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Post by kevindurant on Apr 19, 2011 19:06:36 GMT -5
Wayne's latenight show should be amazing. Here is NY Times review of his tour.
"UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Just before Lil Wayne, a k a Weezy, went to jail last March, he took on a new nickname, Lil Tunechi. It seemed ungainly at first, awkward sounding and unrevealing. Plus: what rhymes with Tunechi? Nuisance, stupid, Stooges, sushi, pollution, substitution, movies, Jacuzzi, juicy: all that assonance is in just the first few seconds of Lil Wayne’s verse on Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now,” one of his best since Lil Wayne’s release from Rikers Island on Nov. 4, and a reminder that when he’s so inclined, he can weave words like few others.
When he left for jail, he was the most popular rapper in the country and also, at times, the absolute best, a dynamo of intricacy, exuberance and swagger. But much changed during Lil Wayne’s “eight-month vacation,” as he’s called it. His protégés Drake and Nicki Minaj took over hip-hop’s center, though neither had the specific manic energy of the boss. And bombast returned to the genre, in the form of Rick Ross and Waka Flocka Flame.
None of that mattered, though, on Sunday night at Nassau Coliseum here when Lil Wayne’s “I Am Still Music” tour arrived for the first of two sold-out shows. For almost two hours Lil Wayne was vibrant in a performance that was less a show of progress than a reassertion of primacy.
Lil Wayne is the only star of his generation, save Kanye West, who can consistently fill rooms of this size. Before Rikers, he was so deep into his winning streak that he was on the verge of an experimental phase, as heard on the sometimes noxious rock album “Rebirth” and the intermittently appealing odds-and-ends collection “I Am Not a Human Being.”
But his absence quickly absolved him of those small sins. He had one legitimate hit, the Drake collaboration “Right Above It,” and any number of smaller ones. “Weezy on top,” and he “ain’t even home/Yet,” Drake rapped on Nicki Minaj’s “Moment 4 Life.”
Now that he’s home, though, he’s been in a bit of a holding pattern. He’s released about a couple dozen songs in the five or so months since he left prison. In his 2007 prime the number would have been double that, easily. Mostly they’ve been appearances on other people’s records, and at least a few of them sound as if they might have been made preincarceration.
On the whole, apart from songs like “Look at Me Now,” the Lil Wayne of late 2010 and 2011 isn’t the sui generis Lil Wayne of 2007, when he leaked songs at a racetrack pace, some fantastic, some curious, all fascinating.
Of the new material only one song — “6 Foot 7 Foot,” with Cory Gunz — is a legitimate hit, but even that’s just a recasting of his 2008 smash “A Milli.” Some, like his contribution to the remix of Mike Posner’s “Bow Chicka Wow Wow,” seem like lazy gifts, not befitting his stature.
Even Lil Wayne’s thinnest recent songs have featured some of the tossed-off one-liners that, in his tinny croak, sound more clever than they already are: “swagger just dumb/call it Kelly Bundy,” “shoot you nine times just in case you got cat lives,” “so misunderstood, but what’s a world without enigma?” And of course, from “6 Foot 7 Foot,” “real Gs move in silence like lasagna.”
As with before, when Wayne finds a theme he likes, he sticks with it: “pockets on obese,” “pockets on bodybuilder,” “pockets on Mo’Nique.” Or alternately, “They tipping on a budget/Man, they pockets getting skinny/ What is that, Jennifer Hudson?”
No longer is he making formal innovations and only occasionally is he expanding his subject matter. Occasionally he’s referenced his recent legal troubles: “I’m on probation/So my nerves bad” he says, on the remix of DJ Khaled’s “Welcome to My Hood.” On the remix of Birdman’s “Fire Flame,” he boasts, “They say it costs to be the boss/I paid the price, including tax.”
Having incarceration so close in the rearview mirror hasn’t tempered Lil Wayne, though. There are as many, if not more, references to the Bloods in his rhymes now than before: on “Red Nation,” with the Game; “Hit the Lights,” with Jay Sean; “Welcome to the Hood”; even the pre-Super Bowl Packers fight song “Green and Yellow.”
Lil Wayne’s celebrity was built on ubiquity as much as hit making, and at Sunday’s night’s show fans made little distinction between his biggest singles and his mixtape tracks. And he still exerts shockingly powerful gravitational pull. Rick Ross, the most important rapper of the last 18 months not signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money label, appeared perfectly overjoyed to be the opening act.
And while Drake was hosting the Juno Awards in Toronto, Nicki Minaj performed a half-hour miniset in the middle of Lil Wayne’s, wearing a corset, tights and pink Dr. Martens boots. Mid-performance, during “Letting Go (Dutty Love),” her Sean Kingston collaboration, she gave Lil Wayne a lap dance that stretched the boundaries of appropriate employer-employee conduct (unless, perhaps, your employer is Dov Charney).
Lil Wayne is to release “Tha Carter IV,” his ninth studio album, in May, and it will most likely be the first he’s made completely sober: sobriety is a condition of his probation. That clarity is also in evidence onstage, where Lil Wayne is an overt, bubbly performer, even on his most lascivious or savage songs. There’s a band, and some backup dancers, but much of the time he is out at the tip of the stage alone, with no one to lean on but himself.
At one point he talked about how people inquired about his life after jail: “How do you feel to be back in New York in front of thousands and not locked up?” He didn’t have a good answer, maybe because it was as if he’d never gone. "
No lie, I was bummed that I was going to have to miss this Bonnaroo...until the lineup actually dropped. No BlackStar, no Massive Attack...the lineup, as good as I recognize that it is, doesn't really strike my fancy (I actually liked last year better, except for The Sword and Kylesa). However, I'm insanely jealous of everyone who gets to see Lil' Wayne late night on the farm. Even though I'm a huge fan, I almost hope that he sucks, just so that I don't feel bad about not being there.
Oddly enough he is on my artists to check out list. I wonder if Galactic will back him up in the best of Bonnaroo traditions.
Post by candyflippedaround on Apr 20, 2011 11:20:19 GMT -5
I wasnt a fan of feed the animals but Nightripper was a great album. I just DLed the latest release and i think the first song is pretty good (ive heard it once before) but cant speak for the rest of it right now. He was actually a fun show at camp bisco last year and that was while i was thinking he was meh after feed the animals, i like his "ADD" style. Most mashups you hear are two songs, the music for one and the lyrics for one. He takes a much different approach obviously and I think that sets him apart. I am not his biggest fan but I have never really understood the backlash hes received in response the the hype around him. Even if you dont think its "his music" you have to admit hes doing something just about not one else out there is.
I wasnt a fan of feed the animals but Nightripper was a great album. I just DLed the latest release and i think the first song is pretty good (ive heard it once before) but cant speak for the rest of it right now. He was actually a fun show at camp bisco last year and that was while i was thinking he was meh after feed the animals, i like his "ADD" style. Most mashups you hear are two songs, the music for one and the lyrics for one. He takes a much different approach obviously and I think that sets him apart. I am not his biggest fan but I have never really understood the backlash hes received in response the the hype around him. Even if you dont think its "his music" you have to admit hes doing something just about not one else out there is.
I've heard the majority of his stuff and yes his shows are a good time (although it'll be bro central this year and I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing). If he wouldn't just do the most cliche, overplayed songs in his sets, I'd be a fan. I get that he's a party DJ, but I typically try to stay away from parties where "Since You've Been Gone" (which unfortunately received the cheesiest sing-along I've ever experienced at coachella in 2009) is played on top of a Lil' Jon beat. Wish he'd at least stay away from stuff Kid Kraddick played the morning before...
I hope I can find a way to be at all of these shows... haha!
BASSNECTAR!!! I've been wanting to see this for-ev-ER! STS9 Ratatat Lil Wayne Shpongle Presents Shpongletron Experience Girl Talk Gogol Bordello Scissor Sisters Bootsy Collins & the Funk University Pretty Lights
I think I'm most excited about Bassnectar :-) Has anyone been to a show before?
i've seen him a few times and every time has been awesome...i'm not even a huge dubstep fan but he always delivers and the crowd usually has a great energy!! lots and lots of fun and probably the best people watching...ever.
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors" - Hunter S. Thompson
I wasnt a fan of feed the animals but Nightripper was a great album. I just DLed the latest release and i think the first song is pretty good (ive heard it once before) but cant speak for the rest of it right now. He was actually a fun show at camp bisco last year and that was while i was thinking he was meh after feed the animals, i like his "ADD" style. Most mashups you hear are two songs, the music for one and the lyrics for one. He takes a much different approach obviously and I think that sets him apart. I am not his biggest fan but I have never really understood the backlash hes received in response the the hype around him. Even if you dont think its "his music" you have to admit hes doing something just about not one else out there is.
I've heard the majority of his stuff and yes his shows are a good time (although it'll be bro central this year and I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing). If he wouldn't just do the most cliche, overplayed songs in his sets, I'd be a fan. I get that he's a party DJ, but I typically try to stay away from parties where "Since You've Been Gone" (which unfortunately received the cheesiest sing-along I've ever experienced at coachella in 2009) is played on top of a Lil' Jon beat. Wish he'd at least stay away from stuff Kid Kraddick played the morning before...
If they wanted to go with mashups then it shoulda been Ludachrist this year....just sayin
And yes, you are correct. Glad to know other people are listening to that guy!
I like(d) dancing to Since U Been Gone! Yea its pop, but its still got a good, fun beat and fun to sing long to, sorry. Not every DJ at 'Roo has to be Bassnectar (who I don't really know, but am not liking what I'm hearing) or Deadmau5 (who I really like). Sometimes its nice to mix it up and just dance to fun songs.
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
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I really hope we don't get a crappy Girl Talk set. I've seen him put on an incredible show and I've seen him kind of flop. And please, Roo Security, keep sloppy drunk chicks away from his laptop. Last time he was at Roo I feel like some drunk idiot knocked his laptop cord out like 10 times.
Post by spaceghost on Apr 25, 2011 10:50:14 GMT -5
Speaking of Girl Talk, and because I don't want to go find his own thread, what's the process for getting on stage at his shows? Do you just have to be close to the front when they start letting people up?
This is the first message board I've ever been on, the only reason I joined is because I love Bonnaroo and wanted to read and talk about it all year long.
Speaking of Girl Talk, and because I don't want to go find his own thread, what's the process for getting on stage at his shows? Do you just have to be close to the front when they start letting people up?
Post by RadioSpirit on Apr 25, 2011 12:46:17 GMT -5
I ended up onstage during his Moogfest set, but that's because I was there with a hot girl who had big boobs, and she kinda just walked up to the side stage security and said, "We're going on stage" and they just let us through.
Speaking of Girl Talk, and because I don't want to go find his own thread, what's the process for getting on stage at his shows? Do you just have to be close to the front when they start letting people up?
When I saw him Dallas they had a line on the side of the stage that they opened up when he came on. But when I saw him in Tulsa everyone basically rushed the stage. I was right in front of his table and I crawled underneath it and ended up dancing by him most of the night. In retrospect that was probably not a good idea though.