Snoop Dogg offered his funny response to an absurd AI rendition of the song “Gin & Juice” that incorporates a mash-up of a popular song from The Jungle Book.
In an Instagram video posted on May 15, Tha Doggfather responded to the strange pairing by intercutting his 1993 Doggystyle hit with the Disney movie’s sing-along tune “The Bare Necessities.”
Snoop initially doesn’t seem to be into the remix, but as he gets into the unsettling mix of tunes, he starts to mouth along to his not exactly kid-friendly lyrics.
He included the name of his coworker and producer FredWreck and sent a flurry of approving emojis, including a laughing face.
Recently, Snoop Dogg has made it a habit to find odd AI remixes. He had earlier posted an AI Michael Jackson rendition of C-Murder’s “Down 4 My N’s,” which he did not like.
Snoop captioned the image with “Wow” as an AI Michael Jackson raps along to the 1999 song and yelled, “This shit is outta hand,” in the post.
Snoop is not the only prominent member of Hip Hop that is unimpressed with AI speech technology. A JAY-Z verse created by artificial intelligence (AI) that went viral in March alarmed DJ Clark Kent, Young Guru, and 9th Wonder.
The artificially produced vocals, which sound nearly identical to the head of Roc Nation, were posted on Instagram by Hov’s acclaimed engineer. Guru felt that was sufficient evidence of the dangers AI was posing.
“I’ve been attempting to convey to everyone where AI is at this time. This one caught everyone’s eye for some reason. What then do we do? On the one hand, I am well aware that technology cannot be stopped. You can put the genie back in the box after he has left it, Guru wrote.
On the other side, we must defend the rights of the creative community. not just the artists but the entire culture. Without your consent, no one should be able to use your name, image, or likeness. We must give this law some voice.
We must draw lessons from the past, he continued. To go after every person who will do this would be foolish. That’s a lesson Napster taught us. I can only see changing the legislation as a solution. There are a lot of various viewpoints. The legislation in the United States may be changed tomorrow, but the internet is accessible worldwide. What a moment it is to live in.
Snoop Dogg is one of many rap legends who have teamed up with Audible to produce their own shows in celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. Beginning the series on June 15 with Words + Music, the West Coast great will talk about his career from growing up in Long Beach to earning
