I Just Heard Zac Brown Band’s “Let It Run” Collab With Snoop Dogg & I Honestly Don’t Know Who This Music Is For

Who is this music for?

Once again, the Zac Brown Band is entering into a “new chapter.” To be frank, I’m starting to lose track with all the musical shifts that the band tries out. And correct me if I’m wrong, but chapters typically fit and work together, right? Every “new chapter” from the Zac Brown Band reads more like an entirely new (strange and puzzling) book.

For a little bit of background information, the Zac Brown Band put this statement out early in July. They effectively announced that they were turning the page (sorry for the all the book references) and moving on to a new era, which they claimed to be the “biggest one yet.”

“There’s no way to sum up what the last chapter has meant to us… We’ve played thousands of shows, crossed countless state lines, and seen every kind of weather and welcome you could imagine. Whether you saw us when we were playing covers in Georgia dive bars or you just found us on your drive home last month… You’ve been a part of this journey.

You’ve sung the words, screamed the choruses, cried with us, danced with us, and let this music into your life. That kind of connection is not lost on us. It never will be. From every hand we shook, every sign we saw in the crowd, every voice lifted back to us from the front row to the lawn, we felt your love.

And we gave it right back, night after night. This isn’t goodbye. It’s a thank you. A reflection. The next chapter? It’s the biggest one yet. We’ll see you there.”

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When that went out on social media, no one knew what the Georgia-founded band had up their sleeve. Many were wondering if the closing of a chapter meant they’d go away for a while. But that certainly wasn’t the case, because a little over a week after that first post, the Zac Brown Band announced that they have a new album coming out later this year titled Love & Fear.

They also teased the project’s lead single:

“Two sides of the same truth. New album ‘Love & Fear’ 12.05.25. New single ‘Let It Run’ featuring Snoop Dogg out this Friday.”

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Zac Brown and Snoop Dogg, eh?

Now I’m typically an open minded music fan. Some of my favorite musical moments have been those CMT Crossroads collabs, where two artists from two totally different genres come together to play a song. Generally those work out… but I’m just not sure about the Zac Brown Band and Snoop Dogg meshing.

Here’s a little taste of what the song is like before we get to the actual studio version. Snoop Dogg and Zac Brown played the song live for the first time together recently in Los Angeles. Both artists were rocking their signature looks: Snoop had a blunt, and Zac had a really big hat on:

@emily.longeretta Just a little @Snoop Dogg on a Monday night with @Zac Brown Band ♬ original sound – Emily Longeretta

In case the presence of Snoop Dogg didn’t make this obvious, the song is basically a weed-smoking anthem. And Zac Brown hasn’t shied away from mentioning marijuana use in previous songs, but he’s also never gone all in like this. I’m also hesitant to say “all in,” because to me, the song’s lyrics aren’t the strongest.

Here’s one of Zac’s verses:

“I ain’t trying to police the way y’all smoke your weed
Didn’t mean to haunt your buzz, I just said something because
We got cars that drive themselves, we put people into space
But can we please stop doin’ things like it’s 1998.”

And here’s Snoop Dogg’s profanity riddled, rapped verse:

“Let that b***h run, light some, pass one
Maybe two, what it do? F****n’ with some super glue
Spittin’ on my Bleezy, homie, take it easy
Wet mouth, crumb snatchin’ son of a b***h
What makes you think I wanna hit a blunt full of spit?”

Again, I must ask a serious question: who in the world said “Finally, yes!” when they saw that Snoop and Zac Brown were putting out a song together? Furthermore, who actually listened to the song and was impressed by it – and the “new chapter” that it seems to be leading the Zac Brown Band into? I’ve never heard a song mention spit so much in my life. Zac, you’re almost 50…

If you think you’re ready to listen to the whole song, I’ve got it linked below. I’ll go ahead and say that I’m out on it. Call me stuck in my ways, but I like Zac Brown and Snoop Dogg’s older work… and I don’t think I like their new stuff together.

Oh, and it looks like they just kept the AI-generated cover art (peep Zac Brown’s six fingers) despite people taking notice:

So what did you think?

If you’ve ever thought, “Man I wish there was a way to combine beach music, rap music, pop music, and country music all into one corny, awful, sub-three-minute song,” you probably loved it. If you are like me, and most of the people who left comments, you’re probably done with this “next chapter” from the Zac Brown Band:

“No. Y’all are better than this.”

“Please Zac, go back to making solid jam country. This trend of country rap is awkward and screams of trying too hard.

“Clearly, basic. I’m hoping the rest of the album is better. Snoop got paid to do this fo shizzle.”

“Zac’s original music was the BEST to me. The more he tries new and odd things, to me, it doesn’t seem to work.”

“I miss the old Zac Brown Band.”

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