event Warren G.
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Fri Jul 30
10 pm
Warren G. at Epic
The quiet love affair between hip-hop artists and soft rockers—such as Jay-Z’s Coldplay fascination—reached an early apex with the 1994 smash “Regulate,” which featured rapper Warren G. and his 213 cohort Nate Dogg riding lazy G-funk circles around Michael McDonald’s yacht-rock staple “I Keep Forgettin’.” That love of the laid-back has served Warren G. well over the years, and he doesn’t stray from it much on 2009's The G-Files, which sees everyone from Raekwon to Snoop Dogg to Travis Barker dropping through the haze. When he does court a younger crowd (as on chipper cash-in single “Ringtone”), it only demonstrates that Warren G. works best when he’s not letting anything—even the passage of time—harsh his mellow.
Epic 110 N. 5th St., Twin Cities, MN
The quiet love affair between hip-hop artists and soft rockers—such as Jay-Z’s Coldplay fascination—reached an early apex with the 1994 smash “Regulate,” which featured rapper Warren G. and his 213 cohort Nate Dogg riding lazy G-funk circles around Michael McDonald’s yacht-rock staple “I Keep Forgettin’.” That love of the laid-back has served Warren G. well over the years, and he doesn’t stray from it much on 2009's The G-Files, which sees everyone from Raekwon to Snoop Dogg to Travis Barker dropping through the haze. When he does court a younger crowd (as on chipper cash-in single “Ringtone”), it only demonstrates that Warren G. works best when he’s not letting anything—even the passage of time—harsh his mellow.
Updated 07/22/2010
