Lt. Al Giardello Posted April 18, 2008 Report Posted April 18, 2008 Just curious, have any Nas fans actually seen him in concert? He's coming here to Calgary in May, and I'm really considering getting tickets. Can someone tell me how good he is live?
FroGG_NeaL Posted April 19, 2008 Report Posted April 19, 2008 It depends. Usually he forgets the words to his songs, and isn't very energitic.
snuffbox Posted April 20, 2008 Report Posted April 20, 2008 I'm not a big fan but I liked his show when I saw him at Rock the Bells last August.
Ripper Posted April 20, 2008 Report Posted April 20, 2008 Much like most rap concerts (with few exceptions) its a whole lot of standing around, holding the mic to close to his mouth, running out of breath and then just saying "COMEON" and pointing the mic at the croud for a few seconds to catch it. For the life of me, I don't understand paying for most rap concerts.
Craig Th Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 The only rapper I saw live was DMX and he was energetic the whole time. Nor did he forget any of his words.
ant_7000 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 Nas lacks charisma, so I doubt he would be good doing a live show.
Nighthawk Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 Ha... the only rap I've seen live was ICP. And even if you hate them, that's a good show. Long as you don't mind being covered in soda.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Posted April 21, 2008 Much like most rap concerts (with few exceptions) its a whole lot of standing around, holding the mic to close to his mouth, running out of breath and then just saying "COMEON" and pointing the mic at the croud for a few seconds to catch it. For the life of me, I don't understand paying for most rap concerts. I went to a Snoop Dogg/Ice Cube/Dogg Pound concert last year, and was highly entertained... Granted the whole arena was hotboxed.
Annabelle Posted April 22, 2008 Report Posted April 22, 2008 rap does not lend itself to a live performance at all. that said, im going to the glow in the dark tour. holla.
CBright7831 Posted April 22, 2008 Report Posted April 22, 2008 I was going to make a seperate thread for this but I saw this thread and thought I should post it here. Has anyone heard the song "Be A N*gger" off of Nas's album titled N*gger? It sounds like hes got hs flow back and everything. I havent heard Nas sound this passionate since 2002. http://www.zshare.net/audio/1089171363ef0247/
The Truthiness Posted April 22, 2008 Report Posted April 22, 2008 That's a awesome song, I've often wondered why nobody has ever used that as a hook before.
Precious Roy Posted April 22, 2008 Report Posted April 22, 2008 I saw Nas on a leg of the Rock the Bells tour and he had by far the best set. His rhyming was tight, nothing freestyled really but he was really energetic and passionate and he switched things up in the right places, and he had a lot of stage presence. Wu-Tang came on after him and they couldn't follow it, the crowd had already peaked.
Annabelle Posted April 22, 2008 Report Posted April 22, 2008 Me too! its like our duty, or something.
migoli Posted April 22, 2008 Report Posted April 22, 2008 Not that I was expecting a great show but I seen Three 6 Mafia in concert and was ultra let down. They showed up over 3 hours after the show started and were up for MAYBE 20 mins.
FroGG_NeaL Posted April 28, 2008 Report Posted April 28, 2008 Best rappers to see live: The Roots 2Pac - on tape, obviously Snoop - always brings it The Up In Smoke Tour - Snoop, Dre, Cube, Em, Xzibit, D12...and most of them put on consistantly good shows Cypress Hill Rakim Red and Meth - fuckin rock stars, walkin on the crowds hands and shit... ICP - KISS with rapping P Diddy and the Fam - doesn't tour anymore, but the 97 show was emaculate DMX - man, he keeps you hype the entire time, and the payer is fucking crazy. Busta - enery like a mofo, intercts with the crowd That's all i can remember off the top of my head that I've been really impressed with.
Nighthawk Posted April 28, 2008 Report Posted April 28, 2008 I can personally vouch for ICP, as I said, but I've actually heard several people say Snoop is really good live.
Lord of The Curry Posted April 28, 2008 Report Posted April 28, 2008 Much like most rap concerts (with few exceptions) its a whole lot of standing around, holding the mic to close to his mouth, running out of breath and then just saying "COMEON" and pointing the mic at the croud for a few seconds to catch it. For the life of me, I don't understand paying for most rap concerts. You need to see GZA in concert doing Liquid Swords.
FroGG_NeaL Posted April 29, 2008 Report Posted April 29, 2008 I saw a show the other day of a GZA concert with him talking about songs in between. GZA and most of the Wu are, or were at least, fucking amazing live.
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