So, last night I went to the Stove God Cooks and Conway show, a Drumwork production. This wasn't my friends spot or promotion. Have to rep, so Syracuse hoodie and hat. I walk in and within 2 min a young guy comes up asking if I'm from Cuse etc etc. He asks if I remember Damone Brown, I laugh, he's his cousin. Btw, just this week, the venue just started proof of vax or a test within 72 hrs to get in. So add in a Monday night and there you have it, the crowd wasn't as big as it would've been, but the energy was way more than I expected. I timed it right to avoid the opening acts, within 20 min Cooks takes the stage. He had some mic issues but otherwise this place is known for a great sound system. He got rolling and he did really good. I couldn't believe this many people out here knew his lyrics etc. Good hype man, I don't like most, but he was smooth and wasn't overbearing.
So Cooks get's done with his set, makes his way through the crowd on the side, I don't think most noticed him at first, he walks further, then in my area and people are asking him to take pics etc. He sees me and I walk up and say, southside! (he's State and Burt) He's like yeah?! I said, grew up on West Colvin. His hype man is on the side of him talking to some people and Stove grabs him and said, Yo did you hear him?! So long story short his hype man blocked everyone out of the way and said, yeah you have to get a pic of you two, he grabs my phone and done. We made small talk a little bit and I said, right on for putting the city on. His reply, "It's time!"
So onto Conway. It was the best performance (not just saying that) that I've seen in a long time. I was surprised how charismatic he was. He even stepped off the stage into the crowd and did a track, it was crazy. I can't remember the last time I've seen that if ever. Some really young kid who was at the very front of the stage who had been rapping all the lyrics for like 3 tracks, Conway stopped the show and asked him his name. He brought the kid up on stage at the beginning of the next one and the kid of course knew all that one too. At the end Conway hugged him and told him how much he respected him and thanked him for supporting him, that kid will never forget that in life. Conway's sound was great, he performed a long time, had creative breaks, down to earth crushed it. He gave a lot of respect to Denver, the crowd etc. It's soo not like this at a lot of shows. Great night, no issues, everyone really was in a great vibe.
Butcher coming, Nov 15th, stay tuned