Buju Banton & Snoop Dogg Live The "High Life" On New Collab

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Buju Banton and Snoop Dogg light up on their new single.

Jamaican dancehall star Buju Banton is ramping up for the release of his next project. This morning, he teamed up with Snoop Dogg for their first collaboration together, “High Life.” Fittingly released around the official smoker’s holiday, 4/20, the two come through with an uplifting and breezy reggae jam. Their shared appreciation for cannabis takes center stage in this one as they detail the medicinal and holistic purposes of the plant. “High life, good weed all day and night,” Banton sings on the hook.

On Snoop Dogg’s part, he seemingly revisits the Snoop Lion era of his career. The Long Beach native provides his best attempt at Jamaican Patois during his verse as he similarly reflects on his love for smoking the finest herb, singing, “Real Ganja baby inside Buckingham Palace/ New York to West coast love that shit green.” Snoop Dogg and Buju Banton might come from different places, and occupy different musical spaces but “High Life” is a perfect combination of their respective styles.

Snoop Dogg Connects With Buju Banton

“High Life” ft. Snoop Dogg kicks off the campaign for Buju Banton’s next studio album. The dancehall star has been particularly busy over the past two years, providing fans with an influx of music. Following the success of Upside Down 2020, which boasted appearances from Pharrell, Stephen Marley, and more, he delivered the Be Humble EP. Hopefully, he won’t wait long to share the release date for his next opus.

Snoop Dogg has been particularly busy. With the re-launch of Death Row Records in 2022, he finally returned the label’s iconic discography to streaming services earlier this month. Outside of benign an executive, Snoop’s also coming off of a prolific run in 2022 that included the release of Mount Westmore’s Snoop Cube 40 $hort, as well as a string of solo releases, such as I Still Got It with DJ Drama, and several compilation projects, like Death Row Summer. Check out Snoop and Buju’s new collab above.

Quotable Lyrics
Me say blunt or paper make we roll up a few
What them gonna do fi stop the ganja man crew
One puff from smoke and Babylon don't see a who
On the beach of Malibu sitting in the night drew

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