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Rapper lends song and acting chops to new animated film 'Turbo' “He’s a slick-talking, slow-walking son of a snail,” Snoop Dogg tells _Rolling Stone_ of Smoove Move, the mini
mollusk character he voices in _Turbo_, the DreamWorks animated car-racing comedy to be released on July 17th. One typically associates the West Coast rap icon with G-funk more than G-rated
flicks, but Snoop finds the connection organic. “They approached me about doing a voice in the movie, so I said, ‘Why not?'” he explains. “I love animated movies, and I’ve always been
loved by the kids, but I didn’t know how to target that audience. This is the perfect way.” TRENDING STORIES Naturally, Snoop contributes a song to the film, too: “Let the Bass Go,” which
plays over the closing credits and you can hear exclusively below. “That song came about because [DreamWorks Animation CEO] Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted something to end the movie with a lot of
electricity and energy,” Snoop notes. Just as Turbo represents a new family-friendly film persona for him, the vintage drum-machine groove of “Let the Bass Go” is also “something different
from what’s usually associated with Snoop Dogg,” he explains. “It’s something upbeat that everyone in the house can enjoy. I’m on my old-school rap style there: we took sounds from the
Eighties like an 808 bass to give it that ‘Planet Rock’ and ‘Going Back to Cali’ feel. It was about paying homage, while at the same time taking the movie to the next level.”
