The West Coast legend will drop his first gospel album, Snoop Dogg Presents the Bible of Love, later this year. Snoop had previously confirmed the project during a May interview. “I’m working on a gospel album,” he said during an appearance on Dr. Dre’s Beats 1 radio show.
“It’s always been on my heart. I just never got around to it because I always be doing gangsta business or doing this or doing that,” he added. “I just felt like it’s been on my heart too long. I need to do it now.”
According to the rapper, he was inspired in part by conversations he had with singer Faith Evans while recording “When We Party”—a Notorious B.I.G. tribute. “Me, Faith Evans, we talked about it heavily,” said Snoop. “She feel like she wanna get down with me. All of the people that I know, from Charlie Wilson to Jeffrey Osborne, whoever I want to get down with. I’m gonna make it all the way right. It’s gonna feel good.”
To gear up for the release of his gospel album, Snoop will hit the stage at the NFL’s Super Bowl Gospel Celebration on Feb. 1 with Evans, The Clark Sister, Tye Tribbett and Rance Allen.
The rap mogul, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., took to Instagram to preview his gospel project Bible of Love for fans. In the preview video clip, Hammond's signature voice can be heard praising God.
"He did it for me he'll do it for you, same God," Hammond croons in the audio track that Snoop can be seen lip syncing to.
The 45-year-old hip hop veteran announced that he would create a gospel album earlier in an interview with Beats 1 Radio.
"I'm working on a gospel album. It's always been on my heart," he said. "I just never got around to it because I always be doing gangsta business and doing this and doing that. But I just feel like it's been on my heart too long."
The rapper hailing from Long Beach, California, had already given fans a glimpse of what his gospel music may sound like. Last year, he turned Pastor Shirley Caesar's 1988 song "Hold My Mule" into a holiday song called "U Name It Holiday Anthem."
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