Grammy Award-winning producer Dr. Dre has stood by Snoop Dogg since his career began more than three decades ago with Snoop’s 1993 debut album Doggy style Thanks to the hit single “Gin and Juice” and others by Dr. He immediately made a name for himself with the hits he produced. Now, shortly after the album’s 30th anniversary, the two Super Bowl halftime headliners have teamed up again for the new album missionary.

missionary marks the twentieth studio album of Snoop Dogg’s career, and the groundbreaking album arrives as the Southern California rapper basks in the glory of his sprawling empire, from cooking with Martha Stewart to the Olympic Torch Relay. When he talked about working again with Dr. Speaking for Dre for the album, the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” MC said that at 53, Dre is able to bring out a new side of him as an artist. “When you hear what we have and how he makes me rap, it’s like a grown-up Snoop Dogg. He has some growth. It’s in the way he picks his bars, it’s in the way he uses his voice,” he said on the website All that smoke Podcast in January.

“(Dr. Dre) uses me like a fucking robot and I love it because I love being produced. I love being challenged,” he continued. “When I’m produced, we create this piece together, and it’s masterful because my voice is part of your music. It’s actually an instrument, as opposed to just bouncing back and forth on the track. Use my voice like a damn instrument. Let me be a part of the music.” He added that all of his collaborations with Dr. Dre went like that. “Every song you’ve ever heard from Dre and Snoop, my voice is never the best; It is always there because it is an instrument. That’s what he does. He’s currently using me as an instrument to create this masterful album.”

Throughout the album, the dynamic duo features a variety of guest stars, from Eminem, Method Man and 50 Cent to Sting, Jelly Roll and Jhené Aiko. Snoop’s reunion with Dre came, he said, after the producer noted that the rapper’s music needed to reach the same all-star level of recognition today with other activities and products. “(Dre) watched me in the entertainment world and realized that my music hand didn’t match my entertainment hand,” Snoop said The Associated Press. “He wanted to bring music back to the foreground with his production, leadership and support of the project.”