King Louie (Concert Review)

Saturday night, my homegirl and I left the Cabaret Underworld scratching our heads. Let’s just say we were not expecting the turn up to be down so quickly.

The show started around 11:30 even if the place was half filled. As usual, Dj Cream and Dj Blaster played the latest hits to warm up the crowd. May I also add that whoever hired that annoying MC for that night  should be fired. What was the deal with that fake west indie accent? It was a hip hop show, not the reggae fest. Speaking of which, there was no need to dry hump that poor wasted girl on stage.  Again, this was not the reggae fest.

Around midnight, rapper Young Mic was the first to kick off the show. Having never heard him before, I would say that his was a good musical discovery.

 

Fifteen minutes later (yeah, really) after the first act, Young Jungle stepped on stage with his clique. If you’ve read my previous posts, you should know by now that I’m not a big fan of artists bringing their whole fan base on stage. It wasn’t bad,  it was just distracting and too loud.

 

YOUNG JUNGLE

 

 

Also performing was frenglish rap group Grind Musik. The rappers from the East side held their own , especially while they performing their song Beef.

GRIND MUSIK ENTERTAINMENT

 

 

King Louie finally arrived on stage around 1am. I couldn’t help but chuckle a little when I noticed that half of the people in front did not seem to know who he was until it became noticeable. Anyhow, the atmosphere became grimy when the Chiraq resident performed several Youtube favourites like Live and Die in Chicago,Till I Meet Selena and B.O.N.  It was hard to not to jump around when the infectious Tony blasted through the speakers.

 

 

 

 

MULA GRADE: 7/10

 

I’ve seen better shows.I don’t know if King L’s music will past through the test of time but 2014 has been a good year for the Chicago rap scene its countless 808 drum beats. Nonetheless, the sudden rise of  young Chicago rappers is definitely a breath of fresh air in the so-called murder capital. It’s  always better to live than to die in Chicago.