The hit track, inspired by producer Shawty Redd's underground strip-club anthem "Drifter, " features Snoop singing in auto-tune with typical charisma and humor.

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Brown, who has rapped on some of his songs, was bold when he hit the stage: He started with the European-flavored "Beautiful People, " where he was backed with futuristic dancers and Auto-Tune.

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Like I'm not a fan of the Auto-tune.

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Of course, there was the inevitable auto-tune.

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But, you know, to everybody's point about - Mike, I appreciate your point about the levity and the dead giveaway, but why is the misery of poor, disenfranchised, often people of color, why is that fodder for Auto-tune?

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In exchange for a more substantial energy-bill savings (5-10% of the summer's air-conditioning tariff), participating customers agree to an "Auto-Tune" of their Nest, a three-week adjustment period where the algorithms plan a regime that routinely rejiggers air-conditioning use during the day.

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