Regarding the opening acts, I devoted several paragraphs to describing how bad they were at the outset of this post. However, I couldn’t find any mention anywhere of who they were or how to find them. They each introduced themselves once, but I couldn’t hear what they said and I couldn’t find any info online about who they were. I don’t even know if Snoop knew who they were — they were probably booked by the local promoters or something.

Thanks again for your comment — and how did you find this article?

(Edit: This article describes the opening acts in more detail — DJ Toa and Ko were their names. I can’t agree with the reviewer about their merit as performers, though — I really thought they weren’t up to snuff.)

It might be wise to look into the way that DJs have been incorporating musical production into their sets through the use of laptops.. many artists are now actually using software on laptops to do so, not just “playing from their iTunes set lists.” Sound quality can be better at some points, yes, but times are indeed changing and there is much benefit from being able to bring your entire electronic “crate” if you will, over lugging around vinyl. Having more choice also allows for an artist to be more creative and change the flow if he or she so wishes, depending on how they feel like moving the crowd. The electronic music scene has been using CDJ’s and laptops for years; perhaps rap, as a subgenre of EDM on the whole, is beginning to catch up.

Also, as a musical review, I lament the fact that you did not mention either opening act for Dogg’s show.. not very journalistic in my eyes, and also difficult to keep me from hearing the same horrendous music. Who are they? Where were they from? How’d they get to headline? What genres of music did the second artist play?