All Along the Waterfront: Flying Lotus and Devin the Dude
His mouth curled up, his face covered in a thin sheen of sweat, Houston's Devin the Dude took to lower Manhattan's South Street Seaport Sunday September 7th for the East Village Radio Festival. Postponed from Saturday due to tropical storm Hanna, the festival featured a predominantly hip hop lineup tailored to the cheeky tastes of monochromatic few in attendance. Despite a few technical trip ups, Devin amused the crowd with his randy raps for just over a half hour appalling the tourist throngs that South Street Seaport attracts."Lacville '79" and "Doobie Ashtray" were highlights as was "Fuck You" but nothing was entertaining as the scrunched up faces of sunkissed outoftowners during Devin's opener "Boo Boo'n."
I was expecting a chiller vibe from Southern California's Flying Lotus, a star on the rise with the discriminating pockets of electronic and hip hop fans but Fly Lo made for a fun show, an achievement since his props, laptop, sampler, etc..., were limited. He had an enthusiasm conveyed in a elastic head nod of giraffe proportions that translated to the crowd. Not sure if the crowd's narrow composition was his and the other performers making or that of East Village Radio's target audience but it was the only down side to the whole affair. KRS cleaned up the show but I've seen the legend rock too many times already to cede any of my precious time for any encores. All in all it, I'd have to say it was a good day in these last days of summer.
Check out more photos from the show at my Flickr slide show.
Tags: Devin the Dude, Flying Lotus, Hip Hop
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