Ok, So I know you have all been waiting in anticipation for my reviews of ACL. Let me first say, sorry it took me so long to get to these. My first blog in the series will start with Kanye West.
His Friday night headliner was disappointing at best. This was his last show using "the wall" which is a giant picture featuring Kanye floating on a cloud like a god. This is supposed to inform his viewers that he is heaven sent and that he, and his talent, is good enough for angels. this was anything but true. His voice cracked and at one point had to start a song over. His pompous attitude only made it feel better when he had to restart. The sound was iffy and his voice did not fill Zilker park like it should have. I feared that the sound would cause him to crumble and walk off stage like he has done before. Kanye did not play anything off of his newest album with Jay-Z. this was very unexpected because it released earlier this year.
During SXSW Kanye played a secret show at the power plant in Austin. At this show he brought out Beyonce, Snoop Dog, and Jay-Z. I anticipated the show at ACL simply because I expected that he would bring out a few famous faces. Needless to say, He didn't. I was pissed. Unfortunately, I had to fight myself to stay till the end of ACL's Friday night closer. At first I was excited because ACL had added more hip-hop to the lineup, however, Kanye was a bad representation of hip-hop at a festival. Overall I give his show two big thumbs down.
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