American tour by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eminem | |
Associated albums |
The Chronic 2001 The Marshall Mathers LP No Limit Top Dogg War & Peace, Vol. 2 Tha Last Meal |
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Start date | June 15, 2000 |
End date | August 20, 2000 |
No. of shows | 44 |
The Up in Smoke Tour | |
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Video by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Ice Cube | |
Released | December 5, 2000 |
Recorded | July 20, 2000 at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts |
Genre | West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap |
Label | Eagle Vision |
Director | Philip G. Atwell |
Producer | J. Kevin Swain |
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Allmusic | link |
The Up in Smoke Tour was a West Coast hip hop tour in 2000 which was headlined by Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, also featuring artists Ice Cube, Eminem, Proof, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, D12, MC Ren, Westside Connection, Mel-Man, Tha Eastsidaz, Doggy's Angels, Devin The Dude, Warren G, TQ, Truth Hurts, Xzibit, The D.O.C., Hittman, and Six-Two.
The tour was originally called The Boyz in the Hood under the pretext of Dr. Dre's to-be-released collaborative album The Chronic 2000 (later renamed). In September 1999, Snoop Dogg stated that he, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Xzibit, Warren G and Nate Dogg would form the line-up. By April 2000, Ice Cube was on board as part of the tour, which was slated for a June 15 start in San Diego. MC Ren, one time MC of N.W.A, was expected to join the tour in order to have reunited version of N.W.A along with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg. Come May the tour was officially known as the Up In Smoke Tour, and Dr. Dre was promising fans "It's gonna be incredible. We're gonna give everybody that's been buying our records a real show, something they've never seen before."