Allday at the Metro Theatre 10/10/14 - Live Review

Aussie hip-hop messiah Allday came down to play at the Metro on Friday, returning from his killer previous show at The Lair with Mikey Hundred and Jackie Onassis. This time he played to a sold out Metro crowd along with Melbourne upcoming stars Baro and REMI.

In true Allday fashion, there was a small allocation of equally priced “V.I.P” tickets for a meet & greet before the show, which is something that he always strives to be the absolute best in and his fans are forever grateful and committed because of it.

The first set of the night was Baro, a 17-year-old Melbourne MC who burst onto the stage in oddfuture-esque style with a posy spraying water guns and going insane, he then proceeded to deliver a monstrously exceptional set, with arms in the air and cheering straight from the first song, definitely more of a headline quality performance rather than supporting. The highlight of this set for me was definitely the chemistry between DJ and rapper, which was consistent throughout all sets, but really stood out, if you closed your eyes you thought you could’ve been at a sold out arena show.

Following Baro was the equally talented REMI, a 22-year-old lyricist who came flying onto our stage with a mission, he stated “I ain’t here to do my set, I’m here to get you guys fucking hype”, and he did just that delivering a crisp and well-rehearsed set that although a bit more distant than Baro’s performance, REMI definitely got the audience of annoying 14-15-year-old girls “fucking hype”. By far the highlight of this set was the unified chant of REMI’s adrenalized rendition of “XTC Party”, accompanied by “Ape” which in this case, the title speaks for itself.

Then finally, after a painstakingly long intermission, our king Alldeezy gracefully strolled into the spotlight accompanied by his highly talented posse of DJs Mikey Hundred and Tigerilla. The first few songs (“Got It” & “Fuckin’”) were pretty distant and not much interaction (except for the 9537 phones lighting up the crowd ugh), but as soon as that universally recognized beat of Childish Gambino’s 3005 came spinning on the decks, the whole audience seem to become one happy movement of energy as we witnessed a beastly revival of his 3005. cover which then went on to feature a diabolical freestyle verse (including a beautifully sly diss to lifelong rap battle nemesis, 360) the show then spiraled out of control into a crutch-displaying, death-circling chaos that then finally wrapped up into a wonderfully united sing-a-long of old-time classic “Steezed Out”, I really don’t think there has been more of a joyous moment than being surrounded by bucket hat wearing ecstasy enthusiasts chanting “Shut the fuck up you cunt bag, fuck you”.

So to say the least, it was a pretty damn good night, in terms of performance, some were slightly better than average and some I could see rocking out on an international stage. In terms of people, there were some very horrible ones, but in the mix there were a lot of appreciative fans that simply just wanted to party, and party they did.

Review By Finlay Davis

Photos by Fletcher Crebert - View more here

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