Talking about the upcoming Super Bowl performance with Dr. Dre, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg says that whatever happened in the past will not be an issue because they had reached an understanding. Their new song is the proof.
It was not the first time Snoop dived into how he apologised to Marshall about publicly disrespecting his impact. This time, in his interview for the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, the veteran rapper gave a more precise timeline and compared their relationship to family dynamic:
We love each other. If you got siblings, you know that you have misunderstandings and disagreements. That shit happens. But the beauty of it all is that If I’m wrong, I know how to call Marshall and say to him, “I apologise. I was wrong, bro. Do you forgive me?” — “No problem, let’s roll on”. I feel like it was necessary for me to not let it drag on but to put a resolution to it. Because I was the reason why it became what it was, and I felt like I could be a reason to stop it. For the sake of family and for the sake of my love for him and Dre and what we’ve built. That was the only thing to do. I probably called him about four-five months ago. He was reaching out to me, I reached back, and we made up. You gotta understand, we really love each other. We don’t want the public to put a spin on something that’s not even that serious. We could actually grab hold of it and dance around and make this shit look like something that you guys would think that we’re really mad at each other, then we’d do some music together, and you’d like, “Fuck, I can’t believe it?!”. But we really love each other, so it’s not a gimmick. We truly respect each other, so we wanted to get an understanding behind closed doors. As you can see, we have the full understanding.
There was no better way to seal the deal than to record a song together, and the complexity of their relationship worked for the better when Snoop and Em challenged each other on the track that now has a name:
There is a Snoop Dogg and Eminem song on my Westmore album. What is it called? “From Detroit to the LBC”. That’s Mount Westmore album that is coming out in January, and an Eminem and Snoop single is featured on there. And that motherfucker slapped. That shit is, woo! It was very challenging for me, to say the least. Eminem really fucking shot at me, he shot his shot. And as a rapper, that’s what you want. You want when you get a feature to have to work your fucking ass off. You want someone to come to a playing field, putting on points and never leaving the practice to where you gotta rethink your shit and say, “Damn, this is what he thinks of me. This is why he’s going that hard. Because he knows I’m going to match him on the same level”. And that’s what it is when you’re making records with people that you love and family. It’s competitive for the right reason. To bring the best out of each other.
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