A lot of rain actually.
It didn’t dampen attendance (or enthusiasm) one bit, as 17,000 demonstrative fans came out and were on their feet and dancing the entire night. Though the music reflected black culture, there were scant few African-Americans in the audience; it was mainly screaming, young, white girls.
New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne has been making waves with his melodic rock- infused rap, and though he’s not blazing any new ground, he is putting an unmistakable stamp on it.
From his long dreadlocks to his tattooed tears, Wayne is not your cliché rapper. At SPAC, in red cap, camouflage pants and toothy grin, Wayne walked out to adoring high-pitched screams unlike you’ve ever heard here. A slick set used a high-tech screen and pyro like a big rock band.
“A Milli” was rap with a reggae lilt in the vocal delivery, albeit nasally and quite processed by electronic effects — there’s a fine line between coloring the tone, and helping prop up a vocal. “Go DJ” just roared, making the floor rattle and the hairs on your arm stand up and vibrate.
Even though Lil Wayne could do no wrong for this enamored crowd, the show wasn’t perfect. The giant video screen planted center stage was supposed to go up after the first few numbers, but remained stuck in place, obscuring the band, and limiting Wayne’s movement.
The guitar-riff-driven “Prom Queen” was a slow grind whine about a heartbreaker, and the crowd went crazy. Soon rapper Birdman came out for some intense give and take; young Tyga got in his face as well.
For “Every Girl“, all the openers and guests were on stage for a wicked finale; by then even the video screen complied and rose up to its proper position.
Shouts to TimesUnion and if you would like to see more pictures from the concert, click the more tag below:
Also, in case you missed it, we had the chance to release the Gudda Gudda “Guddaville” mixtape cover earlier, so you can check that out here and major shout outs to @Gudda1, @DeeJayIllWill and @RealDJRockstar!
July 31st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
oh good stuff
July 31st, 2009 at 5:51 pm
greatest concert of my lifee…..lawn seats in the rain where illlll….Yung mooolahhh baby!
July 31st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
will he look hot
July 31st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
he looks so cute in that first pic:)
July 31st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
man lil wayne iz sik son aint no one like em
July 31st, 2009 at 6:01 pm
cool wayne is 4ever ya’ll
July 31st, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Love Wayne but why is he always wearin camoflouge pants.
July 31st, 2009 at 6:14 pm
good stuff. love the pictures.
July 31st, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Wayne and those camouflage pants. The concert looked live, but he need to retire them damn shorts. Yep!
July 31st, 2009 at 6:59 pm
hmm. he gets fitter by the day
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July 31st, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Dys Concert was FUCKING GREAT! i WANNA GO TOO THE ONE ON AUGUST 28TH DATS HOW GOOD IT WAS I WILL DEFF PAY AGAIN
July 31st, 2009 at 9:36 pm
man my nigga wayne always killin live shows!!..YOUNG MOULAHHHHH BABYYYYYYYY!!!! till i die!!
August 1st, 2009 at 12:10 am
does any1 know like the set times for each artist? let me know. thanks.
August 1st, 2009 at 1:52 am
omg he was in new york i live in new york i wish i was theree
August 1st, 2009 at 2:25 am
those pants weezy wears is his swagga….yep quit hatin….STFU!!!!….like i sed those pants is weezy’s swagga….thats jus weezy….he aint gotta quit wearin em if he dont wanna….
August 1st, 2009 at 4:06 am
he do love them pants lmao the hole fit was tite though
August 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 am
i love him! so hot!
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:16 am
this shit was off the hook wayne killed it. it was pouring rain everyone outside was soaked no one seemed to mind thou everytime someone opened an umbrella someone yelled to put it down it was blocking there view of weezy as wayne was singing my boy rick said wouldnt it be sweet if birdman was here i said fuck yea it would before i said would he walked on stage thats no lie .bling bling
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 am
wayne is a beastie dog u my idol bi bro
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 am
lil wayne is the beast