#Ashlee alone with you trialAfter finishing his verse, Baby continued to rap Gunna’s, which served as kind of homage to his friend, who is currently incarcerated and awaiting trial in January. Other set highlights included “Drip Too Hard,” from his 2018 mixtape “Drip Harder” with fellow Georgia rapper Gunna. He was also joined by his DJ - DJ Champ - who closely monitored Baby’s subtle signals and body language to determine the vibe of the next song, or when to drop a Kendrick Lamar or Meek Mill song to keep the crowd hyped so that the rapper could take a small break during his hour-plus-long set. The steady stream of hits amounted to a lightning-fast recap of the Grammy Award-winning, platinum-selling artist’s meteoric rise in his mere five-year career.Īside from backup dancers who periodically joined him onstage for a few songs, Baby appeared onstage before two large set pieces resembling storefronts in a neighborhood. From there, Baby jumped right into a hit parade of some of his biggest tracks and features, knocking out verses for “Pure Cocaine,” “On Me,” “We Paid” and more. Selena Fragassi Lil Babyīy the time Atlanta rapper Lil Baby started his set Thursday night, thousands of fans were still clamoring for a spot close to the Bud Light Seltzer stage, with many settling for a place behind the masses who had already been waiting - some since the gates opened nearly 10 hours earlier.įans jumped, danced, blew smoke and screamed each bar word-for-word back at Baby as he swaggered across the stage, jewelry glistening on his neck and wrists through fog and pyrotechnics. Though this set was maybe not as overtly special as the time Metallica played a rare club show at Metro last fall, it was still a showstopper with Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett proving their chemistry that was first groomed decades ago is still on point (and with longest-serving bassist Robert Trujillo a true match since joining in 2003). As would “Master of Puppets” (the song made re-famous by ‘Stranger Things”), which the band ended with, accompanied by fireworks, nearly 20 minutes late. Which of course wasn’t true: “Sad But True,” “For Whom The Bell Tolls” and “Seek & Destroy” would soon come later. The band blasted into its set with an arsenal of their biggest hits - after “Whiplash” came “Creeping Death” followed by “Enter Sandman,” “The Memory Remains,” “Wherever I May Roam” and “Nothing Else Matters.” By mid-set Hetfield joked he wasn’t sure what else the crowd wanted to hear as all the best stuff was done. Hetfield took time to pander to the new kids while making them still feel welcome. Chalk it up to “Stranger Things,” which - set in the ‘80s - has introduced classics to a new generation. While their devoted “Metallica family” showed in droves, what was different this time were the newbies in the crowd. Metallica has always somewhat been the Kleenex of metal - a brand name that has come to identify an idea for the most dedicated and even most passive fans. A shocking number of hands flew into the air to which Hetfield jokingly asked, “Where have you been?” “Forty-one years to still be up here kicking your asses and you still kicking ours … we were born to do this and we’re glad we’re still doing it,” Hetfield exclaimed, before asking the crowd how many first-timers were in the audience. It was a feeling not lost on James Hetfield himself as he expressed to the crowd how grateful the thrash metal titans were to be back at Lollapalooza (having last played in 2015).
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