Snoop’s latest video is a wild ride — and it kicks off with Dr. Dre telling him he has smoked enough for a lifetime.
In the new video for “Last Dance With Mary Jane”, a track from Snoop and Dre’s “Missionary” album, the West Coast icon gets a diagnosis straight from the Doc himself. Dre tells Snoop that his lungs are done and it is time to quit smoking. Of course, this is Snoop — and things go off the rails from there.
Directed by Dave Meyers, the surreal and hilarious video samples Tom Petty’s “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” and features vocals and harmonica from the late rock legend. Petty even “appears” throughout the video via visual effects. The song also includes Jelly Roll, who pops up mid-video in a prison yard, and the visuals bring out a roll call of icons: Tupac, Bob Marley, Redman, Method Man, B-Real, and Wiz Khalifa, many shown as animated versions of themselves.
The video tells a chaotic story that’s part a love letter and part a warning about Snoop’s lifelong relationship with weed. There are talking buds, massive plants, dream sequences, spiritual visits with Tupac and Tom Petty, and — of course — plenty of smoke.
“Last Dance With Mary Jane” is featured on “Missionary”, Snoop’s first full-length collab with Dr. Dre since “Doggystyle”. The same album that features Snoop’s long-awaited collaboration with Eminem and 50 Cent, “Gunz N Smoke”. It’s only fitting that Dre kicks it all off in the most Dre way possible: with a straight face and some blunt (pun intended) advice, which Snoop probably will not be following anytime soon.
