RECAPSummerSixteenTour Date- August 25 , 2016
Drake is the Jay Z of my generation , and I ’ m sorry if you find that statement blasphemous . It ’ s actually really crazy to even be saying this about the Toronto artist . He made his mainstream entry while I was in 5th grade , and as he ’ s grown musically I ’ ve grown into who I am as a person . Supplying the industry with hit after hit , it would be disrespectful to still compare him to any other rappers of my generation ( Wiz Khalifa , Big Sean , Kid Cudi , Mac Miller , Wale ) because none of them have entirely reached his level of success . That ’ s not to discredit any of the aforementioned artists ; in fact , all those artists make dope material and have set standards in the music industry that haven ’ t been surpassed yet . But I ’ m here to discuss Drake , the behemoth of Rap that came to visit Phillips Arena at what could be the peak of his career .
You see , I had never seen Drake live past performances on late night talk shows , and I didn ’ t know what to expect . Because of the polarity between “ Too Much ” Drake on Jimmy Fallon during the Nothing Was The Same era and “ One Dance ” Drake on SNL this summer , I was extremely anxious to see whether it was worth dropping $ 250 for this tour . I just always assumed that Drake would be boring to see live , or he would barely sing or sing horrible . I had been hearing stories about the Summer Sixteen Tour through headlines and twitter recaps , but that all lent more to guest artists and controversy from the Six God himself . Let ’ s just say that August 25 , 2016 proved one thing for certain : Drake is one of the best performers living .
Let me rewind a bit though . From its announcement , I had a feeling that the Summer Sixteen Tour would go down as one of those tours that you probably shouldn ’ t pass on , and it ’ s not all owed to the headliner . Joining him on the tour was Roy Woods , dvsn , and his bro Future ( and that ’ s before the special guests ). The tour bill was well balanced , introducing Roy Woods and dvsn to the masses who refuse to listen Drake ’ s artists without a Drake verse ( which dvsn actually doesn ’ t have in his catalogue ) and giving members in the audience to see Drake and Future together ... again . “ But this is the perfect time to see them together !” says the voice in my head . Before when they ’ ve toured together ( 2013 ’ s Would You Like a Tour & 2015 ’ s Jungle Tour ), they had songs together sureeeee , but now they have a full mixtape together . The Summer Sixteen Tour was slick destined to be a lituation , but I could only be sure by checking it out for myself .
April quickly turned into August , and the day of the concert had arrived . I rocked a Death Row shirt , biker jeans , and vans as I walked downstairs to pick up Alexa . She pops out of her room , and we ’ re off . During our 20 minute walk to Phillips Arena we contemplate everything about the show from how well Drake ’ s singing is to what dvsn is going to perform . We predict the special guests will probably be Gucci Mane and possibly 2 Chainz or Lil Uzi since he was currently in town . Then we go back and forth expressing our hopes for dvsn ’ s set ; we ’ re both huge fans . The one consensus that we reach is that he HAS to perform “ The Line ” to close his set . Ironically , we don ’ t really talk about Roy Woods at all , poor guy , But in all fairness , Future didn ’ t come up in conversation either . The two of us enter Phillips Arena and immediately head for the merch , which I must say is really dope in its own respect . The merch was decently priced too ! Regular tees were 30 and long sleeves were 45 , and since fall is coming up and my bank account was looking right I went ahead
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