Photos by David Thai (@david_thai)
Despite a chaotic few days in Vancouver (Stanely Cup finals…need I say more?), fans and the like still packed Deer Lake Park on Thursday night to see Kid Cudi in action.
I’ve been to several concerts at Deer Lake Park and none have been as full as Cudi’s. That being said, a lot more people than usual were being kicked out for not being able to keep it together. Common guys, what’s the point of coming to a concert if you’re not going to make it passed song three? I on the other hand, got to see what ended up being a pretty good show. It’s not that I didn’t expect it to be good but rather, ”rappers” from Cudi’s generation like to spend a lot of time singing, which not all of them do well. In fact, if you’re a supposed “rapper”, rap and don’t sing. Cudi sang quit a bit and although it wasn’t horrible, I would have enjoyed hearing him drop a few more rhymes.
Nonetheless, Cudi started the show strong with three songs back-to-back, including show opener “Revofev”, which was one of the best songs of the night. Things got pretty mellow between “Sountrack 2 my life” and “Solo Dolo” but the pace picked up again during ”Up up and away” and onward. Rapper Cage came on stage to perform “Maniac” with Cudi and then stayed on to perform his own solo track while Cudi took a break. Cudi also took the time to promote their short film, Maniac, directed by Shia LeBeouf and slated to be released in October.
The rest of the show was pretty solid. Cudi took it back to Woodstock by covering “Hey Joe” by Jimi Hendrix, and also played a bunch of songs he’s collaborated on like Kanye West’s “Good Friday” and “All of the lights”, and David Guettas “Memories”. The last half of the show, featuring all of the latter tracks as well as “Cudi Zone” and ”Day ‘n’ nite”, definitely created a party atmosphere. Anyone loitering on the outskirts moved towards the crowd to be part of the upswing in fan favourite tracks. Cudi even got a bra, which he claimed was his first (really… don’t rappers get bra’s all the time?).
Cudi finished the night off with “Pursuit of happiness”, preluded by saying, “See this love they got for us? How can we not come back. Anytime I have a tour, I’m coming back for certain. Getting bras and shit…this is aweome!”
Favourites: Revofev, Erase me, Up up and away, Memories, Day ‘n’ nite
Setlist:
Revofev
Scott Mescudi vs. the world
Soundtrack 2 my life
Ghost!
Mojo so dope
We Aite
Marijuana
Solo dolo
Up up and away
Man on the moon
Erase me
Maniac
Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix cover)
Good Friday
All of the lights
Mr. Rager
Cudi Zone
Memories
Day ‘n’ nite
Pursuit of happiness
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