Saturday Night (2/4/12) we arrived in Iowa City at Blue Moose Taphouse. Blue Moose Taphouse is a pretty legitimate venue for concerts (I've been to 4-5 of them before) but the bar is split into two levels and both levels allow concerts. Every concert I had been to before had been on the lower level, this one was on the second level (which is much smaller, but is also super easy to get close to the artist).
We arrived there after searching for a parking lot for 15 minutes of getting to downtown Iowa City and arrived at Blue Moose, where we met up with two other friends of my friend. We were anxious to get inside but had to go through the process of checking in our tickets, getting wristbands, and waiting in line for a bit. Once we got inside we immediately got as close as we could to stage and stayed put until the first group came on.
The concert started around 7 and really had no energy (after 3 groups, trust me the mention I'm giving them right now is enough) until about 8:30 where a band from Cedar Falls, IA (which I was lucky to know one of the two front men rappers, since he graduated with two of my brothers) got the place going. The group is named "Skool'd Life". They got the place going and really we're great performers and had some really good tracks. Be sure to check them out on their website or Twitter. Currently they only have about six tracks online for free, of their older material but they will be getting out some new music!
Then about 9:10 or so, XV's crew started setting up and his DJ, Awesome Sound came out and got the crowd going from the people who knew of him. Then after what seemed the longest 10 minutes, XV came out from the back door in shades, a DOPE Couture fitted hat, and the crowd went wild. The four other people who I knew from the concert, were all in the front row and all five of us were going crazy.
XV opened up his performance and performed some his best tracks along side some of his #Squarian crew. He performed some of his most popular tracks, such as Awesome, U.F.C, Pictures on my Wall, That's Just Me, Mirror's Edge, and even some of his new material off his upcoming album The Kid with the Green Backpack.
XV ended the night with one of his most popular songs U.F.C, where he jumped into the crowd into the front row where the group of my friends and I were standing, as we huddled up together with XV himself and just loved every minute of the show. After the show ended The Awesome Sound played a few popular tracks as XV disappeared, but Sez Batters and The Awesome Sound stayed on stage and pretty much greeted everybody first row and had a conversation with a group of us.
We then got ready to leave after having one of the best times, when I saw Sez Batters going outside and asked him for a picture and was able to snap this photo with him:
At that point, I was in awe, I got to get a picture with a rapper that was on tour with XV and I was ready to go home and just fall asleep.
Once we got outside, we noticed a crowd in front of the Blue Moose. When we got out there we saw @XtotheV, Vizzy himself talking to a bunch of fans who had stayed long after the concert ended in hopes of meeting him. The best part of my night, was when we walked up to him and he approached us and greeted us by our Twitter names. We probably had tweeted at him 20 times the night before (and after having a previous Twitter conversation with my friend, who he already followed) knew us was one of the coolest things ever. We proceeded to take pictures with him, talk about the show and the tour, make jokes with him and just got to spend time with the guy. One of the things that surprised me most, was the fact that he was so humble and just treated us as if we friends of his, rather than some crazy fans. The night was officially over after we had spent about another 20 minutes talking to him and we were on our way home (after getting lost 2-3 times). Once I got home, I got on Twitter to see Twitpics that my friend had sent to me, and when I went to my mentions I saw that XV had retweeted me twice.
The concert definitely will go down as one of the most memorable nights in a long time. The rapper that I had only listened to a little bit before the show, easily became one of my favorite rappers that night. XV was a humble man, and really just was different than anything I ever expected. His music, different from most really now has more of a sentimental value than every before and listening to his mixtapes now, compared to before just means a lot more. I will forever be an XV fan and a #Squarian, as that concert was one of the best concerts I had went to and leaves concerts to come with VERY high expectations.
XV ended the night with one of his most popular songs U.F.C, where he jumped into the crowd into the front row where the group of my friends and I were standing, as we huddled up together with XV himself and just loved every minute of the show. After the show ended The Awesome Sound played a few popular tracks as XV disappeared, but Sez Batters and The Awesome Sound stayed on stage and pretty much greeted everybody first row and had a conversation with a group of us.
We then got ready to leave after having one of the best times, when I saw Sez Batters going outside and asked him for a picture and was able to snap this photo with him:
At that point, I was in awe, I got to get a picture with a rapper that was on tour with XV and I was ready to go home and just fall asleep.
Once we got outside, we noticed a crowd in front of the Blue Moose. When we got out there we saw @XtotheV, Vizzy himself talking to a bunch of fans who had stayed long after the concert ended in hopes of meeting him. The best part of my night, was when we walked up to him and he approached us and greeted us by our Twitter names. We probably had tweeted at him 20 times the night before (and after having a previous Twitter conversation with my friend, who he already followed) knew us was one of the coolest things ever. We proceeded to take pictures with him, talk about the show and the tour, make jokes with him and just got to spend time with the guy. One of the things that surprised me most, was the fact that he was so humble and just treated us as if we friends of his, rather than some crazy fans. The night was officially over after we had spent about another 20 minutes talking to him and we were on our way home (after getting lost 2-3 times). Once I got home, I got on Twitter to see Twitpics that my friend had sent to me, and when I went to my mentions I saw that XV had retweeted me twice.
The concert definitely will go down as one of the most memorable nights in a long time. The rapper that I had only listened to a little bit before the show, easily became one of my favorite rappers that night. XV was a humble man, and really just was different than anything I ever expected. His music, different from most really now has more of a sentimental value than every before and listening to his mixtapes now, compared to before just means a lot more. I will forever be an XV fan and a #Squarian, as that concert was one of the best concerts I had went to and leaves concerts to come with VERY high expectations.
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| A few friends and I with @XtotheV after the concert. |
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