I watched the clip…not my preferred style of hip-hop, but I have to ask. What makes you think that it’s ‘blaxploitation’? Snoop and Dre own their respective labels, are rolling in money…and they obviously aren’t white! What was termed ‘blaxploitation’ in the past were the movies churned out in the 70’s…movies made by whites, owned by the movie houses that were white, sold to black audiences that had no input to what was actually portrayed on film. I think you’ve misused the term in this instance…if you disagree, please explain

Not my preferred style of hip-hop either, but you can’t diss Dre’s production. That beat is hypnotic.

I see your point, but that’s not how I was using the term. Dr Dre’s production and lyrics are heavily influenced on a cultural level by the blaxploitation genre of movies and their soundtracks, which were popular during the 1970s. That’s all I meant by using the term. (Incidentally, this is another example of the Cyclic Theory of Music at work

If you want to look at the power relations in this sort of hip-hop, it’s quite the opposite of blaxploitation. Black producers, rappers and directors use shock imaginary to sell music and music video to a predominantly white audience. (”Who do you think made 50 and Dre platinum?/Phone up any major record label and ask ‘em…”) Nothing terribly wrong with that, of course, but that’s how it is.