200 Word Devin Live Review
Devin The Dude, Backyard Band, UGK & The Product @ Club Lime DC 4/6/07
Noz’s yearly rap show: I wrote a lot about Devin over at XXL today, so I am keeping this short, sweet and sporadic. They de-batteried my camera so no pictures. $60 at the door, which is a weeks worth of food money for me and meant that I could only afford water bottles all night. Backyard killed it as would be expected. Legend has it that some big name rappers have contractual clauses that prevent them from sharing the bill with go-go bands, as it’s pretty much pointless to expect any rapper to show them up. Devin holds his own specifically because he is such a mellow compliment to their sound. And because DC loves The Dude. He opened up performing “Just a Man” with BYB, then switched to DAT, mostly rocking material from his first record. Only did “What a Job” from the new joint. He is a charasmatic showman. Club closed at 3:30 before UGK hit the stage, if they were even in the building. The Product did not perform either. Frustrating but predictable. EDIT: Readers have informed me that The Product & UGK were performing on another stage DURING Devin’s set. WTF? Still two long sets from very dope acts is better than four 15 minute ones and eight boring openers, which is more often the case at rap shows.
Tumblin' Erb
April 9th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Dope. How was the audience/atmosphere at Lime?
April 9th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
it was basically a go-go crowd. a lot of heads cut out after backyard. lime is kinda grimey, it’s a converted warehouse or something. sounded good enough for me though.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I was there, UGK was on a different stage, they did about 4 songs and then the club was shut down, but The Product did one song while Security was trying to rush everyone out at the end, that was about 3:40am.
April 9th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
damn… they were performing during devins set? that’s some bullshit.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Yeah man Bun said they were on one floor and Devin was on another floor. I didnt know Pimp C was going as well. Someone must have spent some money.
Why cant rap shows not ever be on time? Mine generally are, but most I go to, are not.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:59 am
I saw Devin live once and the shit was awful.
Caveat emptor, or whatever.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
matt – it sounds like dc needs you.
bol – i understand he couldn’t possibly meet the high standards that gin blossoms and jedi mind tricks have surely set.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
ahahahahaha
April 10th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
there were two floors in that joint? could’ve fooled me.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
sounds dope but is the 60bucks for several tix or your single ticket?
April 11th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
just one, bongo.