Snoop Dogg's Puff Puff Pass Tour Salutes Weed & West Coast Hip-Hop in Los Angeles

With smoke filling the air, two lowriders sitting at each end of the stage, green lights permeating everywhere throughout the venue and marijuana leaf props sprinkled all over the stage, Saturday night (Dec. 10) at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater felt like a celebration of the passing of Prop 64 (legalizing recreational marijuana in California) with part two of Snoop Dogg’s Puff Puff Pass tour. The second installment of the successful 2001 tour featured nostalgic performances from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, 2nd II None, Hi-C, Pamona City Movement and the LBC Movement, Warren G and Too Short in a jam-packed night saluting the love of weed and West Coast hip-hop.

“I don’t think they really know this is our second home,” Wish Bone of Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony shouted out to the crowd before the group ran through favorites like “First of the Month” andNotorious B.I.G.’s “Let’s Ride." The group also shouted out their late Ruthless Records label head and West Coast legend, Eazy-E. “We are going to pay homage to our mentor,” the group told the crowd before going into “Foe Tha Love of $." They finished of their set with the 1996 Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping, Grammy award-winning single “Crossroads,” sayingm “We are going to dedicate this next song to all of our fallen soldiers."

Real '90s West Coast hip-hop fans flashed back to the past with performances from Hi-C, who performed songs like his 1991 cut “I’m Not Your Puppet" and Compton rap group 2nd II None, past frequent collaborators of DJ Quikwho went through songs like “2 Skankless”  and 1992’s “if You Want It," as well as Luniz, whose set ended with the 1995 cult classic “I Got 5 on It” alongside a dancing “Condom Man” mascot wearing the group’s namesake on a huge red chain. Feeling the good vibes in the air, Numskull of Luniz proclaimed, “I spent seven motherf---ing years in the pen. I’m back, n----."