A new album by Snopp Dogg has just been released. Titled Missionary, it features a unique cover/collaboration with the late Tom Petty. On “Last Dance with Mary Jane,” Snoop trades lines with guest Jelly Roll as the riff from the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers track loops in the background. And, lest you think this is a huge disrespect to Petty, the track’s producer, Dr Dre has something he’d like to let you know.
“I have this video clip with Tom Petty saying, ‘If Dre ever samples the song ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance,’ he’s going to have an instant hit on his hands, said Dre to the LA Times. Missionary, also contains a collaboration with Sting on a track titled, “Another Part of Me,” and the album also features 50 Cent and Dre himself.
As far as what the song is about—well, you can guess what Snoop’s version is about, but that’s not what Petty was thinking. In an interview for the book Conversations with Tom Petty, he said, “I don’t think I was writing about pot. I think it was just a girl’s name. I can’t imagine that I’d write a song about pot. I don’t think there’s enough there to write about.”
