Ross strolled around at a leisurely pace on a nearly empty stage - his entire backdrop was just a big banner. Still, unlike Wayne and Minaj, Ross doesn't seem to care much for the art of showmanship. No need to reinvent the wheel if the whole crowd is singing and dancing along. His renditions of Hustlin' and Aston Martin were typical hard-edged, bass-thumping braggadocio, and that's just how he rolls. The man can own a mic when he wants to, but he's got a voice that simply bludgeons the ear. When a song with blatant crossover appeal came on, the mood got a little slower.īefore Wayne and Minaj came Miami's own Teflon Don, Rick Ross, of whom I've never been a huge fan. Granted, Right Through Me is a song that tends to get stuck in your head, but during both Minaj's set and Lil Wayne's, the poppier moments were the ones that dragged the most. The poppy Right Through Me and Save Me were distinct departers from her weird, sexy hip-hop numbers, both blatant appeals for crossover appeal. It's also clear that Minaj wants to be a pop superstar, which was as evident Wednesday as it was during her appearance on Saturday Night Live. She called a pair of fans - one male, one female, both from Tampa - up onstage for a lap dance on Sean Kingston's Letting Go. But she seems at her best when she's spitting out rhymes on tracks like Roman's Revenge and Did It On Em. Like Weezy, Minaj has an outsized personality, and she can sing a bit when she wants to. Midway through the set, we got our first look at R&B's princess of the moment: Nicki Minaj, wearing a purple Bride of Frankenstein wig and extremely tight jumpsuit. Weezy's playfulness came out on songs like Sky's The Limit and Got Money, as he shimmied across the stage and never let the aesthetics and music overwhelm his signature rasp.
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He clearly knew what it take to lead an arena show, bringing a multi-tiered set to run through, plus a backing band (who, to be honest, didn't contribute a whole lot throughout the night). Over the course of the evening, Weezy ripped through parts of at least 30 songs from his neverending catalog - it was impossible to keep count. "Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am your hell of a motherf-ing time." "If you came to have a hell of a motherf-ing time, say hell yeah," he said, after thanking the crowd profusely. Leading off with I'm Goin' In, Bill Gates and Look At me Now, he stirred the crowd into a frenzy in a hurry - and he appreciated every minute of the love. sharp, emerging from the stage floor as fireworks went off near the top of the arena. Weezy (and yes, I'm sure it was him this time) came out at 9 p.m. At least, that was my assessment after watching Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Travis Barker and a slew of hip pals stars throw a four-hour, guest-star-studded hip-hop festival Wednesday night.
is the live concertgoing experience any different? (Click here for my story about the arenas' war on I-4.) But the question is, when you get to the arena, and the lights go out, and the artists come onstage. So there are reasons why an artist might skip Tampa in favor of Orlando.
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