Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too Short, & E-40 Releasing Collaborative Album This Month

Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too Short, & E-40 Releasing Collaborative Album This Month

 

It looks like some of hip-hop’s west coast rappers are coming together for a joint album!

Snoop DoggIce CubeE-40 and Too Short have announced that their collaborative album, “Mt. Westmore” is set to be released on June 7.  Snoop Dogg took to social media on Monday (May 30) to share the good news with his fans. His Instagram post featured a 2-minute trailer showing footage from the supergroup’s recent show at the Oakland Arena that took place on Friday (May 27). Snoop Dogg wrote,

“I finally get a chance to drop a project. June 7th with my rap super heroes for an all star group called @mtwestmore shit is dope. G. Sh*t. From the. West. Coast. Pioneers.”

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg describes “Mount Westmore” as,

“A group of super friends who make great music, who have been doing it for many years, in different facets of entertainment, who’ve had a love and a relationship with each other since the beginning… We wanted to come together to put something together that could sustain west coast music.”

In the video, Too Short revealed that the group of men recorded roughly 50 songs.

“Mount Westmore is so special that, we recorded almost 50 songs and only released one and went on f**ing tour and every show was sold out….People are gonna realize it’s not just Snoop, Cube, 40 & Short doing shows together, it’s a f**ing group!”

Too Short

See the full clip below:

The Mt. Westmore’s members previously teamed up on a track for the 2019 ‘American Skin’ soundtrack and teased “Locked In” as promotion for Ice Cube’s 3-on-3 basketball league, the BIG3. In 2021, the supergroup performed their single “Big Subwoofer” at Jake Paul and Ben Askren’s boxing match, with the single later appearing on Snoop Dogg’s Algorithm album. Another track called “Bad MF’s” was also released in March.

During a 2021 interview with HipHopDX, Too Short revealed that legendary producer and fellow west coast pioneer, Dr. Dre would also be featured on the joint album.

“Dre is on there, man. He’s on there. Snoop got him on there. Dre is on there. That’s Snoop’s guy. That’s Ice Cube’s guy. They shot a big movie together. He’s on there. Ain’t no doubt about it. You don’t even got to ask him.”

Dr. Dre

Ice Cube also took to social media to do some promo for the upcoming project. The rapper turned filmmaker shared a photo of all four members and wrote,

“When you see all four… it’s @mount_westmore @SnoopDogg @icecube @E40 @TooShort”

Mount Westmore’s debut album releases Tuesday, June 7.

What are your thoughts? Are you excited about the new west coast rap supergroup? Let us know in the comments below!
Authored by: Monique Nicole