solewoman
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my concert time just chaned i got an email that lupe was coming on at 6:30 instead of 7 now.
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Originally Posted by FWA III
i went to the 3/8 show in charlotte and...
even though all lupe had was microphone, he did his thing.
charlotte kind did lupe dirty, everyone came late and the stadium was only 1/3 full when he took the stage.
n.e.r.d. really got the crowd hype. even though i'm not a fan n.e.r.d. they performed with a lot of energy.
chris brown came out on stage during "spazz" and... spazzed out.
rihanna was a'ight. all the karamos in the building were going crazy.
after rihanna came the main event. it took a looooong time for the crew to set up his stage, but it was all worth it.
i was kind of worried that the super elaborate stage would be a crutch for a mediocre performance... boy was i wrong.
he surpassed my crazy high expectations and put on the best show i've ever seen.
whoever said kanye's show was short was lying their @## off... he damn near did his whole catalog.
thanks kanye for the best concert experience of my life... so far.
10/10
Lu came out for touch the sky
Figured they would've had that worked out after what happened in Raleigh.DF!!!
"I was snapping away... pictures still came out like %+%%. But no one was stopping me. "
I feel you!!
^Biggmyke - You worked as a security for years but still didn't feel safe using your camera? i.e. aren't the other security guards your friends andwould let you do that??
Walking in I held my camera in my hand behind my wallet and my keys to try to cover it up,
young security girl was like "Do you got a camera?"
I was like "Nope!"
I happened to be wearing a small golden mask to the side of my forehead
and THEN this big (well, relatively since I'm a small statured dude) police officer bum rushes my face and goes,
"HEY! YOU BETTER TAKE THAT MASK OFF NOW! THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW AND IF I SEE YOU WEARING IT INSIDE, YOU'RE OUT OFHERE! I BETTER NOT SEE IT ON YOUR FACE!"
I was like woooow....where to begin,
the absolute rudeness which immediately made me think of the Kanye line ("Racism is alive...")
or the fact that he just told me that there is a law against wearing masks in venues??
He didn't speak polite or anything, just came off mad from the jump like I slapped his sister around or something
smh
and I also thought he was confronting me cuz he saw my camera or something
Throughout the show, bunch of people sitting around me kept getting warnings but I didn't....maybe I was slick about it or just lucky
but I only felt safe taking pics by the time Rihanna and Kanye were on (night time and more filled up)
Lupe - same as what everyone else said, I felt bad as hell for him
I was in the orchestra-side section(handicap area) and saw like 30 people there...
20 got hype for "Superstar"
15 knew a few more songs
10 remained standing the whole time
2 knew every song
felt bad as hell for him but he kept going like he was rockin for millions of folks who know every word to every song
N.E.R.D. - I always considered myself 'somewhat' of a fan but never TOO crazy about them
Got their first album, heard some of their second
obviously I effs with The Neptunes/Pha-Real/Star Trak and all that
but they seriously killed it, had me jumpin up, throwin up the \\// every 10 secs.
ACHOO! ACHOO! like I'm suddenly their biggest fan
Show was so crazy I somehow knew words to songs that I didn't think I knew...
Chad was there...Chris Brown...Fam-Lay...
THINK I saw Kenna up there too
They could've done a better sound check with the mics tho...
Rihanna - I like her stuff so I enjoyed the show,
but I can see how non-fans would be bored tho esp. when alot of people sat down.
Only part I didn't enjoy was when she sang a bit of "Umbrella" acapella
Also she mislead me when she did "Paper Planes"
because I thought M.I.A. had come out but it was just some background singer
Kanye - I don't even know what to say that hasn't been said,
you either saw him or you will soon
The blue flames got everybody hype
and when he was humpin the floor during his lil dance break
got some pics tho
and a good video clip of Kanye and Lupe doing "Touch the Sky"
Thought it was odd how Lupe got such a big cheer but didn't get as much love for his own show (maybe all the real Lupe fans came late cuz I talked to abunch in drink lines asking if they missed him when they came 1-2 hours late smh)
Near the end of N.E.R.D. I look to my right near the entrance to the orchestra section I'm in,
see some guys standing, look back at the show, then boom turn back at them and realize
it's Really Doe, Tony Williams, and GLC!
Nobody else around knew who they were I guess
so I take a break from the performance and push all the people in my way OUT of my way
Say wassup to them...
big up Really Doe on his "Plastic" joint, he was biggin up my Good Music tee
ask Tony about the performance
GLC was like "Why don't you put your mask on homey?" and I tell him about that wack cop...
Tony Williams didn't see too friendly like he didn't wanna be bothered (smh) while the other 2 were mad cool,
kinda the opposite of what I expected...
Saw Consequence and Fam-Lay near the entrance way during Kanye's set but I didn't think they would wanna be bothered during the main event...
Chopped it up with Really Doe again right after the show, said he was lookin for 3 drunk n hot girls
and saw that one light skinneded mixed dude in Kanye's crew (?Don C?), he was on the phone but gave me a nod I guess cuz of my Good Music shirt
Apology in advance for any and all who think I wrote too much nonsense,
I tend to ramble and babble...
so I offer these pix as a gift of peace:
Oh! It can't be... G.O.O.D. Music my Grammy Family:
Pix aren't the best quality but I did the best I could in such hectic situations:
Kanye and Lupe:
In the studio with Really Doe, yeah he next up:
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Originally Posted by C2HUI
How big of a risk are me and a friend taking going down to the Chicago show friday night with no tickets?
Ticketmaster is sold out and Criagslist and Ebay are too pricey. I was planning on buying one off of the streets on the night of, but I got to look out for fakes and bad seats...