list the rap gigs u have been at and pick the best and worst perfomance

homeless student

eminem
DMX
D12(twice)
the game (4 times)
nas(twice)
public enemy
ghostface killah
pharoahe monch
jeru the damaja(twice)
de la soul
wu tang clan
jean grae
lupe fiasco
snoop dogg
raekwon
big daddy kane
talib kweli(twice)
jay z(twice)
danny brown
papoose
atmosphere
percee p
one be lo
guilty simpson
brother ali
kidz in the hall
kanye west(twice)
lil wayne
50 cent
ice cube
xzibit)twice)
cyress hill
obie trice
royce da 5'9
i have probably missed a few there but worst was 50 cent in the point around 2005 i think and best was lupe fiasco in tripod in 2008.

Bobby Baccala

Havent been to a huge amount of hip hop gigs myself, been into the EDM scene more but here goes. Do support acts count?? If so:

Eminem
Slaugherhouse
Jay Z (twice, once at wtt tour)
Kanye
Wu tang clan
GI and costello
Chance the rapper
Yelawolf
Plan B
Lethal Dialect
The Game
EDIT: forgot about tyler and earl

Best would honestly have to be Kanye, despite the fact he had a hissy fit because somebody threw 20 cent at him, still a seriously good performer.

Worst goes to Yelawolf, the sound was brutal, literally nothing but bass, looking at him makes me cringe which makes it even worse and I'm simply not a fan at all.

Honerable mention to Wu Tang for best act I've seen altogether, me and raekwon had a seriously epic moment for his verse of CREAM which I'm not gonna get into right now

homeless student

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Havent been to a huge amount of hip hop gigs myself, been into the EDM scene more but here goes. Do support acts count?? If so:

Eminem
Slaugherhouse
Jay Z (twice, once at wtt tour)
Kanye
Wu tang clan
GI and costello
Chance the rapper
Yelawolf
Plan B
Lethal Dialect
The Game


Best would honestly have to be Kanye, despite the fact he had a hissy fit because somebody threw 20 cent at him, still a seriously good performer.

Worst goes to Yelawolf, the sound was brutal, literally nothing but bass, looking at him makes me cringe which makes it even worse and I'm simply not a fan at all.

Honerable mention to Wu Tang for best act I've seen altogether, me and raekwon had a seriously epic moment for his verse of CREAM which I'm not gonna get into right now

ya support acts count, why did u go see yelaowolf if he makes u cringe?
forgot to say jean grae was excellent live when i saw her as support to pharoahe monch.

MilanPan!c

Saw Eminem back when "My Name Is" had just come out. Maybe 200 people there. It was pretty great.

Saw Ice T. Not so great.

That's about it.

Bobby Baccala

homeless student wrote: »

ya support acts count, why did u go see yelaowolf if he makes u cringe?
forgot to say jean grae was excellent live when i saw her as support to pharoahe monch.

He was supporting eminem in slane back in august there wasn't much I could do to avoid seeing him unfortunately

Bobby Baccala

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Saw Eminem back when "My Name Is" had just come out. Maybe 200 people there. It was pretty great.

Saw Ice T. Not so great.

That's about it.

Where did you see em that there was only 200 people?? That's interesting

MilanPan!c

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Where did you see em that there was only 200 people?? That's interesting

Downstairs at the Middle East in Cambridge Ma. He even signed my "My Name Is" 12" off the stage.

Actually it wasn't my name is...

HighClass

Raekwon
Wu Tang(3 times)
Red & Meth
Danny Brown
Jay Z(twice)
Kanye & Jay
Rakim
RA The Rugged Man
Arsonists
Vinnie Paz & Ill Bill
Odd Future(3 times)
Random Axe
Pac Div
Pharoahe Monch
DJ Nu-Mark
MF DOOM
The Game
Snoop
D12
Eminem
Dizzee Rascal


I'm probably leaving off loads but that's what I can remember off the top of my head.

Favourite was DOOM, I wasn't sure how he'd be live he's not known for his amazing live shows but he turned up that night! Stage dived twice and played classic after classic.

Worst was the second time I saw Odd Future. They just weren't feeling it, Tyler had a broken leg so was sitting down for most of the show and it just seemed timid compared to the first time I saw them in 2011, which was crazy.

Method Man is probably the best live performer out of the bunch though, anytime I've seen him he's controlled the whole room with ease. His stage presence is second to none!

homeless student

HighClass wrote: »

Raekwon
Wu Tang(3 times)
Red & Meth
Danny Brown
Jay Z(twice)
Kanye & Jay
Rakim
RA The Rugged Man
Arsonists
Vinnie Paz & Ill Bill
Odd Future(3 times)
Random Axe
Pac Div
Pharoahe Monch
DJ Nu-Mark
MF DOOM
The Game
Snoop
D12
Eminem
Dizzee Rascal


I'm probably leaving off loads but that's what I can remember off the top of my head.

Favourite was DOOM, I wasn't sure how he'd be live he's not known for his amazing live shows but he turned up that night! Stage dived twice and played classic after classic.

Worst was the second time I saw Odd Future. They just weren't feeling it, Tyler had a broken leg so was sitting down for most of the show and it just seemed timid compared to the first time I saw them in 2011, which was crazy.

Method Man is probably the best live performer out of the bunch though, anytime I've seen him he's controlled the whole room with ease. His stage presence is second to none!

when and where was the arsonists gig?

Bobby Baccala

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Downstairs at the Middle East in Cambridge Ma. He even signed my "My Name Is" 12" off the stage.

Actually it wasn't my name is...

That is legendary!! Sounds like a serious night

MilanPan!c

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

That is legendary!! Sounds like a serious night

It was amazing actually!

This is the stage...



It wasn't packed at all... but he killed it.

homeless student

MilanPan!c wrote: »

It was amazing actually!

This is the stage...



It wasn't packed at all... but he killed it.

any pics of him from the night?

Boom_Bap

homeless student wrote: »

when and where was the arsonists gig?

The Arsonists played Dublin many many years ago, before the first album was released. It was in whatever The Village used to be called.
Excellent gig, my first I think. Even got yapping to them and pics with them, and they were inviting me to go smoke with them.
I had a strict curfew as I was only a young lad so had to refuse.

Best gig was probably El-P, or Atmosphere/Brother Ali.
Aesop Rock was also dope.

Worst gig by a county mile was Ghostface. About 18 hype men, no real structure, the DJ had this gunshot punchin that he hit manay many many times, I did not want to raise my hands from side to side every minute. And I'm not into the while putting up your L thing every other minute.

I'll try to put a list of gigs together later.

homeless student

Boom_Bap wrote: »

The Arsonists played Dublin many many years ago, before the first album was released. It was in whatever The Village used to be called.
Excellent gig, my first I think. Even got yapping to them and pics with them, and they were inviting me to go smoke with them.
I had a strict curfew as I was only a young lad so had to refuse.

Best gig was probably El-P, or Atmosphere/Brother Ali.
Aesop Rock was also dope.

Worst gig by a county mile was Ghostface. About 18 hype men, no real structure, the DJ had this gunshot punchin that he hit manay many many times, I did not want to raise my hands from side to side every minute. And I'm not into the while putting up your L thing every other minute.

I'll try to put a list of gigs together later.

the arsonists gig sounds class, ya the ghostface gig was $hit alright in the tivoli, was drinking with trife da god after it, sound guy.

Boom_Bap

homeless student wrote: »

the arsonists gig sounds class, ya the ghostface gig was $hit alright in the tivoli, was drinking with trife da god after it, sound guy.

the one I was at was in The Village.

Just thinking, I recently found a box of pictures from that Arsonists gig, might transfer them to electronic format and paste them up here.
FreeStyle from the Arstonists also has played here before a few times. I think once with Shabazz The Disciple, another excellent gig.

Uglu Duckling & Pigeon John in RiRa was another class gig.

A few others that spring to mind:
Atmosphere (3 times)
Brother Ali (twice)
Bus Driver/Rob Sonic in the same night to a crowd of about 10 people
MF DOOM
GangStarr/Big Shug
Blackalicious (twice)
Edan - actually, this could be the best gig I've been to
Rakim
Buck 65

lots more

MilanPan!c

homeless student wrote: »

any pics of him from the night?

maybe on a hard drive somewhere... I'll have a look

MilanPan!c

homeless student wrote: »

any pics of him from the night?

I found this!

Andy_rse

Not been to a vast amount but lucky that I've seen most of my favourites.

Jurassic 5
Brother Ali (4 times)
Atmosphere
Grieves & Budo
Evidence
Blueprint
Kanye
Immortal Technique
Eminem

Technically I could count Machine Gun Kelly and Flo Rida as they performed at Wrestlemania in Miami that I was at. Kelly got booed loudly by everyone

homeless student

Boom_Bap wrote: »

the one I was at was in The Village.

Just thinking, I recently found a box of pictures from that Arsonists gig, might transfer them to electronic format and paste them up here.
FreeStyle from the Arstonists also has played here before a few times. I think once with Shabazz The Disciple, another excellent gig.

Uglu Duckling & Pigeon John in RiRa was another class gig.

A few others that spring to mind:
Atmosphere (3 times)
Brother Ali (twice)
Bus Driver/Rob Sonic in the same night to a crowd of about 10 people
MF DOOM
GangStarr/Big Shug
Blackalicious (twice)
Edan - actually, this could be the best gig I've been to
Rakim
Buck 65

lots more

:eek: was at this gig i think, where was it again? the village? thought he was very up himself, kept saying im single ladies etc i was like no one cares, there was a hip hop photographer there 2 showing pics he took, another tool, wanted 200 euro for a krs picture lol

HighClass

homeless student wrote: »

when and where was the arsonists gig?

2011 at the Hip Hop Kemp Festival in the Czech Republic. Whole lineup that year was pretty crazy so I had to go! Would recommend the festival big time, lineup is always top notch with 3 days of sun filled with hip hop and Eastern European youngones :cool:

Jimmy Iovine

I've been to a few. Not as many as I would like.

In no order:

- the first time OFWGKTA came over here

- I wandered into an Ugly Duckling gig by accident once. It was enjoyable.

- Ghostface, Raekwon and GZA. I loved this. Not the greatest but being in the front row was amazing. Shaking hands with them all as they passed was surreal.

- the best I've been to is Watch the Throne. No surprises here. I've said everything possible about it on here before. An insane gig.

I haven't been to any crap gigs. Of them all the OFWGKTA one would have been the worst. It was a mosh pit. Couldn't hear anything.

I can't remember if I've seen anyone else. I think I have. I'll post again if I remember.

AG918

Off the top of my head...

• Kendrick Lamar
• J. Cole
• A$AP Rocky
• The Game (7+)
• Drake (2)
• Snoop Dogg (4+)
• Jay-Z (2)
• Kanye West
• Pharrell Williams
• 50 Cent
• Wiz Khalifa
• Fabolous
• Slaughterhouse
• Tyler, the Creator
• Royce Da 5'9"
• Yelawolf
• Chance The Rapper

The best, most memorable performance of the lot was The Game in The Olympia a couple of years ago. Crazy, crazy gig. Jay and Kanye were brilliant too, as was Kendrick.

The worst, without a shadow of a doubt, was Eminem at Slane Castle.

Boom_Bap

homeless student wrote: »

:eek: was at this gig i think, where was it again? the village? thought he was very up himself, kept saying im single ladies etc i was like no one cares, there was a hip hop photographer there 2 showing pics he took, another tool, wanted 200 euro for a krs picture lol

He's played a few times, the one I was at was in some place I cant remember, wasn't the standard venue. It was the second time he played, first time was the Red Box which I have a recording of.
Part of his performance is his smugness.

He played here again a few weeks ago and a friend got to hang out with him for a while afterwards, and got some photos.

LUPE

Jay-Z x 4
Nas x 3
Kanye x 2
Action Bronson x 2
J. Cole x 2
GZA, Raekwon & Ghostface x 2
Drake x 2
OFWGKTA x 2
A Tribe Called Quest
Kendrick
The Roots
Method Man & Redman
Big Sean
A$AP Rocky

I'm sure there are more I've forgotten...

Best was WTT for the spectacle or ATCQ for the excitement of seeing them.

Worst was A$AP, just ****e. Haven't listened to him since

I'll be adding Pharoahe Monch to the list this evening

countbezukov

Game
Action Bronson
Kendrick Lamar
A$AP Rocky
Danny Brown
Jay-Z
J Cole.
Best was probably Bronson, hard to beat hearing some of your favourite songs being rapped by one of your favourite rappers as he strolls through the crowd. Worst, hard to pick but if I had to maybe Jay-Z, not a fan of massive venues.

AG918

LUPE wrote: »

Worst was A$AP, just ****e. Haven't listened to him since

His gig in The Academy last year?

iamstop

Was just at a Kool Keith show 2 days ago. Keith killed it but he went on WAY later that we thought he would, there was like literally 9 openers on before. It was a Wednesday night too, not enough people there for who he is. I did catch a t-shirt he through out though.

Was at Devin The Dude the week before that, great show, Devin is the man and he was genuinely enjoying himself which showed and made it even better.

iamstop

homeless student wrote: »

:eek: was at this gig i think, where was it again? the village? thought he was very up himself, kept saying im single ladies etc i was like no one cares, there was a hip hop photographer there 2 showing pics he took, another tool, wanted 200 euro for a krs picture lol

I saw Edan and Mr. Lif in Sugar Club, was a great gig.

evil_seed

Jay-Z x2
Kanye x3
50 cent (w/ g-unit & ma$e)
Eminem (w/ Xzibit, Cypress hill & d-12)
De la Soul
Rakim

I should have been to a few more that I had tickets for but couldn't go at the last minute. Best ones were Kanye touch the sky tour and the wtt tour. Rakim was great to, got his autograph on my ticket and bumpe knuckles with the guy :cool:

TheMza

Kendrick last year in Vicar Street was insane!