Rolling Stone Super-Stars.

The hottest Rolling Stone cover countdown continues today with the best pop-music covers. From boy bands, to Disney star creations, to distressed school girls, the past 20 years have been the era of pop music. Lets see which five artists have made the cut.

Michael Jackson. Courtesy of RollingStone.com.

1.)MICHAEL JACKSON- The King of Pop. The single biggest influence to the music world. The most famous person in the world. Take your pick, there are many titles that Mr. Michael Jackson goes by. Starting his career as the baby-face front man of the Jackson 5, Jackson began his solo career in 1971 and is responsible for the best selling album of all-time, Thriller. Due to his eccentric appearance and legal problems, Jackson was often misunderstood as a person, but will always be respected as an artist.

No Doubt. Courtesy of RollingStone.com.

 

2.) NO DOUBT- Accredited with the revival of ska-pop, No Doubt made waves with the release of their second album, Tragic Kingdom in 1995. The band as a whole was tremendously talented with hit-singles such as Don’t Speak, Spider Webs and Hey Baby, but it was lead-singer Gwen Stefani who made No Doubt shine. With her bad-ass style and incredible voice, Stefani has made history as a solo-artist since the break-up of No Doubt.

Britney Spears. Courtesy of RollingStone.com.

3.) BRITNEY SPEARS- This superstar is no stranger to the cover of Rolling Stone. Since this issue was published after the success of Spears’s first album, …Baby One More Time, Spears was later featured on at least half a dozen Rolling Stone covers. Although the Britney we know today exhibits questionable behavior (to say the least), she was at the top of her game in 1999. This former Mickey Mouse Club member is ranked as one of the top-ten best selling female artists of all-time. 17 year-old Britney’s short-lived innocence is shown in this photograph as she holds a Teletubby (is any one else’s WTF meter buzzing?) and an old-school phone with a “curly-cord,” of course. Can’t say I miss those phones, but I do miss the old Britney.

Justin Timberlake. Courtesy of RollingStone.com.

4.) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE- Can’t have Britney on the list with out Justin! The former lovers-turned-frenemies got their start of the Mickey Mouse Club together and have since moved on to bigger and better things. With the break-up of N’Sync in 2002, Timberlake began his dynamic solo-career with the release of Justified. It took some time for the music industry to respect the former jerry-curled boy band front-man, but Timberlake earned his status with hits such as I’m Lovin’ It and collaborations with Timbaland, Madonna and Snoop Dogg.

Fergie. Courtesy of RollingStone.com.

5.) FERGIE- Fergalicious, or Stacy Ann Ferguson, is almost at Beyonce-diva status. Unlike B, however, Fergie is able to maintain all facets of her stardom- a solo-career, lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas and even dabbles in the fashion and movie industry. Her 2006 album The Dutchess proved that Fergie could handle it all with five Billboard 100 top-singles and a Grammy-nom.

Don’t Change the Dizzle, Turn It Up A Little.

 

Like most rappers who peaked during the 1990’s, S-N-double O-P D-O-double G is starting to get old. However, his nearly 40 years of age is not holding the Dogg back. Snoop is still making new hits and touring as much as he did in his youthful puppy days! And, of course, still smoking that green bubonic-chronic.

This past Thursday, 2/25, Snoop’s two-month tour brought him to the Ryan Center at the University of Rhode Island. URI, a very marijuana-friendly campus, also known as U-R-High (no wonder Snoop performed there) welcomed the Dogg with a ton of excitement and lots of joints, according to a good friend of mine, Ilana Eides, who was lucky enough to attend the concert.

Snoop at URI. Photo taken by Ilana Eides.

“Snoop was supposed to play at eight pm but he didn’t come on until ten-thirty. He played an awesome set that lasted close to two hours, I wasn’t expecting him to play that long since he’s getting old. He definitely made up for the lateness,” said Eides.

According to Eides, Snoop played a combination of old classics, such as Still a G Thang, and new hits from his latest album Malice ‘N’ Wonderland, as well as a few Biggie and Tupac covers.

Does this mean that the East Coast/ West Coast war is finally over?

 “The crowd went crazy for his old songs, but his newer songs got a lot of applause too,” said Eides.

If there is one thing that Snoop and I have in common, it’s the love that we share for a good party. Unlike me though, Snoop has been sippin’ on gin since the 80’s. Any one who tries to party at the seasoned-veteran’s level is just asking for trouble. “Three or four people were taken out in stretchers before Snoop even came on-stage,” said Eides.

…. Too much Gin and Juice? I think so.

“Now that I got me some seagrams gin
Everybody got they cups, but they aint chipped in
Now this types of shit, happens all the time
You got to get yours but fool I gotta get mine
Everything is fine when you listenin to the d-o-g
I got the cultivating music that be captivating he
Who listens, to the words that I speak
As I take me a drink to the middle of the street,” Gin and Juice lyrics.

A lovely glass of gin and juice. Courtesy of Pinstripeonline.com

Most artists end their performance with an encore of two or three songs, but the always-different Doggy-Dog ended his show with a crucial piece of advice to fans. “As he was going off the stage Snoop instructed the crowd to do three things. 1.) Brush your teeth, 2.) Thank G-d for everything you have, and last but not least, smoke some weed,” said Eides.

I guess Snoop never wants to be accused of having Dogg-breath.

Just like a lot legendary-performers, Snoop is known for many talents aside from rapping. Partying like a rock star since his days in the LBC, Snoop is no stranger to rock music. He opened for 311 for their 2008 Unity Tour and co-headlined with Slightly Stoopid and Stephen Marley for last summer’s Blazed and Confused TourSnoop Dogg has appeared in many major motion-pictures such as Old School, Malibu’s Most Wanted and Half-Baked. He has also been featured on the tube quite a few times making guest appearances on hit-television shows such as Weeds and his own family’s reality-show, Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood..

Below are a few select clips of Snoop’s greatest music, movie and television moments:

Weeds, MILF Weed episode:

Snoop as a mouse in Malibu’s Most Wanted:

The Next Episode, a Snoop and Dr.Dre classic:

Snoop Dogg’s Fatherhood trailer: