Here in Elysian Park, on a cool Earth Day afternoon, Snoop Dogg and his reunited brethren in Tha Dogg Pound are gathered for their first video shoot in years. But, this being a Snoop joint, the shoot/picnic is much more than a reunion for Long Beach’s most beloved rap posse. It’s also a bona fide gathering of the West Coast tribes: a barbecue-eating, 40-ounce-drinking swarm of all-star homies throwing up West Coast hand signs, with bouncing Impalas, fat beats and the smell of Mary Jane thick in the spring air, all presided over by the swaying, slender Snoop Dogg, braided up and blunted down for the occasion. Even the red-tail hawks seem to want... More >>>