“Snoop Dogg's 13th album plays like the flip side to Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly: Where Lamar used funk to dramatize the struggles of a Compton native, Bush uses the genre's rhythmic groove to portray Los Angeles as a smoky, sexy, sunshiny wonderland where every day feels like a block party. The one and only D-O-double G is back home after a minor detour to Jamaica as Snoop Lion — and he's”
“With Bush, those who yearn for a Snoop album produced entirely by the Neptunes almost get their wish: Pharrell Williams handles the boards here, with occasional assistance from his former production partner Chad Hugo. It's less a rap album than a tribute to '70s funk and R&B.”
“Snoop Dogg returns from his reggae stint with a Pharrell-produced synth funk album.”
