HipHops best live performances
 

Question? What is the best hiphop show you've ever been to, and what made it the best?

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Jurassic 5 before it Cut Chemist Left, it was amazing, Chali 2NA and Mark7 Signed my sweat towel that they gave me, it was fuuucking SIIIIIICK.

The conscience

The video for 'What They Do' was a parody of rap clichés, demonstrating that they understand the fickle, hollow nature of the 'rap lifestyle'. The band are politically charged and ended up as house band on US satirical TV show The Colbert Report when it came to Philly.

Best live performance I've seen is this video.



But, uh, as far as who I've seen... Dilated Peoples were dope. Oh, wait. Freestyle Fellowship.

I saw Kid Cudi in his first show back in Cleveland. It was amazing. He just played the instrumentals of his beats and actually had to rap, and not just yell over the song.

It was a small venue so every spot was great, and he also sang the first verse of Day and Night a capella with the crowd singing along....it was so awesome.

The Roots take it hands down. Tied for second is Busdriver and De La Soul. Astronautalis would be my fourth.


That was way cool.

Well, i haven't been to too many hip hop shows, but my favorite so far was Wu-Tang. The opening acts were garbage though.

kanye @ coachella was epic. i'm so glad i live in cali.

While, even though I'm not a fan, I gotta say that Kanye's Glow in the Dark tour was unavoidably entertaining. (Think broadway and modern art seasoned with urban flavor).

As transcendent as that show was for the shape-shifting genre, I've got to say that my favorite live hip hop moments didn't come to me courtesy of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of props and special FX. My favorite...

KRS-One: Kris the Blastmaster has energy that is just unmatchable by the hip pop poster boys that are his foil today. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that his lyrics aren't a bunch of petty invective but forceful messages. The Bridge is Over live is hype like nothing else.

@Bane of your existence: The Roots definitely know how to please a crowd and I read they do it an average of 220 times a year too!

Public Enemy 1987 Def Jam Tour Hammersmith