I know it's not a party but I know some of you were there and ONE of you regrets not going with me. You snooze, ya lose, Kennybear.
K-OS opened and immediately the crowd was put into an urban, cutting edge vibe. He's really talented, mixing his smooth vocals with a minimal instrumentation and some really melodic soulful lyrics.
Swollen Members put on a good show for what it was. They had their beers lined up on a speaker and bounced around the stage performing their radio singles. They had a lot of energy but I think their lyrical content is shit. So is their freestyling. But the white dood ain't a bad MC.
Nelly came on stage after a long keyboard drone and started with "Baby Girl," a very hard, nasty song full of stacattos.
One thing I noticed was that she was incredibly little in person but her voice made her the center of attention. I've heard her live before and it was always really nasally and off-key. But her voice was INCREDIBLE! This girl can fucking sing.
Some highlights were "I'm like a Bird" which she started off acapella, "Legend" which is a trip-hoppish tune and "I Feel You" which is supposed to be a humourous b-side she did with Esthero. She also did her really slow Portugese ballads in a medley which seemed like a smart thing to do.
In the middle, she came out in a jumpsuit and visor and they did this big 90's medley full of Kris Kross, SaltnPepa and LL Cool J. Quite funny actually.
Swollen Members RUINED my favourite song "Turn Off the Light" by surprisingly joining in and the female break-dancing crew (including the new redhead MUCHMUSIC VJ) for the "Shit on the Radio" encore was so fucking lame. I didn't see any actual breakdancing from them. They just sort of.. shook their limbs a lot.
After throwing glo-sticks in the audience and introducing her band, she just left abruptly, not even giving a chance for us to applaud her. She's really humble on stage but her smile is insanely attractive. She's got a lot of presence especially when she's playing guitar.
The crowd was insanely diverse from young teeny bopper girls to hip-hoppers to artsies to jock-types to dads with their kids. It was great to see the little kids enjoying the hip-hop.
Anyway, wicked show. Anyone who slags her should give her album a listen, read the lyrics (written by her) and see her perform.
K-OS opened and immediately the crowd was put into an urban, cutting edge vibe. He's really talented, mixing his smooth vocals with a minimal instrumentation and some really melodic soulful lyrics.
Swollen Members put on a good show for what it was. They had their beers lined up on a speaker and bounced around the stage performing their radio singles. They had a lot of energy but I think their lyrical content is shit. So is their freestyling. But the white dood ain't a bad MC.
Nelly came on stage after a long keyboard drone and started with "Baby Girl," a very hard, nasty song full of stacattos.
One thing I noticed was that she was incredibly little in person but her voice made her the center of attention. I've heard her live before and it was always really nasally and off-key. But her voice was INCREDIBLE! This girl can fucking sing.
Some highlights were "I'm like a Bird" which she started off acapella, "Legend" which is a trip-hoppish tune and "I Feel You" which is supposed to be a humourous b-side she did with Esthero. She also did her really slow Portugese ballads in a medley which seemed like a smart thing to do.
In the middle, she came out in a jumpsuit and visor and they did this big 90's medley full of Kris Kross, SaltnPepa and LL Cool J. Quite funny actually.
Swollen Members RUINED my favourite song "Turn Off the Light" by surprisingly joining in and the female break-dancing crew (including the new redhead MUCHMUSIC VJ) for the "Shit on the Radio" encore was so fucking lame. I didn't see any actual breakdancing from them. They just sort of.. shook their limbs a lot.
After throwing glo-sticks in the audience and introducing her band, she just left abruptly, not even giving a chance for us to applaud her. She's really humble on stage but her smile is insanely attractive. She's got a lot of presence especially when she's playing guitar.
The crowd was insanely diverse from young teeny bopper girls to hip-hoppers to artsies to jock-types to dads with their kids. It was great to see the little kids enjoying the hip-hop.
Anyway, wicked show. Anyone who slags her should give her album a listen, read the lyrics (written by her) and see her perform.