“Snoop – the Man Can Act” by, Al Pathy 8/26/05
 
We come now to praise the quality and versatility of Calvin Broadus, a.k.a. Snoop Dogg.  But it is not Mr., Broadus' rapping or musical abilities to which these adjectives apply --  he has a one-dimensional, laid back flow which rides his old-school, west-coast beats -- rather his acting.  In "Training Day" and "Starsky and Hutch", Dee Oh Double Gee shows he can get both gritty and righteously silly with equal aplomb. 
 
As the wheelchair-bound crack pusher in "Training Day", Snoop gave an additional jolt of electricity to the already high-powered performances of Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.  The scene where he puked up the crack rocks after credibly denying he had them showed he had the dramatic chops to hold his own with an Academy Award winner. 
 
In "Starsky and Hutch", Snoop "laid it out" for comedy giants Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson "to play it out" as the incongruous informant/criminal Huggy Bear.  Watch the glee in his eye when he takes a pair of fly sunglasses off of prone Vince Vaughn's head and spits "Now these'll work" or his hilarious scene as the world's most clueless golf caddy, also with the brilliant Vaughn.
 
Hear us now and believe us later, but Mr. Broadus is headed for a breakout leading role.  The man is good.