Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg appeared at a press convention Thursday forward of their huge halftime present.
Describe in a single phrase this yr’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present: That was the query posed to Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige to shut out a quick but vigorous 15-minute press convention contained in the Conference Middle in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning.
“Fucking unbelievable,” Dre stated, borrowing an additional phrase. Blige was so impressed by his alternative that she provided “what he stated,” leaving Snoop to shut the present with, “It’s going to be magnifico.”
Whereas they have been quick on specifics, three of the 5 artists slated to take the stage Sunday inside SoFi Stadium as a part of the blockbuster lineup — Eminem and Kendrick Lamar are the opposite two performers however neither attended Thursday’s press convention — spoke at size about how a lot the second means to them personally and the legacy of hip-hop.
“This could’ve occurred a very long time in the past,” provided Dre, who spent probably the most time on the mic on the packed occasion internet hosting nicely greater than 100 reporters. “Hip-hop is the largest style of music on the planet proper now, so it’s loopy that it took all of this time for us to be acknowledged. I feel we’re going to go on and do a incredible present and we’re going to do it so huge that they'll’t deny us any extra sooner or later.”
Within the course of, Dre added, they will depart the door open for hip-hop acts to take the highlight sooner or later whereas exhibiting “how skilled we might be, how dope we might be and the way thrilling” they are going to be as a gaggle. “We’re going to let you already know what it's.”
And what it's is a storybook setup for the town of Los Angeles with three of the 5 performers hailing from Metropolis of Angels with Dre, Snoop and Lamar together with hometown staff, the Los Angeles Rams, competing within the Tremendous Bowl from Inglewood’s new $5 billion crown jewel, SoFi Stadium. Dre even revealed that he manifested such a dream state of affairs.
“I’m not making an attempt to be egotistical or something like that however who else may do that present right here in L.A.? Who else may carry out the halftime present apart from these superb artists that we put collectively for this factor?” Dre requested. “And never solely that, I’ve been manifesting the Rams because the starting of the season. I’m simply enthusiastic about it day-after-day, I’m meditating on it, I’m like OK it’ll be good if we’re within the Tremendous Bowl acting at halftime and the Rams within the sport as nicely.”
The press convention kicked off shortly after 10 a.m. with welcome remarks by the NFL’s Brian McCarthy and Pepsi advertising and marketing chief Todd Kaplan, the latter of whom launched the well-received halftime present trailer, “The Name,” directed by F. Gary Grey. After the clip performed, moderators MJ Acosta-Ruiz and Nate Burleson took the stage and welcomed the trio to their seats.
Burleson kicked it off by asking how they ready to carry out on the largest stage of their lives. “Relaxation, prepare, keep quiet, keep out of hassle,” Blige stated. “That’s actually it.”
“We all know what Snoop does,” quipped Dre, drawing large laughs from the press. However Snoop was fast to dismiss discuss of smoke. “I’m knowledgeable coach — my cardio is on level.” However on a severe notice, Dre stated his prep is easy: “I get up and rely my blessings.”
Los Angeles officers and residents have been doing numerous the identical just lately after the Rams clinched a Tremendous Bowl berth to play within the newish SoFi Stadium, a major second for Snoop and his metropolis of Inglewood.
“I've people who I do know who labored on constructing the stadium that the town of Inglewood gave alternatives to folks to be part of creating,” Snoop defined. “Figuring out that the stadium was constructed and the Tremendous Bowl goes to be right here and that now we have a possibility to carry out onstage, it’s only a blessing as a result of the Tremendous Bowl is the largest sporting occasion on the planet, and hip-hop is the largest type of music on the planet. For us to have the chance to convey the 2 worlds collectively — we bought the queen of R&B, we bought the king of hip-hop, we bought all of his proteges within the place — that is what it’s about. That is what hip-hop and what the NFL is meant to be about; representing change and shifting ahead.”
Snoop stated he appreciates the NFL for even entertaining hip-hop on the primary stage, “as a result of we all know lots of people didn’t need hip-hop on the stage.”
Requested to disclose who they referred to as first as soon as it was confirmed they might carry out, Blige stated her administration staff (“Screaming, so they might leap on it”) and her household. Snoop stated he dialed up his hairstylist and stylist in order that “my look was collectively. I’m involved with my look.”
They didn't supply any particulars on what to anticipate on ensembles or in any other case, however Dre did reveal “the primary rehearsal was surprisingly incredible” despite the fact that the present just isn't but able to roll. “We’re onto one thing actually particular,” he stated. “After all, we needed to work the bugs out, and we’re nonetheless working the bugs out, however it’s feeling superb.”
He stated he caught Blige’s set, suggesting that the performances are damaged up by performer. “I had the prospect to take a seat again and watch her set and it gave me goosebumps. And if I’m getting them, I do know that the viewers goes to really feel when she hits the stage.”
Blige stated she plans to offer it her all. “The imaginative and prescient is to do what I do, which is to go away all of it on the stage, give the whole lot,” she stated.
However Dre stated he doesn’t need the others to offer completely the whole lot. After Snoop promised “no wardrobe malfunctions,” Dre stated, “I needed to discuss Snoop and Eminem out of pulling their penises out.”
Talking of wardrobe malfunctions, Dre singled out Justin Timberlake as considered one of his favourite Tremendous Bowl halftime present performers ever, whereas Blige and Snoop cited Michael Jackson and Prince. However, come Sunday evening, it’s clear that the trio hopes their names are on that checklist.
“I’m the best to ever do it,” Snoop stated. “Any individual bought to say it. Tom Brady didn’t say it. I’m the GOAT.”
Dre completed the thought: “We wish to guarantee that everyone is aware of that is one of the best halftime present ever,” he stated. “I do know we’re going to kill this shit.”