MTV HipHop Open 2008 (live report)
First off, I need to admit seeing Ice Cube, his backing rapper WC, Dynamite Deluxe (”Grüne Brille”), Ludacris and his partner in rhyme, Lil Fate, at the MTV HipHop Open 2008 in Stuttgart, BW, was bound to be special for me. Especially, I’m sentimentally hung up on Ice Cube since I have heard him on his debut solo album “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted” after he had left the legendary N.W.A. hip hop group. All performers were fantastic, though I’m not a huge fan of Ludacris’ music. I can say it without any hesitation, but Ice Cube definitely made an impression that would be hard to top. He found the right mix of N.W.A. classic songs, solo hits like “It Was A Good Day”, “Check Yourself”, “Natural Born Killerz”, and “You Can Do It” and new songs taken from his brand-new album “Raw Footage”.
All in all, this year’s MTV HipHop Open festival was great, even though, it was a cloudy and rainy day, and the arena was not filled up all the way like in the past years… Thanks to the organisators for this festival, I hope we’ll see some other great events in future!
I was there and shot some photos. Check them below!
Edit: Inspite of that I’m not Ludacris’ biggest fan - well I got some of his cds and listen to him regularly - I was really impressed by his performance. He rocked the stage at Lil Fate’s side like nobody else from the South. Both kicked some hard bumpin smash hits like “Move Bitch!”, “What’s your Fantasy”, “Act A Fool”, … So be sure, if you got the chance to make one of his shows, then do it!
Mike
