

Ty kept the crowd going as he played hit after hit, including “Paranoid”, “Or Nah”, “Irie”, “Droptop In the Rain”, “Lil Favorite”, and “Blasé”. And that’s exactly what we all do when he came onto the stage right out of the gate to “Don’t Judge Me”, the Mike Will Made It produced track with features from Future and Swae Lee. whereas Dolla $ign has a lot more music you can turn up to. A lot of his music has meaning, touches on social injustice, focuses on his storytelling ability, etc. KRIT has a few upbeat songs in his catalogue, although not too many that you might consider “bangers”. The scheduling of KRIT before Ty$ was definitely a good move though. KRIT and Ty$ both make drastically different sounding types of music although they’re both underneath the hip-hop/rap umbrella – both great in their own right. His delivery was spot on (per usual) and he did not disappoint.įollowing an intermission, Ty Dolla $ign was the final act. You could feel the emotion in his voice on those ending songs. Olympus” – and then closed things down with some of his slower, more meaningful songs “Mixed Messages”, “Drinking Sessions” and “Justin Scott”. KRIT didn’t stop there, and went on to perform a lot of his newer material, including – “Subenstein” and “1999”, some of his older material – “Just Touched Down” and “Mt. I remember initially hearing it when I first got the album and I got the same vibes as I did when I first heard “Country Sh*t”. KRIT came out to “Big Bank” and the place went nuts. And as far as I’m concerned, 4Eva Is A Mighty Long Time is a dark horse contender for 2017 AOTY. The majority of KRIT’s material is better than that of his peers. He hasn’t quite tasted as much of the commercial success that some of his peers have, but I don’t think that means his music isn’t as good by a long shot. I’d probably have to lean KRIT Wuz Here as my favorite, but it’s not an easy choice. His soulful melodies and country fried bars are like chicken soup for mah heart, mah soul. I’ve been a long time supporter of Big K.R.I.T.’s music. It was really nice to finally see CyHi showcase his talents as a wordsmith. The majority of it was new material from his recent album, although he did go back and play some of the mixtape cuts from some of the old heads like myself, including “Cold as Ice” and “Far Removed”. No Dope on Sundays gave CyHi his first major release, although in my own personal opinion, it wasn’t his best work. His rumored debut album seemed like it would never drop, however this past year, it finally did. He’s put out a number of mixtapes since that point, and most of them have been pretty well received by critics and fans alike. The puns and clever wordplay really got me into his music, and since that point I’ve kept tabs on CyHi as the years have gone by. I started following CyHi back in college, especially after the release of Royal Flush 2. Next up, GOOD Music signee CyHi The Prynce. The set was fairly short though, so I’ll be going back to check his material again. I wasn’t familiar with his solo work so I kind of just tried to take it all in.


His most recent project Woo$ah features DRAM, 6lack, SZA and Isaiah Rashad, and is worth checking out. As far as openers go, he did a pretty decent job.

I recognized the name from his production – notably UOENO and 4YEO – however, I wasn’t aware that he began a career now as a rapper. The first act to come out was Childish Major. We checked our coats, got some beers, and made our way back. The crowd had for the most part already assembled itself around the front of the stage, but the vantage points were great from pretty much anywhere inside. It didn’t even take long to get through the line and security, despite the show selling out. At this point, we were completely fueled up and ready to go, so we headed on over to the Orange Peel. We made a few more stops at Burial Beer Company, the Green Man Brewery, and finally came to White Duck Taco for dinner – all awesome spots. and Ty$ both began to run through their sound checks inside, which were easily heard from where Wes and I were at. We were enjoying our first beer when K.R.I.T. We started at Wicked Weed, which conveniently backs right up to the Orange Peel. We started the day off in the late afternoon by brewery hopping around the city. I hit up one of my boys (what up Wes!) and we both agreed to make the trip and planned out the logistics.įast forward past our road trip, and we were in Asheville on Tuesday, March 27th. It had been a few years since I last visited The Orange Peel in Asheville, but it felt like I was due for a trip. Conveniently, 2 of those 4 tour dates were in North Carolina. There just so happened to be 4 tour dates in which both artists would be playing at the same venue at the same time.
