Eyez Closed
2011 · Doggystyle 509999 07952 2 0 · Long Beach, California
- Artist
- Snoop Dogg
- Title
- Eyez Closed
- Release
- Doggumentary
- Year
- 2011
- Label
- Doggystyle # 509999 07952 2 0
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. on 20 October 1971 in Long Beach, California, USA, a prominent, commercially successful, and influential West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, known for his laid-back delivery style. He referenced Vietnam in two songs, both using a cliched image of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran: "G Bedtime Stories" and "Eyez Closed" (2011) (with Kanye West and John Legend).The song "Eyez Closed" (Doggystyle Records # 509999 07952 2 0), a collaboration between Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, and John Legend, returned to the theme of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran, to portray out-of-control gun violence in US cities and communities: "Vietnamese eyes tighter than ever, fuck with the Dogg, I'm biting whomever".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. on 20 October 1971 in Long Beach, California, USA, a prominent, commercially successful, and influential West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, known for his laid-back delivery style. He referenced Vietnam in two songs, both using a cliched image of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran: "G Bedtime Stories" and "Eyez Closed" (2011) (with Kanye West and John Lege.
Themes
City & Community Violence · Crazed Vet · Vet · Anti-Asian Racism · Violence Metaphor