The selection skews toward the older Snoop Dogg end of the genre, and several stars bear only a passing resemblance to themselves, but the overall effect is fly.
Thirty-eight-year-old German rapper Deso Dogg, born Denis Cuspert, released four albums (including one pressed by British-based Majors EMI and Warner Chappell and performed with international artists including US rapper and dog-lover DMX between 2006-2009.
And Yvette (Taraji P. Henson), the mother of Jody's son, who works for a phone company and owns the late-model luxury car Jody drives, accepts collect calls from an old flame named Rodney (Snoop Dogg), who has spent the last five years in prison.
Returning to the old wan mode of observation, Reno thinks, "Dogg wasn't bad.
Then New Age Outlaws Billy Gunn and Road Dogg came out before the old boys delivered the Gunnslinger then a Clothesline from Hell to the upstarts.
An infatuation with the old funk can be found in Snoop Dogg's current "Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss"; the album's title is a rapper's delight found in an old James Brown tune, and several tracks are flavored with old-school R&B.
Snoop Dogg was more blunt: "Fuck that old slavery bullshit-ass award show".
Below is a rather hazy shot of Snoop Dogg, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his old friend Sean Parker (played by Timberlake in the movie).
On the right wall are vintage Polo and Iceberg sweaters, and an expensive selection of old rap T-shirts, like a Snoop Doggy Dogg one (from before he dropped the Doggy) with profane lyrics on the back ($200).
But then he stepped off the screen, gave shout-outs to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and started working the stage, mike in hand, just like old times.
