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.
