One of, if not the best concert I have ever seen
This show was perhaps the best concert I have ever seen. My basis of comparison is not absolutely huge but it is pretty big, I worked at the Saddledome as an usher for 7 years and have seen my fair share of shows including u2, celine dion, elton john, 50 cent, janet jackson, brooks and dunn, black eyed peas, nine inch nails, motley crue etc...I have been to mos def, seen talib kweli, blackalicious, J5 and other hip hop shows.
Anyways, the show was amazing. Lupe was great although I was disappointed that he was the first act. He played for about half an hour. He seemed to want to play most of his stuff so he cut a bunch of songs short like Kick, Push and I Gotcha which was somewhat disappointing but nevertheless, Lupe was great.
N.E.R.D. was new to me, being unfamiliar with their material made it hard to really enjoy as I love to sing along and stuff, but I enjoyed their style. Pharrell is a master at hyping the crowd, and I loved his slipup when he said something like "tell them Canadia....(inserts self deprecating humour then continues)...Canada is the best yada yada yada, too funny.
Rihanna was good, I am not a fan but people seemed to enjoy her. The crowd seemed to die down during her act from the high that NERD got everyone up to until Chris Brown showed up for the last song Umbrella.
After a somewhat long wait Kanye came out and nailed every single song with a show that was more like a space opera than a concert. He was able to tell a story through song and slight interludes that just had a really awesome flow to it. My personal highlights were his performances of Through the Wire and Jesus Walks, but the remainder of the show was fantastic as well including the one slower song Hey Mama which was a good emotional slow down. He ended things with Touch the Sky where Lupe re-appeared on stage which was a nice touch too.
Overall a great show, perhaps the best Ive seen. W00t
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