I'm fairly sure I know why the Houston show was cancelled; poor sales. I just got back from the Dallas show and it was so empty. I felt bad for JEdi Mind Tricks. There were maybe 60 people there by the time they started and very few of the people were participating.Hell, they wouldn't even stand up. I was excited and pumped for the show to get started so I was way into it.
Following Jedi Mind Tricks was Immortal Technique. Apparently, he's got a huge following. SO many people were sporting his shirts and his performance got the people out of their seats. Before and afterwards, he was outside talking to people, taking pictures, and signingautographs. He seems like he's still an artist for himself and teh fans.
Pharoah Monch came on after Technique. Another act which got very little crowd support. It could have been because it was still pretty early(maybe 4:30) but still, who was there didn't get into it. I had a conversation with a guy and he was talking about how the sound is terrible in these festival environments. I couldn't help but agree after Pharoah Monch. His vocals were drowned out by the band. I couldn't hear a majority of what was being said.
Talib Kweli was the first crowd pleaser. Well, besides Supanatural. I forgot to mention how much I really liked him. He would go on some crazy freestyles that just really impressed me. Not very often do I actually laugh at lyrics but he had me laughing more than once. Back to Kweli. He had a really good performance and he shared the last song with Erykah Badu.
Way earlier than I expected him, Nas came on following Talib Kweli. I was really glad to see Nas. From what I understand, he doesn't come to the SOuth very often. Then right after Nas was Wu-Tang. THe cool thing about Wu-Tang was that they told all the people sitting in teh far sides of the arena to crowd the stage and the show went from assigned seating to general admission within seconds. General admission really is necessary to have a lively crowd. It felt so much better tobe rubbing elbows with complete strangers rather than standing alone because the people sitting on either side of me weren't athe show. I was a little disappointed that Method Man didn't make it. But, I really don't understand why UGK didn't show up. Maybe it's because their hometown show got cancelled or their new album came out today. Hopefully someone can shed some light.
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