Snoop Dogg; Stevie Wonder; Pharrell Williams.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic; Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic; Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty
If one smokes marijuana withSnoop Doggand doesn’t walk away with an interesting story, did it even happen?
In anewRolling Stonecover story interview, the “Gin and Juice” rapper recalled a time when he was forced to muster up some producing skills afterPharrell Williamsaccidentally got too high in the studio, leaving Snoop alone with the legendaryStevie Wonder.
“I got so many [favorite studio sessions]. One that stand out to me is when me, Pharrell, and Stevie Wonder was in the studio. We smoking. We in a little-ass room,” recalled Snoop, speaking withLattofor the conversation. “Pharrell’s done got high, he got secondhand smoke. Now Stevie in the booth and Pharrell ain’t saying s—.”
Snoop Dogg and Latto on the cover of Rolling Stone.Nicol Biesek/Rolling Stone
Nicol Biesek/Rolling Stone
Wonder didn’t know “what to do,” explained Snoop. “I’m like, ‘Pharrell, produce this n—-.’ This n—-’s so high, he leaves Stevie in the booth and don’t give him no direction.”
Snoop wasn’t sure how to proceed. “I’m trying to tell Stevie what to do. I don’t know what the f— to do. I’m not a producer,” he told the outlet. “I told the n—-, ‘Just play anything.'”
Somehow, the pair was able to record some usable material. “When we finished, Pharrell took all of the good s— that he played. Because he was playing harmonica, singing and s—, and it ended up working,” explained Snoop.
Snoop Dogg for Rolling Stone.Nicol Biesek/Rolling Stone
While Snoop didn’t clarify what song was being created when Williams had to exit the studio room, the trio worked together on “California Roll” from his 2015 albumBush. The same year, he spoke about how the idea to recruit Wonder as a featured artist came about in an interview withThe Guardian.
“Listening to the song after I laid my vocals, and after Pharrell’s vocals was laid, I was saying: ‘Man, P, we need to get someone else on this thing. We need to get Stevie Wonder,'” said Snoop at the time. “P was like: ‘Can you get him?’ I said: ‘Sure. Hold on.’ I called him up. Two hours later Stevie Wonder pulled up outside the studio.”
source: people.com
