Wailer was Snoop's guide throughout the trip, leading him through his journey into Rastafari. While in Jamaica, Snoop collaborated with a few famous reggae artists, including Bunny Wailer and Diplo, to create the Reincarnated album, which focuses on love and nonviolence. The focus then shifts to his spiritual journey and new style of music. The documentary starts out by exploring Snoop's past his time on Death Row Records, the loss of his friends Tupac and Nate Dogg, and the murder accusation. Reincarnated documents Snoop Dogg's transition into Snoop Lion, which involved him taking a trip to Jamaica to make a reggae album and discover more about the Rastafari faith. More recently, his peaceful and nonviolent state of mind became more evident, as he decided to begin participating the Rastafari faith, give himself a new name, and take on a new style of music.ДЄs most of those who follow the Rastafari faith do, Snoop decided to go through a transformation into his new self his new, Rastafari self. Though he was famous for being вЂњgangsta,вЂќ Snoop had shown that he wanted peace as well especially after he just missed a conviction for murder in 1996 which helped him further himself even more from all the conflict happening in the industry around that time. The album sold more copies than any debut album ever had, making вЂњSnoop Doggy DoggвЂќ a well-known name. His popularity started back when he was a member of Death Row Records, where he released his debut album Doggystyle. I donвЂ™t want to grow up.From the start, Snoop was known for his gangsta raps, G-funk beats, and reckless lifestyle. When you get to be an uncle you got to find a new profession and start over and become fresh again. вЂ“ donвЂ™t take it the wrong way вЂ“ but they canвЂ™t fuck with me in rap. Now that IвЂ™m able to do it, itвЂ™s like a breath of fresh air, and itвЂ™s a challenge at the same time because rap is not a challenge to me. If you listen to my early rap music, I always made reggae references, always had me sounding like I was Rastafari.

It just seems that reggae music was calling on me because itвЂ™s something I always had in my music. ItвЂ™s just to a point you win so many accolades for a certain thing youвЂ™ve mastered you want to try things thatвЂ™s different. вЂњIвЂ™ve been making rap since 1985,вЂќ he replied thoughtfully. Snoop opened up at length when MTVвЂ™s Sway asked him if he was tired of hip-hop.

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It took some time to gain his trust, and after that he saw what we were trying to do and he opened up to us.вЂќ (The doc has been accepted by the Toronto International Film Festival.) ItвЂ™s a real challenge to tell SnoopвЂ™s story from back in the day, 2-1-3, Doggy Style up to now. After being in Jamaica for three or four days with Snoop and the whole team, I realized we were making a feature-length documentary. вЂњI didnвЂ™t know what we were signing up for. вЂњWe make documentaries in conflict zones,вЂќ Alvi said. Snoop DoggвЂ™s manager Ted Chung brought all of the parties together, first contacting Diplo and then Vice magazine co-founder Suroosh Alvi (pictured at bottom), who both вЂњsigned on immediately.вЂќ Vice was brought aboard to film the Reincarnated project and put out an album. ItвЂ™s Snoop putting together the project and Ted. I always work on a song here or a song there, but working on an entire record is very rare to do that with an artist nowadays. ItвЂ™s a dream for a producer to work on an entire record. вЂњSnoop wanted real reggae music,вЂќ Major LazerвЂ™s Diplo explained. The album, Reincarnated, featuring the lead single, вЂњLa La La,вЂќ was produced by Major Lazer, the team known for their work with Beyonce, Usher, M.I.A. PHOTOS:В Celebrating 4/20: 12 Pivotal Moments in Pot Culture

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