The Stribs hipster-in-residence Chris Riemenschneider attended rapper Twista's show this weekend. If the Strib is like most papers, they set diversity goals for their writers at the beginning of the year to basically make them attend shows like rapper Twista's, which is about the only way I would get within six miles of a rap show at the Quest.
Thankfully, the Elder has not assigned us any diversity goals for the year.
So how was it, Chris? Well if you ignore the following, it went fine:
- Fans had to wait for two hours OUTSIDE just to get in
- Fans then waited a further THREE hours for the artist to take the stage
- He performed for 45 minutes (which Riemy chalked up as a positive since it was "Twice as long as 50 cent performed")
- Chris was initially turned away at the door for wearing "colors" but changed to a Staind t-shirt from his Jetta and gained re-entry (okay, that one I made up)
Yes, I can see why he gave this performance a semi-positive review. I mean, what's five hours of your life to see 45 minutes of rap bliss, or as we'll see in a minute music that "Sufficed"?
Our open-minded writer ends the piece with the following:
Wearing a backward cap and basketball jersey, the star didn't show a lot of charisma or personality. But the music sufficed. He ended with several songs off his new "Kamikaze" album, including a loose, fun version of the hit "Slow Jamz" and -- even better -- the sleazy romp "Like a 24"
Music that merely sufficed, long, ridiculous waits, a performer that lacked charisma or personality--sounds like most entertainment I've seen in Minneapolis. But at least there was a sleazy romp. I'd hate to attend a "Hip hop" show and not hear a sleazy romp.
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