Snoop definitely ain't no failure. He constantly finds ways to reinvent himself while remaining true to the dude everybody first fell in love with since Deep Cover. Say what you want, but Snoop is a rapper's rapper. He got skillz, but knows how to make the right songs at the right time to remain relevant. I was 12 years old when the dude first came out. I'm 30 now, and my little teenage cousins dig Snoop almost as much as I did when I was their age. Failures don't remain relevant the way this dude does. And just for the record, since I know some cats like to use album sales as a measure of success, here is a rundown of Snoop's sales History (US sales only). Got it from this page on Wikipedia if you want to cross reference what I'm posting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg_discography
Doggystyle: 4× Platinum
Tha Doggfather: 2× Platinum
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told: 2× Platinum
No Limit Top Dogg: Platinum
Tha Last Meal: Platinum
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss: Platinum
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece: Platinum
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment: Platinum
His last two albums were Ego tripping and Malice in Wondaland. Wikipedia didn't have US Sales Posted for those two. Also keep in Mind he has one Platinum compilation album (Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz) and two Gold Compilation Albums (Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way & The Hard Way)
Skillz, Sales and Relevance....................He's got all bases sufficiently covered. How anyone could say this guy is a failure makes no sense to me.
Sidebar: 50 is no failure either. He was never that nice as an MC, but his ability as a business man helped him gain the kind of wealth in 5 years that took a lot of guys 15 years to get. I'm just saying.