He could have been walking himself through dress rehearsal. But onstage, Gucci was more Clark Kent than Superman, pacing back and forth, his gaze barely rising past his designer sneakers. Overhead, drugged-out projections reinforced Gucci’s status as a hip-hop folk hero: one showed him in 2009, holding a lit blunt to the lips of his Bart Simpson chain. These cameos felt as triumphant as Gucci looked – sequined jackets draped over his now-trim frame, as he strutted like a pro wrestler re-entering the ring. Future and Drake appeared two days after kicking off their Summer Sixteen tour in Austin. “Y’all know that my cousin, right?” 2 Chainz boasted after sprinting through Watch Out. Then, artists who fill stadiums: a bashful Fetty Wap led a singalong to My Way, as if Taylor Swift hadn’t invited him on stage last summer.
Yet Gucci’s gleeful, hooky tendencies gave this notion a pop appeal that has both molded and inspired his collaborators.įirst came the regional talent: PeeWee Longway, Young Dolph, OJ da Juiceman. He didn’t sing some of the songs in their entirety, so he still was able to move through nearly two dozen numbers.The “trap” in what was once called “coke rap” is an abandoned house with boarded-up windows. After all, Brown had spent little more than an hour on stage, which seems short by today’s standards. With all of the energy on stage, the end of the show came rather abruptly – and seemingly too early.
The pair sang their collaboration, “Holla at Me,” before continuing on to other collaborations they’d created for their 2015 album, “Fan of a Fan: The Album.”Īround 9:15, special guest Fetty Wap appeared to perform his single, “Trap Queen,” with Brown and Tyga. Brown disappeared for several seconds before re-emerging for the stripped-down, slow jams portion of the concert.īrown, dressed in an Army-green vest over a white, sleeveless shirt, wooed the crowd as he sang sultry and sensual songs such as “Take You Down,” “2012” and “Don’t Judge Me.”īy 9:08, the stage went dark again, this time with Tyga re-emerging to rap a few more songs before Brown, back in all black, joined him on stage.
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