Snoop Dogg and crew recently stopped in Vancouver, and we at Killahbeez.com had the pleasure to attend this sold out show (actually the show was sold out within 20 minutes). The show, aptly titled Snoop’s West Fest and presented by Live Nation, featured acts Domino, Western Union, Warzone, Mistah F.A.B, Tha Dogg Pound, Warren G and Snoop Dogg. I basically arrived late and pretty much missed all of the opening acts, but the homey Kam, whose name wasn’t on the bill, was on stage and doing basically the only song I knew from him, “Whoop Whoop,” which is also a fairly well known Ice Cube diss track. No doubt it’s a West Coast classic and a banger at that, and the crowd was hype.

A few moments went by and Tha Dogg Pound come out for their set. The crowd went nuts as Daz and Kurupt traded verses back and fourth. After all these years, I have to say that Kurupt is still a beast on the mic. Daz, well that homeboy looked like he had one too many cheeseburgers, but it’s all love, son. They both proceeded to drop their verses from Snoop’s song, “Doggy Dogg World.” The crowd was mad hype during Tha Dogg Pound’s whole set and showed them love by sharing a few joints. I even thought I saw a couple of Philly blunts - now that’s love. They kept the whole vibe going for their 30 - 40 minute set, doing classics like “Let’s Play House” and “What Would You Do,” which in my opinion is one of the hardest tracks to this day by any artist. Their whole set was a definite time warp back to 1995.

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We at Killahbeez.com wish you and yours a Happy Mother’s Day! To commemorate the special day we have a mixtape via wedoitright. So download this and hook this up for your moms and let her know how special you think she is.

Download mix here

00 2pac - Mama Taught Me (Interlude)
01 2pac - Dear Mama
02 Talib Kweli - Momma Can You Hear Me
03 Rhymefest Ft Ghostface Killah & Mary J. Blige - All That I’ve Got Is You
04 Saigon - If …(My Mommy)
05 DL Incognito - Owe It All To You
06 Pitbull - Dear Mama
07 Kanye West - Hey Mama
08 Boyz II Men - A Song For Mama
09 M-1 Ft. My Momma Raye - Land Bread And Housing
10 Royce Da 59 - Black Girl
11 Jay-Z - Momma Loves Me
12 Beanie Sigel Ft. Scarface- Mom Praying
13 Ghostface Killah Ft. Megan Rochell - Momma
14 Cuban Link Ft. Tony Sunshine - Hey Mama
15 Jhaphia Life - Dont Cry Mama
16 Tek Ft. Mike Taylor- Family Portrait
17 James Brown - Mama’s Dead
18 Nas - Dance
19 Kanye West - Hey Mama (Grammy Edition)

I’m a bit of a crate digger (a necessity if you produce), but I’ll start of simple with my first contribution to Throwback Thursdays with a double dose ode to one of the most soulful Caucasians of all time, Bobby Caldwell - Funny thing is, alot of folks didn’t even know he was white until his first video dropped because his single/album cover only showed a silhouette of him. Shout out to JT and Robin Thicke, and NO shout out to YBT (Young Black Teenagers)…LOL Two of my favorite tracks of all time, Common’s “The Light” produced by my man Dilla and Biggie’s “Sky’s The Limit” produced by DJ Clark Kent both sampled Bobby Caldwell -“Open Your Eyes” and “My Flame” respectively. And for good measure I’ll toss in his timeless hit “What You Won’t Do For Love” which has been sampled numerous times by numerous artists (2pac’s “Do For Love” and Luniz “Playa Hata” being a few of many).Click on through for all the tracks and make sure to peep again on Mixtape Monday for a 40+ song mixtape with all classic soul joints (many of them sampled for big hip hop tracks) by my man Dj Pump.

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