Lupe Fiasco - Glow In The Dark Tour MSG - Review

Ok...this is a little late..

but I wasn't able to check my mails for a couple of days
and this still deserves an entry

So..here it goes:


This concert would’ve been a more enjoyable experience for me if:
a) the lady sitting across from me on the train hadn’t burst out crying.
She brung down my spirit a little bit!
b) my dumb ass hadn’t walked all the way around the arena just to get to the entrance
c) there weren’t so many tall people standing in front of me d) if the security guards weren’t being such douche bags
e) if the arena had sold some Lupe merchandise (Seriously, not even a poster!)
f) if my ticket hadn’t cost $180

However, once Lupe came on stage, all of that was forgotten. He killed it. The guy has so much energy, kicking and pushing and jumping around on stage as if he was high off caffeine. It was like he was another person (Carrera Lu, maybe?)

He first came on stage when N.E.R.D. did “Spaz;” he, Teyana Taylor and Pharrell were doing that corny, running-man type of dance. I don’t know what they were doing, but it was corny yet cool at the same time because there was a bunch of them doing it on the stage all at once. Then, N.E.R.D. did “She Wants to Move” and brung out a bunch of girls on stage, which I was not pleased about (Jealous, much? Maybe…) I just assumed that they were backstage groupies.

Here's a clip of Spaz

Anyway, back to Lupe’s set…I swear I blushed when he sung Jill Scott’s part to “Daydreamin’.” Nowadays, rappers swear that they’re rappers-turned-singers, but Lupe surprised me. And he was smiling a few times during his set. (AH! *Groupie Alert*) For the coup de grâce, he did “Superstar.” Towards the end, he, Matt Santos and Bishop G “pass ed out” and Lu clapped his heels while lying on his backs. I’m thinking, “This dude should’ve headlined this tour!” After his performance, the crowd was chanting his name (As they should! All hail the king!)

I enjoyed Kanye’s set. I didn’t realize the guy had so many hits. No doubt, I’m a fan of his, but towards of the end of his set, I kept thinking, “Please do ‘Touch the Sky”!” (Just so Lupe could come back on stage once more.) And, sure enough, he did! That was the last song Kanye did, until he surprised us with a guest by the name of Jay-Z (BK, ALL DAY!!!) “Blueprint III, Coming Soon...”

All in all, I enjoyed myself. And I will be waiting for Lupe to come back to NYC (only this time I won’t wait until the last minute to buy a ticket and end up paying more ½ of my paycheck.)

thanks to igalaxy13 for sending this in