Guest post by Dakin Snyder
The show, advertised to begin at 9:30pm, didn't start until well after 10pm, with the organizers citing "technical difficulties", likely resulting from OWL's web feed. The crowd was somewhat lethargic and entitled at first; the kind of vibe that can be expected when you put too many hipsters in one room (enthusiasm on command is not our forté) until it was apparent that Snoop was on the way out. All of this changed when Snoop hit the floor, and the evening only went up from there.
Snoop played a mix of old and new, bringing out a selection of special guests, (the names of which I didn't fully catch and haven't been able to track down; so apologies) including the phenomenal DJ Quik, creating a near variety show atmosphere. Towards the second part of the show, when the chronic smoke began wafting up from the floor and Snoop's uncle got down with a smooth r&b number inviting everyone to "smoke weed, get drunk, and fuck", the atmosphere shifted from enthusiastic to straight up love fest. Dance offs began breaking out between show goers on the floor, there was a fair amount of grinding going on, and Snoop and co were completely on top of their game. In fact, the thing that struck me most was the overall positive vibe that Snoop was cultivating; there was a refreshing lack of pretense and posturing from Snoop and his entourage, and they delivered an amazing evening that left everyone feeling upbeat and full of love. (At the end of the show, Snoop invited everyone to put their fingers in the air, forming the 2 for Tupac, and chant "Peace" and "Love" followed by a closing cover of Steam's "Na Na Na Na Kiss Him Goodbye" with "good bye" being supplanted by "Snoop Dogg".
Highlights? "Gin and Juice" early in the set, being almost front row and bouncing to a cover of House of Pain's "Jump Around", followed immediately by "Drop It Like It's Hot", and above all seeing Snoop in a small and intimate venue.
Look for additional coverage later of the Our World Live broadcast of the show, when we match up our impressions of what happened at the show with how it came out on the web.
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Duck & Cover co-founder and former D&C blogger, Dakin most certainly will drop it if it is hot enough. He shizzles his nizzle in Los Angeles.
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