing to pick fights, but will if duty calls.

“Gunz N Smoke” – Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, & 50 Cent

Quotable Lyrics:

Let’s take a second here for this moment of violence
You smell it in the air, product of my environment
I come from freestylin’ over gunshots and sirens
Nothing more gangster than my voice over these violins
Get down, lay down, it’s the wolf of the Dogg Pound, yeah
Playground, shakedown, Autobahn, no brakes now

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20 years ago, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, and Eminem were running hip-hop, and all four of them are still getting after it today. In fact, they all just teamed up on “Gunz N Smoke,” a new one from Snoop and Dre’s just-released album, Missionary.

50 spoke about his admiration for Snoop in a recent interview with Big Boy, saying, “I’m a fan, I’m that first. This is why you seen him on ‘P.I.M.P.’ immediately. I’m listening to him and Dre before I could attract from him, you know what I’m saying? It’s an honor to work with him.”

He also recently discussed why he doesn’t make as much new music these days, saying, “A lot of the music, if you listen to the music that’s out right now, I have to tap into my stupid. I have to tap into the stupid side of me to write the right thing when it comes time to write the music. This is why I haven’t created as much content as I was creating in the past, and I started going toward the film production and development of these projects. Because I think I can impact things in a bigger way through that.”

Listen to “Gunz N Smoke” above.

Missionary is out now via Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope Records. Find more information here.