Snoop Dogg returns to hip-hop roots on new album

Snoop Dogg has returned to his rap roots – as well as his familiar love of marijuana – as he released a new song on Tuesday and detailed his upcoming album.

Cool Aid, which will come out on July 1, will be Snoop Dogg’s first hip-hop album in five years, he said in a statement.

The first song, Kush Ups, is driven by a bouncy beat and explores the delights of marijuana; a popular strain with origins in South Asia is known as Kush.

Fellow hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa, joining Snoop Dogg on the song, boasts of the size of his joints and raps, “So much weight that now I’m doing Kush Ups”.

Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa also announced a joint 33-date tour of North America that will open on July 20 in West Palm Beach, Florida.