California-based funk duo 7 Days of Funk (rapper-singer Snoopzilla — also known as Snoop Dogg/Lion — and modern-funk musician Dam-Funk)

After an initial meeting, Snoop Dogg and Dam-Funk first paired in 2011, when the rapper-singer invited the funk vocalist onstage for a performance at SXSW In an October 2013 interview with Rolling Stone, Snoop commented on their collaboration, saying: "We're the babies of the Mothership I've had funk influences in my music my whole career Dam-Funk is cold He's keeping the funk alive and I knew I had to get down with him" Dam-Funk echoed Snoop's sentiments as he elaborated: "These beats were made for him and he laid down some of the smoothest harmonies and melodies I've ever heard It's hip-hop, but you can also hear what we grew up on, from Zapp to Evelyn "Champagne" King and Patrice Rushen

Snoop also spoke about re-branding himself as Snoopzilla for this project, which pays homage to Funkadelic maestro Bootsy Collins who sometimes used the moniker Bootzilla, saying: "When I'm recording as Snoopzilla, I'm basically an offspring of Bootsy [Collins] We're keeping that spirit alive with that tone, that delivery, that R&B/funk singing, like Rick James and Steve Arrington. And on this EP, I was on some relationship shit: being tired of the one that I'm with and trying to be with the one that I'm with—shit where I'm questioning the one that I love I'm not even talking about nobody personally. Is it music? Is it my wife? I'm questioning something! I don't even know what the fuck it is As time goes by, I get a clearer vision on why I'm saying what I said, because some of these songs are really affecting me right now emotionally They were just songs I did out of the spirit of having fun, but when I write shit, it comes to motherfucking life"