Yeah, it’s another Detox-related post but this one is coming straight from the Doberman’s mouth.

Nobody was believing that ying-yang Swizz was poppin’ the other day and Snoop Dogg went to England to set the record straight with Tim Westwood about his original mentor’s much-maligned album. Uncharacteristic to his clownish behavior of recent years, Snoop tackled the question head on, confirming what most of us pretty much assumed.

However, it was refreshing to hear it spoken from a reputable source without the sugar coating.

“When we made records in the past, it was an environment; an atmosphere. It was always girls, always parties, always the right atmosphere to create that sort of album that sounds like the albums you’ve heard in the past. If there’s not that atmosphere, you can’t create that kind of album…he’s a perfectionist.

Until he get that he’s not going to release it. He doesn’t want the scrutiny of people saying ‘all I waited this long for that?’…I just think the wrong people are in the environment. D.O.C. and Snoop Dogg is the backbone. We you take those two out of the equation, it’s not going to work.”

All that came from a man who co-signed the album’s alleged first single, which didn’t meet the public’s expectations. For those in the dark, The D.O.C. lost the effectiveness of his voice after releasing his stone-cold classic album, No One Can Do It Better, but his fingers were left unharmed. Some of your favorite anthems from the Aftermath camp over the years were birthed from his design.

Previously: Swizz On Dre’s Detox: “Worth The Wait”