Snoop Dogg in ATL?
 

I saw on Snoop Dogg's myspace that he would be in Atlanta Georgia one night during the competition. Two days later when I went to show one of my team mates it was gone. I'm guessing that he is the big surprise at the end we keep hearing about and FIRST told him to take it off his Myspace so no one knows about it. Did anyone else see it?

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SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH don't ruin the suprise!

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:eek:

Snoop Dogg sounds like an awesome surprise.

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lol i'm sure everyone will find out anyways once were in atl!!! :p

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Yes, but you probably exposed it a few days too early. :)

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Just check his twitter on one of the competition days . . .

"Yo phashizzle on my way to the stadiummm to rap out wit some robots

damnn its hott

in Atlanta

I'm in need of a Fantaa."

:cool:

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Awww... ruined it! But its okay because I'm going to be fully prepared for it! :)

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Ahahahahahaha!!! :yikes: Keep up that sense of humor, & you'll go far kid! :cool:

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Really? AWESOME! :) Yea yea Snoop Dawg! :cool:

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Haha, he's probably there for the Cav's game. ;)

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This thread gave me a chuckle. Thankfully, Snoop Diggity Dawg will probably not be making an appearance :p

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Yea. Lil Wayne is coming.

Dintcha hear? ;)

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I hear that Wayne Penn is making a guest appearance as his hip-hoppin alter ego, Wanye Pest.

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I heard Kobe Bryant heard about first and is coming to Atlanta to check everyone out :)

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I don't see how an esteemed organization such as FIRST would ever even consider inviting any of the clowns mentioned above. Not the best role models.

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With musical guest...




...Karthik Kanagasabapathy...?



...oh dear.

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I have to agree, I haven't heard of most of the people in this thread.

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I think we're forgetting the obvious...

Dean Simmons and the Kamen Brothers, anyone?

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I don't believe that there are many musicians of today's world that are good examples.

(This is based on the "popular" artists of today's music industry who are more apt to influence the youth majority.)

Please excuse the generalization. I am fully aware that there are countless musicians in the world that provide for the greater good.

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I agree. My first thought was "FIRST would NOT go for that..."

Fun coincidence, though. (just like that Lady Gaga concert the day before IRI, but that's not FIRST sponsored either...)

Hey gaiz, I herd that Dean Kamen will be there. liek OMG, that guy who invented the segway!

</daily dose of sarcasm>

I entirely agree. I'm not proud of my generations musical "role models" :/

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Justin Bieber lives down in Atlanta, he should come out!

Oh wait, all the FLL girls will ooooo over him while all the FRC girls wait for him to leave! :p

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Snoop Dogg isn't very gracious, or professional.

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Professionally. . .

non-gracious

:D

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Back in my freshman year, the peachtree regional had a Barbershop Quartet sing the national anthem. It was legit.

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I hear Michael Jackson's ghost was going to moon walk his way in on a regolith carpet! (red carpet)

Oh my I hope it wasnt too soon :/

But no really,

I wanna see Karthik rock it out! (somebody youtube a vid, i wont be there!)

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I think that hes down there because there a big concert going on that week! But If he showed up I would enjoy that!:yikes:

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some kid on my team said something about snoop dogg being in atl. i thought he was just messing around.

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I wonder what the big suprise actully is then:confused: Hummmmm...

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WHATTT?! Snoop Dogg would be the greatest surprise ever.

@noah i heard that kid talking smackkk and I thought he was just making stuff up.

I am pumpeeeddddddd

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Hopefully Snoop and Cudi come and preform their newest hit "That Tree." That would be so sweet to hear.

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Idk how many other peopole think this, but I'd leave the finally if snoop was rapping. Fortunately for people like me, THRICE is playing down the street from the Georgia Dome thursday night. It's going to be a tough decision between THRICE and roboprom . . ..

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YES. PLEASE. :P

That would be awesome. :D

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Oh man, that would be a treat. I have not seen these guys play in a LONG time.

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I don't know anything about Snoop Dogg's "music", but I want to say this:

If the lyrics are something that your grandma would cringe at, it's a pretty good bet that it will not be played at a FIRST event. My guess is that there would be a pre-event screening that the performer in question would have to do before being allowed to perform at the event.

Here's why: Many, many years ago, during the Epcot days (fortunately for me, one I wasn't at--but my dad was and told me a little bit about it), someone played a video during the closing ceremony that hadn't been pre-screened by FIRST. As soon as it was over, FIRST apologized for showing it, because it was inappropriate. Ever since, videos have been pre-screened. Live performances would at least need to give some indication that it would remain reasonably family-friendly.

My guess is that the rumored visit to Atlanta has nothing whatsoever to do with FIRST, or was canceled at some point. Atlanta is a big city, with dozens of venues and many events (like car shows or home and garden shows, to name a couple) going on. If somebody says they'll be in a city of that size, and you want to meet them, it'll be almost impossible to find them, unless you know exactly where they're going to be. We don't know if he'd be coming for FIRST, for the Braves, for a concert, for fun (what? musician going somewhere for fun?), or what.

I'll see you all after you get back from the Island of Conclusions; have a nice swim.:p [bonus points if you get the reference]

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He is incredibly professional in the studio. Most artists who make it to his level are. </music tech major rant>

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Never mind the artist Snoop Dog, if Reel Big Fish was to perform Snoop Dog, Baby in ATL that would wicked sweet!

Even more so than when Streetlight Manifesto was in Atlanta on tour several years ago!

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Ohhhh, I don't know. Imagine, if you will....

With so much drama in the f-r-c
Its kinda hard bein snoop d-o-double-g
But i, somehow, some way
Keep comin up with funky designs like every single day
May i, kick a little something for the nerds (yeah)
And, make a few bumpers as (yeah!) I breeze, through
Two in the mornin and the partys still jumpin
Cause my inspections ain't done
I got students in the pit crew boltin it on
And, they aint leavin til six in the mornin (six in the mornin)
So what you wanna do,
I got a pocket full of zip ties and my homeboys do too
So turn off the breaker and close the dump valve
But (but what) we don't love them penalties, yeah!
So we gonna cut an ounce of weight to this
Time's up, tools down, while you supernerds bounce to this

Chorus: repeat 2x

Rollin down the field, smokin motors, watchin those chains get loose
Laid back [with my mind on my robots and my robots on my mind]


:rolleyes:

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You're basing your conclusions on a small subset of popular musicians' tabloid reputations, rather than the whole picture. "Musicians" are a lot more than Britney Spears, 50 Cent, James Hetfield, and Trace Adkins. There are countless musicians who do live perfectly admirable lives who are good examples, in all genres of music. I can't imagine why you'd say someone like Itzhak Perlman wouldn't be a good example.

On a related note, there's no need to be cruel or insulting to Snoop Dogg's music in this thread. It's justifiable to say that you don't like it or you'd prefer him to appear. It's logical to point out the reasons he probably won't appear. However, you don't need to insult one of the most successful and influential musicians of the past 20 years. This isn't the place to have that debate.

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Dude that'd be the sickest finale for the Championship event.


So many "haters" on these forums, why so prejudiced?

"Oh hey a rapper, what a bad influence" - closed minded CDer

"These kids are all a bunch of anti-social nerds hahahahaha" - closed minded rapper reading CD


You guys need more perspective in your lives. You who are so quick to bash the guy do realize that acknowledgment of FRC by someone like Snoop Dogg would be big publicity and a big statement for both FRC and Snoop right? Yeah.

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You and Tim Baird need to do a collab

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We've both contributed to Dean Simmons' work. Maybe Ozzy will break into new genres this summer. :p

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I think he appreciates Technology...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpWxHIUC5M0

It would be cool to have him speak at the Championships. Some people may argue he may not be the best role model. but he could be one of those voices that could convince people who want to be rappers to be engineers instead...

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Wouldn't that be something?
If RBF or SM performed for FIRST that would absolutely make Hotlanta perfect, besides maybe a few more bands and free ice cream. XD

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If he does make an appearance, it doesn't necessarily have to be a performance, it can just be a small speech.

And with Dean's task this year of getting more people to come out to the competitions, I can see this as a method toward increasing audience size.

Robots+Rap=?
Why not?

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If Snoop performs I'll eat my shoe.

I'm personally pulling for Lady Gaga but whenever they call to book her she's kinda busy.

/rim shot

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The Whiner Squadron is never happy.

Maybe when the Large Hadron Collider discovers the Higgs Boson or antimatter we can implode these black holes of happiness. Until then, the only way to not fall victim to the Whiner Squadron is to steer clear of their event horizon, unless you want to get burned by their quasers of curmudgeon fury.

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This is why not.

Thanks Art! I always jump at the chance to introduce these classics to a new generation.

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I think you're right, but of course as a Rumor Mill thread this is supposed to be completely ridiculous.
Phantom Tollbooth?

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The only thing I can say to this thread is....


Hey you kids, get off my grass!

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:ahh: Those were great! haha

Any reason they are not played anymore? :P

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Last time i checked, that wasn't rap, that was some lame boy band and some amateur rockers.

those songs were GOD AWFUL
(when were these around, like 2006 right?)

btw: snoop is one of the most technologically advanced rappers to this date
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaZqKrxATnc

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The sheer fact that someone made a song about FIRST excited me, not the music itself.

Can we get Bon Jovi to record a song for FIRST while they're down in ATL?

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I would say that some Glitch Mob Glitch-Hop songs eclipse his technical ability. I mean, they rock shows with three multi touch Lemurs linked to ableton live, as well as a crapton of MIDI controllers and laptops, all synced with MIDI timecode... Let's see Snoop beat that.

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The bonus points have been claimed.

Just to be clear: I have nothing against rap, rappers, or any other musicians/genres, provided that their lyrics/stage acts are reasonably clean. Rap has a reputation for not being reasonably clean. Not having heard Snoop Dogg or many other rappers, to the best of my knowledge, I choose to err on the side of caution.

I'm with Nawaid and Aniba. Art, Travis, Joe, Akash, and some others might remember that a few years ago (I think it was around 2003-2004), someone got a video of Will Smith talking about technology, directed towards FIRSTers. I would guess that something similar is afoot, or else that Snoop Dogg was thinking about going to another event in Atlanta (of which there are most likely several that would attract him in their general direction as strongly as FIRST would). Kind of doubt that there would be a performance.

Personally, I think the surprise is that the Finals/Awards ceremony will actually end on time this year.:ahh:

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Last time i checked, they use a new pristine field for Einstein. With all the field troubles that we have had through the regional process. I would gladly put money up against that statement any day.

I think it would be more reasonable to say that by the time the Einstein teams get to the finale after packing up their crates. The fireworks show will be over...

Oh and didn't FIRST have Mandy Moore in 2002 for the Finale?

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Correction: DISNEY had Mandy Moore in 2002. Half of the people rushed to see her play, the other half, including me, rushed to Epcot to get food and get on attractions.

There's lots of "I don't listen/don't know Snoop's lyrics" comments here. THANK JEBUS FOR GOOGLE!

http://www.azlyrics.com/s/snoopdogg.html

Check it out and tell me if you think he'll end up performing.

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I really hope that Snoop Dogg does not end up playing at the Dome and it if he does show up it is just as a special guest and not as the main attraction.

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That is great!!! A++

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Hey, there's a Gaga concert the day before IRI. I think that's the closest we'll get :P

And now, back to your regularly scheduled program...

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Does no one care about the Bon Jovi Concert on Thursday night?!?!

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I looked at a few of the more recent ones. No way, no how on performance. (I counted at least 4 words that a number of folks would take offense to, appearing multiple times.) I don't think you'll be eating any shoes anytime soon, Joe.

I'll add an offer to shave my head to Joe's shoe-eating offer if he performs at any FIRST event.

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I think we can say that wasn't the surprise.

On a side note: Anyone down there want to share with us back home what the surprise was.

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I wasn't at Championships this year, so I didn't get to see the surprise. Was it the rumored 2Pac appearance? Maybe next year they could even get the Notorious B.I.G. to perform. That would be amazing in more than one way!

/silly thread

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My friend's dad used to be his bodyguard.
Maybe he can hook something up to perform in st. Louis.