Who is Snoop Lion? My second Blog-izzle.

The common West Coast rapper's identity with street gangs and justification of violent crime has certainly plateaued since the 90's, but let's be fair, that was a feature that made these classic rappers popular in the first place.

With my mind on my money and my money
on my mind.

We drive our Toyota Camrys to work and blast Snoop Dogg's rendition of his life as a Crip because that's an identity most of us don't come equipped with. We're not hardened street gang members, but we certainly don't mind listening to someone who was.

This is what established Snoop Dogg's credibility in my mind. He was tough and his rhymes were trademarked. He's the reason we put 'izzle' at the end of everything. However, some strange identity crisis within Snoop really confuses some and excites others.

Baby, come back. You can blame it all on me.

A recent trip to Jamaica led to his rechristening as Snoop Lion by a Rastafarian priest, changing his entire identity as an artist when he decided to become some strange hybrid of a drug-induced rapper and raggae singer. This transition honestly has me admitting that I miss the Doggfather.

His voice doesn't mix as well over the mellow beats as the likes of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Don't get me wrong. His new stuff isn't bad. "La La La," was actually pretty good, but when you're craving real raggae, there's grass that's much greener.

It's sort of like when your favorite child-stars try to become these edgy, party-crazy parallels of their former selves.

 Sorry, Miley Cyrus, I'm not ready to accept you as a bad girl just yet. Amanda Bynes, you know I love you no matter what.

I'm really hoping Snoop takes a break from his romantic relationship with Major Lazer and is reminded of what made him so famous in the first place. Don't fix what's not broken. Don't leave us here hanging with Lil' Wayne and Lil' B.

We need a hip hop hero.