The newly formed hip-hop supergroup, Mount Westmore, rolled into a nearly sold-out Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY on Saturday November 20th. Following the success of many West Coast-themed concert series – Snoop Dogg, Too Short, Ice Cube & E-40 felt that it only made sense to join forces as a collaborative unit.
The announcement of Mount Westmore was first revealed by Too Short on MC Serch’s podcast, Serch Says, in December 2020, while the world was experiencing the infamous 2020 pandemic quarantine – which brought the world to a screeching halt.
“I get a call during the early part of the quarantine from E-40 and Ice Cube going, ‘Man, we feel like we should do an album. Me, you… it’s E-40, Cube, Too $hort and Snoop Dogg.’ And I’m like… ‘E-40 and Too $hort are from the Bay, Snoop Dogg and Cube are from L.A. and we are like the West Coast foundation.’ We sat there and was like, ‘F–k it, let’s do it.’ So, we start coming up with beats.” – Too Short
Too Short would later explain in a March 2021, VladTV interview, that the group has recorded roughly 50 songs and plans to release Vol.1 first – followed by multiple chronological albums.
The world would get to witness Mount Rushmore, live in concert, for the first time at the Triller Fight Club pay-per-view bout between Jake Paul and Ben Askren, in April 2021, as they perform their first single entitled Big Subwoofer.
As the pandemic restrictions are becoming more relaxed, Mount Rushmore has taken their show on the road. The nearly sold-out Lexington, KY concert indicates that the demand for these four West Coast legends is still extremally significant, after three decades in the music industry.
The fans appeared to thoroughly enjoy the unique format of the concert. Each artist would perform an hour worth of material – but instead of each artist performing one-hour solo sets – all four would remain on stage together and switch acts, every 5-10 minutes. This format appeared to keep the crowd more energized and engaged, than the typical format of solo sets.
Near the end of the evening – Too Short would announce to the crowd at Rupp Arena that the Mount Westmore album would be dropping at the end of 2021 – or the beginning of 2022, at the latest. That news was met with a standing ovation by the screaming crowd.
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