to watch those kinds of performances on twitter, but maybe I’ m the weird one. Regardless, Future kept pushing through his catalogue, and his inexperienced showed here and there. At times, he seemed to stop to contemplate what exactly he was going to do next. Luckily, his music did most of his work for him, although he could have performed more DS2 material instead of the newer stuff from Purple Reign. All in all, he was cool, but I kind of expected more from Super Future.
Those thoughts quickly moved aside as I heard“ Big Rings” start to blast throughout the venue. This was the moment that I had waited for. What A Time To Be Alive was really happening in front of me, and I still don’ t think I really captured how much of a once in a lifetime experience this whole night was. And while I was in a daze, Drake and Future revealed one of their special guests for the night: GUCCIIII! He came out literally shining. This dude was locked up 6 months ago, and now Mr. Zone 6 himself was performing with the 6 God.
-For the record, I couldn’ t resist the 6 pun.-
After joining Drake on“ Back on Road,” Gucci did his thing and went solo. He killed“ 1st Day Out Tha Feds” the single from his latest album, Everybody Looking. Alexa loves that song, and she legit sang it word for word with no mistakes. Although I wasn’ t as good with the lyrics, I, along with hopefully everybody else, knew the words to the next song. As the guitar intro got the crowd as turn as possible, Gucci performed“ I Think I Love Her.” I don’ t think Gucci even remembered the words as well as the crowd did; it was truly a sight to see and a moment to experience. Actually leaving the crowd wanting more, Gucci made a graceful exit and gave the stage back to Drake and Future. The two decided to perform“ Jumpan” and get the crowd ready for more WATTBA classics, but that was sadly Future’ s exit as well. So now, Drake is back for round 2.
Not even gonna flex, I was tired as hell. It was creeping past 11, and I had been up since 6:30. Yet, I somehow mustered up the energy to vibe to Drake as he performed a slew of his dance-hall inspired hits. At one point he almost finessed everybody into thinking that Rihanna was going to make a special appearance as“ Work” started up, but it was still fun to dance to regardless. He continued the sub-set with“ Too Good” and“ Controlla,” and then he released the hit of his career:“ One Dance.” And believe me, although I’ m pretty sure that everyone in attendance had heard“ One Dance” over a million times and probably loathed its existence, everyone one got down with Drake and really jammed. There was no way that Drake could top that by himself, so he introduced the second special guest: long-time friend and collaborator, 2 Chainzzzzzzzzzz! They performed their new sleeper hit,“ Big Amount,” and the crowd vibed as best as they could. But to be fair, 2 Chainz’ s new tape hadn’ t even been out for a full 3 weeks. Needless to say, I’ m glad I got to see it live because it really showcased both of the artist’ s lyrical abilities. Afterwards, Drake took a breather and let 2 Chainz go solo. He went on to perform“ Watch Out.” Only thing wrong with his decision was that DJ T-Jizzle kind of performed it for him earlier during his DJ set. Poor Chainz, because it was the audiences second time hearing that song that night. It was just awkward, but Tity Boi made sure it was still a lit guest appearance regardless. He made his exit by revealing an interesting little tidbit: at one point,