Glow In The Dark

No... Not the new Chris Brown joint... Although I do like that song... But the Glow In The Dark Tour. Kanye hit my town last night... And as predicted the auto tuner was in full force. Kanye was who he is... Self proclaimed 'hip hop's finest'. The concert was crowded with underagers similar to the Chris Brown/Rihanna concert a few weeks back. But there wasn't so much pop feel to it. I enjoyed the way that Kanye performed his old songs... Well all the songs off his first three albums. They were good... Favourites would have been the intensity of Jesus Walks, his swagger on Gold Digger and dedication of Through The Wire. One of the highlights for me was Yeezey spitting his verse from Swagger Like Us. His flow with the auto tune was cool, although the bounce over that track is fire from the get go. But then there was a little disappointment when it came to Kanye getting his sing on. He hasn't got the strongest voice, but insisted that we listen to the Kanye/Auto tuner collaborations for way too long. One of them went for about twenty minutes. Although I'm not entirely feeling the new Kanye sound... I did enjoy the start of the final encore. Predictably it was Love Lockdown. The drums in that song are straight fire. So that was cool... But then he sung for way too long. Kanye's set was cool... His songs were dope, he performed well and the lighting was amazing. And as expected he looked fresh... Jordan 5's are always a winner, although I expected the hyped Nike Yeezey's to be on his feet. And the jacket he finsished his set with was one that I need to get my hands on. If he didn't go on for way too long with the auto tuner... Then it would've been one of the best concerts I've been to.

That is because there was a saving light... Nas performed with him. And honestly... This is without a doubt the best hip hop performance I've ever seen! He was reported to be doing fifty songs in fifty minutes. He did not do this... ha ha. Instead he bought a band and a dj who actually mixed. The added factor of the band was cool. The extra kick on the drums was nice. He didn't have anyone backing him up... Just Nas on the mic. Looking like Nas does in his fresh white tee with a beater underneath and signature half aviator sunglasses. He proceeded to perform a plethora of Nas joints... All of which had the purists in the crowd going crazy! I'm a bit disappointed that there were so many people there that had no real idea who he is and what Illmatic did to the game. It was cool to hear a couple of songs of his Untitled album... He opened with the title track. But his delivery for each of songs was amazing. A true lyricist and undeniable performer. His words were crisp and on point. I did like how he got the crowd, of which many were 10 when Illmatic dropped, yelling "Braveheart... Braveheart." He looked like he truly enjoyed Wellington. I know that Kanye proclaimed himself to be hip hop's finest... Although I think he only performed after hip hop's finest. And if thats too big of a call for you... They both work for hip hop's finest. Which brings me to my next point... The only thing that could have made Nas' performance better was if he had dropped Ether. That was the only one of his classic's that he didn't drop. But as he said on Hip Hop is Dead "the kid went Def".