Nearly nine albums into the game, it's safe to say Snoop's clearly paid the cost to be the boss; now the man can pretty much do whatever he wants, even if it's releasing a video where he plays keytar and alternates between smoking a cigarette and singing through a Vocoder. Which is why in his new "Sensual Seduction" video, Tha Doggfather gets a pass to go glammer than Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie and feature more velvet, lace and metallic-brocade than Prince in… just about any Prince video (but especially "When Doves Cry").
Snoop's "Sensual Seduction" is a kooky collage of late-'70s, early-'80s soft-core R&B funk imagery, complete with silk sheets, Spandex and sexy times -- the type of stuff you'd get busted for watching late at night when you were supposed to be in bed way back when. And it's got all the right elements of a perfect Snoop song -- the kind where Snoop sings about what he does best: pimpin', gettin' herb and gettin' a piece. Now THAT's hood.