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The rapper finally served up Broccoli to his adoring fans, while the Thai-inspired tones of Khruangbin and Real Estate’s soothing singalongs were other highlightsThe prospect of Thai-inspired funk written and performed by three friends from Houston, Texas, might sound like a terrible prospect, however Khruangbin are anything but. Laura Lee (bass), Mark Speer (guitar), and Donald Johnson (drums) make the kind of instrumental music you’d imagine J Dilla would be cribbing from if he wer