I was hyped for the concert since i heard about it, and after hearing 50 saying, "I'm not saying *whoever* is guna be there.." etc, i had a feeling not every guest performer that he announced was guna come through. I was wrong! I'm not a fan of 50 cent, but i give him credit for being able to bring out every1 he announced along with SURPRISE GUESTS like Red Cafe, Wyclef, and a few others. All of the Hot 97 DJs did work between performances.. it was cool being able to put faces to DJs names. The show opened up with some garbage performer, but after him. Wale and Kid Cudi were the next ones up.. Kid Cudi probably received the most love from the audience. He knew how to talk to the crowd and kept the crowd hyped. He performed his best hits which were my favorite off his album. Kid Cudi was straight up the best performer of the night.
G-unit and 50 cent may have been the worst performances aside from the first performer. They came out 2 different times towards the end of the show and in my opinion, 50 looked like a fool trying to sing on stage. it may have been because i was already standing for 5 hours and was tired of hearing the DJ announce that "50 cent just called and hes on his way!!" which was pretty much said throughout the whole concert. I guess its true that he hypes himself up. "50-cent... NOTHING SPECIAL!"
Aside from 50.. all the other entertainers came to impress.. i can't say that some performers were better than others because every1 performed different and brought something fresh.. Cory Gunz, Juelz, and Papoose killed it with their Freestyles on acapella. I'm a big fan of Cory Gunz and when i heard he was invited to perform, i knew that if all my other expectations of the show were let down then i had Gunz to look forward to. He completely ripppedddd the miccc. I knew most people in the crowd were not too familar with him, but he BLEWW every1 away with his final freestyle.. I was surprised with Papoose because i'm not really a fan, but he was performance was crack and his new alphabet song freestyle left the crowd in awe.
All in all, I was reealllyyy impressed and i wana tell every1 about the experience. If 50 is guna be doing 50 Fest annually then you already know im going to be there next year.
The Beach At Governors Island @
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- Sat, Oct 3, 2009 @
Favorite moment: When Styles and Sheek came on stage, the crowd was chanting " DDD- BLOCCKKK!! DDD- BLOCKKK!!!" @