How a Big Collaboration Between Rare Essence and Snoop Dogg Came Together
New single "Hit the Floor" premieres this Saturday.
by ALONA WARTOFSKYSEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020
Snoop Dogg with the band Credit: Brian Liu @toolboxdc
It all started with an Instagram post. Back in the summer of 2018, Snoop Dogg shared a brief video of himself seated in a car, blunt blazing as he cranks to Rare Essence’s go-go classic, “Hey Buddy Buddy.”
Bicoastal discussions ensued, and months later, when Snoop brought his stage play, Redemption of a Dogg, to D.C. for a weekend of performances, he spent time in the studio with two of D.C.’s top go-go bands, Backyard Band and Rare Essence. Nearly two years later, the first of those recordings will be released this weekend as Rare Essence premieres its new single, “Hit the Floor,” Saturday at 10 p.m. as part of the band’s first livestream performance since March. After that, the single, released on the band’s own Rare One label, will be available on all music streaming platforms.
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