West robbed of a sell-out crowd
Kai Oliver-Kurtin
Issue date: 4/27/06 Section: UNCW Life
Kanye West performed during ACE's big spring concert Saturday night to an audience that didn't fill Trask Coliseum because tickets were never sold out. The rain didn't stop Kanye fans of all ages from standing in line to get metal-detected and pocketbook-searched.
Doors weren't open to the public for over an hour after the scheduled time, due to a delayed sound check by West's crew. The opening act, Recycled Percussion, was composed of a DJ and three drummers, banging on things such as overturned garbage cans, kitchen sinks and ladders.
After another long delay, West took center stage performing his hit "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" and directed the audience to "put their diamonds up." West came on stage wearing sunglasses, a hooded sweatshirt pulled up on his head and a scarf tied up to cover his face just below the sunglasses. Although the hoody and the scarf got thrown off, he kept the shades on, along with the bling around his neck.
After pausing a few times to yell at the lighting and camera crew, West continued the show with hits from his newest album "Late Registration," as well as from his first album "The College Dropout." He performed snippets of songs by Jay-Z, Ludacris, Common and Dilated Peoples among others.
Next, he performed songs he claimed "people would know even if they hadn't bought the album-like hey man, I think I heard this one before." Among these hits were "All Falls Down," "Jesus Walks" and "Gold Digger." Of course the "Touch the Sky" tour wouldn't have been complete without him ending with "Touch the Sky."
The crowd booed West on a few occasions, one of which was when he referred to being "robbed" at the Grammy's for Album of the Year. He changed the lyrics of "All Falls Down" from "but the white man get paid off of all of that" to "but George Bush get paid off of all of that." West also gave white fans in the audience permission to say the "N" word while singing the lyrics to "Gold digger."
I would have to agree that West is exactly who he says he is, "still the motherf****r you love to hate, but can't because you love what I make." He knows he's cocky, but hey, even UNCW paid over $100,000 to have him here. He's not exactly Dave Matthews Band or Jack Johnson, but there's always next year.
Doors weren't open to the public for over an hour after the scheduled time, due to a delayed sound check by West's crew. The opening act, Recycled Percussion, was composed of a DJ and three drummers, banging on things such as overturned garbage cans, kitchen sinks and ladders.
After another long delay, West took center stage performing his hit "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" and directed the audience to "put their diamonds up." West came on stage wearing sunglasses, a hooded sweatshirt pulled up on his head and a scarf tied up to cover his face just below the sunglasses. Although the hoody and the scarf got thrown off, he kept the shades on, along with the bling around his neck.
After pausing a few times to yell at the lighting and camera crew, West continued the show with hits from his newest album "Late Registration," as well as from his first album "The College Dropout." He performed snippets of songs by Jay-Z, Ludacris, Common and Dilated Peoples among others.
Next, he performed songs he claimed "people would know even if they hadn't bought the album-like hey man, I think I heard this one before." Among these hits were "All Falls Down," "Jesus Walks" and "Gold Digger." Of course the "Touch the Sky" tour wouldn't have been complete without him ending with "Touch the Sky."
The crowd booed West on a few occasions, one of which was when he referred to being "robbed" at the Grammy's for Album of the Year. He changed the lyrics of "All Falls Down" from "but the white man get paid off of all of that" to "but George Bush get paid off of all of that." West also gave white fans in the audience permission to say the "N" word while singing the lyrics to "Gold digger."
I would have to agree that West is exactly who he says he is, "still the motherf****r you love to hate, but can't because you love what I make." He knows he's cocky, but hey, even UNCW paid over $100,000 to have him here. He's not exactly Dave Matthews Band or Jack Johnson, but there's always next year.
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