Back in the year 2000, before smart phones and Twitter and all of that crap, Dr. Dre toured North America with Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Ice Cube, Xzibit, and a bunch of other people. It was a hip hop super tour at the time, and it came to the Spectrum in July of that year.
Fast forward 22 years and I had to do a double take, because the headliners of that tour are going to be doing the Super Bowl halftime show:
Dr. Dre? Snoop? Eminem? Kendrick Lamar? MARY J BLIGE? This is, by far, the best Super Bowl halftime lineup in a long time. Don’t get me wrong; Shakira and J Lo killed it, and Beyonce is Beyonce, but this is a “who’s who” of some of the greatest hip hop guys of all time, with one of the greatest R&B singers thrown in there. And they’ll bring out all sorts of guests, of course. They should bring out Wu Tang and do a DMX tribute. All of the white kids from Boyertown who pretended they were black will be glued to their televisions in February of 2022, and I don’t blame them, because this lineup is awesome.
No, this will not be a “family friendly” affair, and I’m sure the FCC will get three bazillion emails, like they always do, but who cares. This is Dre, Snoop, and Em. Reunited.