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Snoop Dogg leaves knees shaking in Bangkok

By Shane Danaher

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Rap legend Snoop Dogg rhymes into his specially bejeweled mic at the Together Festival in Bangkok last Saturday. Photos: Shane Danaher

BANGKOK: -- Snoop Dogg’s headlining performance at last Saturday’s Together Festival began with a bit of last-minute legend building: Before the rap star took the stage, a montage of his hit music videos played to the accompaniment of a bombastic background score. This forced aggrandizement proved unnecessary, however, as Snoop Dogg remains more than capable of justifying his own renown.

After sauntering onto the stage accompanied by two dancers, a clutch of hypemen and a costumed dog mascot, the West Coast hip-hop legend proceeded to lay down a performance that left BITEC arena shaking.

Twenty years in the business will teach you a few things, and in Snoop Dogg’s case, the principle lesson learned appears to be how best to work a crowd. His performance abounded in laconic, stoner theater, all of which he dispatched with unaffected nonchalance.

Early in the set, Snoop marched to the side of the stage, cast the microphone he had been using to the floor and demanded that a stagehand give him “his mic.” This prop proved closer in nature to a jewel-encrusted shield than a piece of A/V equipment. Like so much of Snoop’s identity, it overshot ludicrousness by so wide a margin as to become simply awe-inspiring. [more...]

Full story: http://www.coconutsb...ngkok-by-storm/

-- COCONUTS Bangkok 2013-01-21

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