Busta Rhymes Goes Off On New Orleans Essence Fest Crowd Mid-Performance | Update : Lord Jamar Speaks

L. Deezy

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Most of the people at Essence Fest are 40+ and are there to see acts like Raphael Saddiq and Anthony Hamilton. Nobody went to Essence Fest to see Busta Rhymes. He just needed to do his set and get off stage. Chastising the audience just makes him look bad.


I wouldn't say that.. I been to Essence fest at least 12 times. They be into all the acts its just older people are a little more chill wit it but will legit say Busta had a great performance. And the phone thing makes you stand still and record. See it all the time...

Now I will say if anybody has seen Busta perform in the last few years, he def aint as energetic as early on. He mostly just stands there and raps a million miles per hour as showmanship.
 
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the reason why it's his first time is because they rarely have had rap acts up until recently. he gotta know his audience
plus these people been wandering around NO on a hot summer day, then come to the concert at night.

like when i saw kendrick last October, he was the closing act at one musicfest in atl. same situation, long hot day in the park. he didn't come out on some over hype shyt, just let the songs and the crowd speak for themselves. it was a perfect vibe.
but kendricks crowd really rock with him though, he could perform every song acapella and the crowd gonna sing for him.
 

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He is there early, folks usually just chilling, I go all the time and the early acts don't get house. I can only remember one early act that had the crowd jumping and that was Charlie Wilson. He started off as an opening act, he did so good that the next year they moved him into later in the night and then he became a headliner.

Hell even Boyz 2 Men struggled, Kelly Rowland without Destiny Child struggle when she was there early. It just what it is
 

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This is part of his show, he did the same thing when I saw him opening up for 50 last year.
 

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Two of the great live performers in hip hop history have reacted to modern audiences.
Method Man at Summer Jam with a younger audience, and now Busta in front of a crowd who listened to him when he first came out.

Wild shyt.
And both cats are right. Folks so concerned with being seen at the event, instead of actually enjoying the event.
 
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