After many a conversation with friends and my kids' friends, I thought it would be a useful exercise to make note of all of the options for rap over the weekend. I don't really understand why the youths don't want to hear the radical sounds of a good rock and roll band, but it's just the reality. They want to mosh to rappers. They don't even really care if the rap is terrible, they just want the beat and the energy and the crowd. And I can understand that part, except I'm too old to go up front and get shoved around by some pack of high school seniors. Even someone who plays a wretchedly awful set (like Polo G did last year), is apparently very fun for the kids. So, let's take a look at what we have for just the rap shows this year.
You can click the link to read more about the rapper and get links to some of their YouTube videos.
Friday:
2:00 - T-Mobile - ZAI1K: Auto-tuned rapping and singing with a viral hit on TikTok.
4:00 - Tito's Tent - Genesis Owusu: Ghana/Aussie rapper/singer with a little funky flair
5:00 - Miller Lite - if you squint really hard, you could say she is rap: Arlo Parks: British indie pop singer with a lovely voice and smooth delivery
6:00 - Honda - likewise, James Blake: Falsetto-singing, glitchy-electronic R&B Brit
Blake is sorta rap adjacent if you really try to think that way? He definitely has been involved in big rap things like Kendrick and Ye albums.
SZA happens at the end of the night as well, although I don't consider that to be rap at all. So, overall, a pretty awful day for rap fans. Just two real rappers.
Saturday:
Here's your big day if all you want is rap.
12:00 - Barton Springs - Mama Duke: Local rapper with a brash sound and some clean beats
12:45 - Honda - The Future X: Connecticut rapper with solid bars
3:15 - Barton Springs - Tyla Yaweh: More boring Autotune mumble rap/R&B songs from a friend of Post Malone
A nice, long break for you to get lunch and dinner and see some football in the tent?
6:15 - Honda - Big Boi: Half of Outkast still making funky raps
AND
6:15 - Honda - Lil Nas X: The "Old Town Road" guy is still making insanely popular but mediocre raps
Too bad for the rap fans, as this pits two of the biggest ones against each other. You can either choose the old school or the new school.
7:20 - Barton Springs - Tobe Nwigwe: Houston rapper with a great range of voices who will fight you when Jesus won't
Sunday:
Today you can take an opportunity to sleep in, and go to bed early, as there are no real rappers happening before 2pm or after 7pm.
2:00 - Honda - Larry June: Chilled out rapper from the Bay Area
3:00 - Miller Lite - BIA: Lady rapper who leans in to her name's Lil Jon relation.
4:00 - American Express - Oliver Tree: Weird ass rapper with terrible hair and bad sunglasses
6:00 - Honda - 6lack: Atlanta rapper and crooner who I like despite my pre-conceptions
So, there you have it. Sorry, rap fans, you're not going to be terribly excited by this year's lineup. Lil Durk fell off the lineup after his accident at Lolla, but that was also right about when they added in Big Boi and 6lack, so it wasn't a bad trade at all.
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