Snoop Dogg comes to Rock Band

[FreakyRO]

I saw him in concert last summer and he had a full band on stage with him. I don't know how instrumental the band is in the music, but they were up there playing.

 

[FreakyRO]

I saw him in concert last summer and he had a full band on stage with him. I don't know how instrumental the band is in the music, but they were up there playing.

 

[WingedFortress]

http://www.rockbandcontent.com/rbc/blog/2009/02/238/
So, I wake up this morning, and see this. Anybody else think this awesome, or is there no way it could translate properly? I for one, think its a fantastic idea, and could totally open up Rock Band to a different crowd. Or at least provide some more fun songs to ruin while drunk.

You can't ruin what wasn't good in the first place.

Oh, good one.

 

[clauwman]

Alright, alright, everyone settle down...

I for one believe that it can't be judged until heard. This next album could try to infuse some sort of rock theme into his rap.

 

[Jak The Great]

Would you people shut the hell up. It's trying to broaden appeal of the game, and it's DLC... you don't have to buy it. I swear to god some people just want to find something to ***** about in games these days. I hate hip-hop\rap music but AT LEAST it's Snoop Dogg and not some shit indy band that's been dug out of no where.

Well, this is hardly serious business to me either, but the genre is just different. Rock and Rap are rarely combined and Snoop Dogg has never been classified as Rock by any means. If a Rap rhythm game by Harmonix/MTV comes out, then sure, go for it, but to shoehorn a rap artist into what is traditionally a rock music game is a bit off, even if it is for greater exposure/expansion/whatever.

It's certainly inevitable, but you wonder how it even might work with songs that don't have as much if any guitar.

This stuff is DLC, certainly, but you wonder if now there are any limits at all to it. I think making a general music game is probably on the horizon.

That is the beauty of Rock Band though; you do realize that there's a Beastie Boys song in it (GASP, HIP-HOP THEMSELVES!?) that requires a monkey with a brief idea of timing to play bass right? There are lots of songs that BARELY need you to be there to succeed and depending on the Snoop songs chosen... well, let's just say there IS back music in some.

that song sucked. If anything it was a drink break during the endless set list. I think there were like 50 notes to actually hit in that one. I imagine snoop's songs aren't going to be much better in that department

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQuBUy1dgo

I do not support snoop dogg coming to rock band.

 

[speedcoreXdandy]

I must say I'm suprised at this, there's definitely far more obvious choices if they wanted to put hip hop into Rock Band, Jurassic 5 have some funky ass guitar, and some run DMC or Beastie Boys tracks would be all kinds of awesome. Even better would be few Necro tracks apart from the fact they'd all just end up as one long bleep. I like the idea of having rap in Rock Band but I don't see how it'll work with music that isn't really guitar based.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

NO.
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NO NO NO NO NO NO FUCKING WAY.

whoever decided this must have his testicles and his brain switched places.

 

[bitzi61]

*Cries in corner in terror...*

What next? Britney Spears on rockband? (Please god.. I haven't looked into it, please don't let her already be on it...)

 

[j0frenzy]

I actually find it kind of annoying that people are acting all on their high horse about Rock Band. Apparently, widening the genres used in a rhythm game is a bad idea. Being a blues and jazz fan, I actually appreciate the idea of including rap into the rhythm game genre. Maybe this will mean that we can finally get some John Lee Hooker on one of these games. But I forgot, we can only put music on these games that all of you want, because having everything one person wants is a lot better market-wise for than having a little of what everyone wants.