The Roshua Review September 2016 | Page 38

to watch those kinds of performances on twitter , but maybe I ’ m the weird one . Regardless , Future kept pushing through his catalogue , and his inexperienced showed here and there . At times , he seemed to stop to contemplate what exactly he was going to do next . Luckily , his music did most of his work for him , although he could have performed more DS2 material instead of the newer stuff from Purple Reign . All in all , he was cool , but I kind of expected more from Super Future .
Those thoughts quickly moved aside as I heard “ Big Rings ” start to blast throughout the venue . This was the moment that I had waited for . What A Time To Be Alive was really happening in front of me , and I still don ’ t think I really captured how much of a once in a lifetime experience this whole night was . And while I was in a daze , Drake and Future revealed one of their special guests for the night : GUCCIIII ! He came out literally shining . This dude was locked up 6 months ago , and now Mr . Zone 6 himself was performing with the 6 God .
-For the record , I couldn ’ t resist the 6 pun . -
After joining Drake on “ Back on Road ,” Gucci did his thing and went solo . He killed “ 1st Day Out Tha Feds ” the single from his latest album , Everybody Looking . Alexa loves that song , and she legit sang it word for word with no mistakes . Although I wasn ’ t as good with the lyrics , I , along with hopefully everybody else , knew the words to the next song . As the guitar intro got the crowd as turn as possible , Gucci performed “ I Think I Love Her .” I don ’ t think Gucci even remembered the words as well as the crowd did ; it was truly a sight to see and a moment to experience . Actually leaving the crowd wanting more , Gucci made a graceful exit and gave the stage back to Drake and Future . The two decided to perform “ Jumpan ” and get the crowd ready for more WATTBA classics , but that was sadly Future ’ s exit as well . So now , Drake is back for round 2 .
Not even gonna flex , I was tired as hell . It was creeping past 11 , and I had been up since 6:30 . Yet , I somehow mustered up the energy to vibe to Drake as he performed a slew of his dance-hall inspired hits . At one point he almost finessed everybody into thinking that Rihanna was going to make a special appearance as “ Work ” started up , but it was still fun to dance to regardless . He continued the sub-set with “ Too Good ” and “ Controlla ,” and then he released the hit of his career : “ One Dance .” And believe me , although I ’ m pretty sure that everyone in attendance had heard “ One Dance ” over a million times and probably loathed its existence , everyone one got down with Drake and really jammed . There was no way that Drake could top that by himself , so he introduced the second special guest : long-time friend and collaborator , 2 Chainzzzzzzzzzz ! They performed their new sleeper hit , “ Big Amount ,” and the crowd vibed as best as they could . But to be fair , 2 Chainz ’ s new tape hadn ’ t even been out for a full 3 weeks . Needless to say , I ’ m glad I got to see it live because it really showcased both of the artist ’ s lyrical abilities . Afterwards , Drake took a breather and let 2 Chainz go solo . He went on to perform “ Watch Out .” Only thing wrong with his decision was that DJ T-Jizzle kind of performed it for him earlier during his DJ set . Poor Chainz , because it was the audiences second time hearing that song that night . It was just awkward , but Tity Boi made sure it was still a lit guest appearance regardless . He made his exit by revealing an interesting little tidbit : at one point ,