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Chance The Rapper | Coachella | 4/13/14 (PHOTOS)

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There were a lot of acts that I was interested in catching at Coachella, and Chance the Rapper was definitely one of them. As he was forced to cancel is weekend two performance due to the flu and tonsillitis, I was grateful I got to catch him perform the first weekend.

I have a twitter account (@methodman13) and I hand picked accounts to follow for music news. Sometime in 2013, I noticed that Complex Magazine’s twitter handle had changed its avatar to the cover of a mix-tape by a rapper I had never heard of. Complex was pushing the mixtape hard, and after a couple of weeks of ignoring the various tweets they shot out with links to the free mix tape, I finally caved and downloaded it. It was “Acid Rap” by Chance the Rapper, and I was glad I set aside my music snobbery to download it because it was an amazingly well put together mixtape and is definitely one of my favorite hip-hop albums of 2013 .

Call it Psychedelic Hip-Hop/Alternative Rap/Underground Rap … call it whatever you want, it’s melodic music that tells stories as eloquently as they come. Sure, the album relies on a lot of samples and interpolations (as is the trend for mix-tapes), but it doesn’t take away from what Chance adds to those familiar melodies and rhythms.

The surprise of the set, though I was already ushered out of the photo pit by the time, was Justin Bieber’s cameo for hist duet with Chance called “Confident”. I wasn’t as excited as some others about the guest appearance, and truthfully, I don’t think that the audience was all to into it if the luke warm (to say the least) reception was any indication, but it did have the internet buzzing with gossip.

I’m a fan of Chance The Rapper’s current output and musical style. If he does, indeed, intend to give his music away for free and only charge his fans to watch him perform, I’ll be one of the first in line to purchase a ticket to his next show in Los Angeles.

I wasn’t able to find a setlist online, so if any of you Chance the Rapper fans know what songs were performed the first weekend of Coachella, I’d love to know so I can add it to this entry.

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April 29, 2014August 12, 2015 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Alternative Rap, Chance Raps, chance the rapper, Chancelor Bennett, Chano, chicago, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert review, hip hop, illinois, Live Music, Midwest Rap, Psychedelic Hip Hop, Psychedelic Rap, Rap Music Acid Rap, Review, set list, setlist, Underground Rap Leave a comment

Coachella 2014 | April 11 – 13

This year, I was lucky enough to get approved for a media/photo pass for the first weekend of Coachella. The photo pass allows me to take pictures from the photo pit of each stage, and being armed with an incredible lens, I’ve taken some pretty amazing pictures so far, and I can’t wait to sift through them all and post what I’ve been able to capture.

There were a few acts that I wish could have snapped pictures for (Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Beck and Arcade Fire), but being a “newby” in the world of concert photography, I wasn’t selected to by artist management to have the privilege of taking pictures. Hopefully, the pics I post of the bands I saw here will help change their opinion of me for the future.

Each entry will contain a little bulb of my overall thoughts of what I was able to see, with a Instagram video post that I posted (my Instagram account is @Methodman13 … you may as well go there now while you’re waiting for the post to go up) and a photo slideshow. I hope you enjoy the moments I captured as much as I enjoyed shooting it. Click on the name of the artist you want to check out to see the blog entry I put up.

Friday | April 11th, 2014

Tom Odell
The Preatures
GOAT
Dum Dum Girls
Jagwar Ma
Grouplove
A$AP Ferg
HAIM
The Afghan Whigs (Unfortunately, the pictures I took during this set are unusable)
Broken Bells
Woodkid
The Replacements
Girl Talk
Outkast (Unfortunately, the pictures I took during this set are unusable)

Saturday | April 12, 2014

Sunday | April 13, 2014

UPDATE: 5/9/14: It was a long, glorious, music-filled weekend of music. I think I may have ruined all of the future music festivals I attend because there really is nothing like being in the photo pit, even for only the first 3 songs, trying to capture “moments” of musicians practicing their craft and giving the audience all that they have. I will forever be grateful for the opportunity. Thank you, Goldenvoice. Thank you, Snoop. You made this music dweeb very, very happy.

April 13, 2014May 22, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: A$AP Ferg, Afghan Whigs, Aluna George, Banks, blog, Broken Bells, chance the rapper, Chvrches, City and Colour, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Reviews, Drowners, Dum Dum Girls, Empire of the Sun, Fishbone, Future Islands, girl talk, GOAT, Goldenvoice, Grouplove, HAIM, HAIM The Afghan Whigs, Jagwar Ma, Jhene AIko, Julian Casablancas, Kid Cudi, Lana Del Rey, Laura Mvula, Little Dragon, Live Music, Lorde, motorhead, Outkast, Pet Shop Boys, Pharrell Williams, pixies, Review, reviews, Rudimental, set list, setlist, snoop, the 1975, The Afghan Whigs, The Naked and Famous, The Preatures, The Replacements, Tom Odell, White Lies, Woodkid Leave a comment