Snoop Lion Reincarnated Documentary

Last month Snoop Lion (a reformed Snoop Dogg) released an album called Reincarnated and along with the album was a documentary of a trip to Jamaica he took back in 2012 also called Reincarnated.

Before listening to the album I wanted to watch the documentary to see what it was really about and I can tell you I enjoyed what he let us into so much that I had to watch it twice!

The change from Snoop Dogg to Snoop Lion came due to changes and realisations in his life that he was no longer living the life Snoop Dogg portrayed of growing up in the ghetto, gang life, pimping and so forth but now he wanted to use his music, the platform he built and the power he has to make a positive change through his music and help guide those in need today. Educate us through his music, let out positive energy and do good.

Throughout the documentary he takes you through his musical journey of producing the album, those involved including Diplow, Angela Hunte and the legendary Bunny Wailer. At each stage of his musical journey he enlightened us on parts of his life and why he did what he did for example if you didn’t know Snoop Dogg was a real pimp that was pimping out girls for money while he had a wife and baby daughter. He also expresses his love for his wife who he calls Boss Lady and his daughter who was in Jamaica with him and featured on No Guns Allowed with him and Drake. He also talks about deep and dark issues like being on Death Row and all the drama that was involved, Tupac and the life he wanted to live that was not true to his upbringing and Suge Knight.

He visited the ghettos such as Trench Town and Tivoli Gardens infamous for “Drug Kingpin” Dudus and spoke to the people, saw the way they lived and really gave them something to look forward and enjoy.

AND ofcourse he was blazing the herbs! I thought I’d seen real smokers going at it all the time but until you watch this documentary you have seen nothing! The weed farm they took Snoop to was jaw dropping, it was all just growing naturally out of the ground high and mighty. Men as old as 70, 80 still smoking strong claiming they never go to the doctors as healthy as can be.

He also let viewers into a personal and spiritual part of his life where he went to the Rastafarian temple built by Bob Marley and took on the Rastafarian way of life.

At no point during the documentary do you get bored or feel like it is dragging on. It really is a good watch, it’s funny, entertaining and nothing too serious. What you expect from Snoop Lion you get and a little bit more.