Baby Bash, DJ Quik, und Frankie J

You may not recognize the name Ronnie Ray Bryant, but anyone raised in the 90s will recognize the name Baby Bash. I was actually a bit apprehensive about going to his show, mainly because I didn’t know a lot of his songs; but somehow, my friend convinced me that I still knew enough that it’d be worthwhile. As much as I hate to admit it, she was right. The crowd was huge! I hadn’t really thought about how big of a following he had, but it was awesome because the energy level was set so high. When Baby Bash took to the stage I found myself singing and dancing along. I was also pleasantly surprised at how great his raps are live, probably because of the emotion and love of what he does really shines through. He was great with the audience, constantly engaging them and getting them pumped up (even though I didn’t think it was possible to raise the energy more). The best part about the show was that he had a lot of guests come on and do their collaboration songs. Like Frankie J coming on stage to sing “Sugar Sugar,” and Sean Kingston coming on to sing “What Is It.” He closed out the show with “Cyclone” and everyone went wild! The whole place boomed, with everyone singing and dancing.

Watching a DJ who is multi-talented and can perform self written lyrics, play multiple instruments, and DJ is something very rare. The performance that DJ Quik gave was one like I’d never seen before. He opened the set behind decks, and blasted out a couple of remixes, and some of his own mixes, before moving downstage to the mictophone setup.
He picked up the microphone and opened his vocal set with Pitch In on a Party, which had everyone singing along and dancing straight away. The band behind him were tight, and playing his complex riffs with ease and skill. He played several tracks form both The Book of David, and The Midnight Life, which went down really well. In a live performance, it’s easier to discern the lyrics that the artist is singing, especially being as close as I was to the front. For me, this made the concert even more exciting, enabling me to engage with Quik’s material more easily.
The talent that he showcased was incredible, switching from complicated rhythmic vocals, to the synth , and keys, and occasionally revisiting the turn tables. He was also great at getting the audience going and enthusiastic. He was encouraging everyone to sing along, and even held the microphone out occasionally. It was an epic evening, and I’d love to see him again.

Francisco Javier Bautista Jr is better known as Frankie J, and used to be a part of the musical group Kumbia Kings. However, when he started out on his solo career, he was able to establish a name for himself. Having been born in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in San Diego, California, he used his upbringing of latin and urban music as his major influences. This allowed him to have, what was at the time an extremely fresh sound. Able to both rap and sing, he is a multi-talented artist who puts on one hell of a show.
During his live set, there is a live band, but also uses a lot of pre-recorded tracks as well. The venue was fairly small, but also pretty full. His 10-song set lasted about 45 minutes, and had a various amount of guests. Most notable was Baby Bash, who took the stage with him for their song “Suga Suga.” The best song of the night was the stripped down acoustic version of “Obsession No Es Amor” which he did entirely in Spanish. For the song, a lot of the crowd was singing along, and at one point overpowered him, so he let them sing instead. He was very down to earth and greatly appreciated the support of his fans.

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