Snoop Dogg’s tranformation into rap game Rastafarian and possible reincarnation of Bob Marley was completed this week with his release of Reincarnation as Snoop Lion. His conversion has been the subject of some debate — is it for real? Is it just a marketing ploy, like almost everything else he does? — but for those who’d could care less about the genuineness of Snoop’s religious conversion, the most interesting bit is the transition from Dogg to Lion. And why stop there? There are so many more spirit animals that Snoop could adopt in this ongoing taxonomical transformation! Here are some other Snoop animals we’d like to see. … Read More

Over the weekend, we took a look at books with really unusual designs — meant to be eaten, planted and ripped apart — but um, it looks like we missed one: Rolling Words, Snoop Dogg’s new songbook made out of actual rolling papers. You know, so when you’re done memorizing his lyrics, you can smoke them. The book, designed to promote Snoop Dogg’s Kingsize Slim Rolling Papers, also has a special matchbox-style spine for easy striking up of what Snoop describes as “whatever you have or however you have it” — though, since the covers of the book are made with hemp, we think we have an inkling what substance might be intended. Click through to see a video of Snoop describing the book in his own words, and let us know if you’ll be smoking the Snoop Dogg gospel in the comments. … Read More