That's what we get for buying tickets right in front of the speakers. But the hearing loss was worth it — , the hip hop band from , put on a damn good show. And yes, they even did a brief (and and and many others).
But for the most part, Black Thought, ?uestlove, Hub, Kamal Gray, F. Knuckles and Captain Kirk Douglas rocked their originals, and the seemingly capacity crowd at Yunfeng Theater (packed predominately with expats) loved it.
The musician solos were intense — the boys can play. Also a highlight was Black Thought's uncanny ability to work the word "Shanghai" into just about every song they performed. After their two-plus-hour show, The Roots hung around on stage, shook hands, signed autographs, posed for photos and hurled autographed drumsticks into the crowd.
No injuries were reported.
Great show. We can't wait for !
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I feel Cheated. (I know,nothing new here in Shanghai.) However, I thought my 380 rmb for the second class of tickets would have paid for a half decent soundsystem.
China West didn't spend anything on those puny speakers up front did they?
Granted, Black Thought sounded muddy, but I put that to the nappy sound system.
Hope they get something better than a high school dj's rig for the next show they put on.
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This was to me, clearly not the Roots' fault, but a greedy promoter's.
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Wow, I had a totally different impression (well, not of the sound system - that sucked.
They were fiddling with the sound levels all night). I did have poor seats right in front of the speakers (for 480RMB I expected better then half a view of ?uestlove's 'fro).
However, I think black thought on the mic was really good, and the band battled through a lot of sound issues and rocked. the. house.
Maybe half of that is just excitement over seeing such a great group in Shanghai live, but still.
20-somethings? Sure they were there, I was confused by the large amounts of people that I've never seen near a Roots show in the US - I guess lots of people just bought tickets when they heard big time US group.
Seriously, bearded guy with the IT khakis and TIE . . .
you're a big Roots fan?* Really?
*Yes, I'm judging by appearances.
Sue me.
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The show was rockin, the best crowd atmosphere i've experienced at any Shanghai event! Or maybe it was just the fact that this city put on a rockin hip hop show without the stock-standard yo yo hip hop posers and break-dance battles.
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The only downer for me was the after show arrangements.
.. i know it was a monday night and all, but woulda thought an after party somewhere was in order.
Or maybe i jus didn't get the invite...
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Hoping this can be fixed for next Tuesday night after the Sonic Youth show. Shanghaiist crew should lead the charge, i guess that's how everyone knows about the SY gig anyway.
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The show was great, I wish I had chosen the seats on the ground floor, instead of the balcony. And that I had enjoyed the show instead of filming it with the still camera (same sound quality as the above clip..
.). The crowd indeed seemed to like more the songs of other bands the Roots played than their own - I guess we all miss some good ole rock'n'roll.
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The sound was terrible, no doubt about it - maybe Yunfeng is simply not a good place for hip-hop shows?
Now if Erica Badu would consider coming here...
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