His on-stage energy and persona are magnetic. It took about 10 seconds of Bronson’s performance for me to realize why he’d been chosen as the designated kicker. One of the most electric parts of the set was when Black Noi$e seamlessly transitioned one of Earl’s piano outros into Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares,” inducing a rapping fervor among the audience. He happily performed “EAST,” despite the initial backlash and criticism of the admittedly ridiculous beat that seems to sample something that sounds as if Big Bird got his hands on an accordion and some woodwinds, then forced to work in a circus band.
He also rapped both his and Zelooperz’ verses on “Vision,” a melodically varied vocal showing with a winding, rollercoaster piano instrumental.
Highlights were “Shattered Dreams” and “The Bends” off Some Rap Songs as well as several songs from his two most recent albums like “MTOMB” and “Fire in the Hole.” I was particularly excited to hear “Grief,” a single off I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside and one of my favorite Earl tracks. He performed tracks mostly from his newer projects, using little to no content from Doris. The loyal audience members hung on his every word, bound and mesmerized to his spell-like rhymes.Įarl had plenty of fun with his setlist for this show. Earl even stopped the set at one point because he was confused at the crowd’s behavior - they were forming a mosh pit - and he poked fun at the participants for trying to energetically dance to his slow, dreamlike instrumentals. Not only did several of Earl’s tracks get the crowd jumping, but the audience rapped his complex bars back at him.
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