Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre dropped their Missionary album on Friday (Dec. 13) via Death Row Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.
Missionary features previously released singles “Gorgeous” (featuring Jhené Aiko), “Outta da Blue” (featuring Alus) and “Another Part of Me” (featuring Sting). “Gorgeous” helped the iconic West Coast hip-hop duo return to Billboard‘s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for the first time in 13 years when the song debuted at No. 29 last month (it later peaked at No. 26).
The 15-track project also features other collaborations with BJ the Chicago Kid (“Fore Play” and “Now or Never”), Tom Petty and Jelly Roll (“Last Dance with Mary Jane”), K.A.A.N. (“Pressure” and “Sticky Situation”), Method Man and Smitty (“Skyscrapers”), Cocoa Sarai (“Fire” and “Sticky Situation”), 50 Cent and Eminem (“Gunz n Smoke”), and Dem Jointz, Stalone and Fat Money (“Gangsta Pose”).
“We have Sting on the song. Man, it’s an amazing roster of artists that’s on this album. I shouldn’t have revealed that, to be honest,” Dr. Dre told Entertainment Tonight in an interview back in August.
It’s their first full-length project together since Snoop’s 1993 Doggystyle debut studio album, which topped both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Its Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit single, “Gin and Juice,” earned a nomination for best rap solo performance at the 1995 Grammy Awards.
Missionary is also the first project Snoop has put out since 2022, when he released his 19th studio album BODR (Bacc On Death Row) and the debut album of the West Coast rap supergroup Mount Rushmore (Snoop, E-40, Too Short and Ice Cube), Snoop Cube 40 $hort.
Listen to Missionary below.
