Well last saturday night was the first time I have seen Chance Waters live since his name change earlier this. And what a change it has been. Chance has stepped all aspects of his performance up and music and headed in the right direction. The night however wasn't all about Chance with great supports from High Noon and Forbes to kick off the night.
High Noon did what all great first supports do best, warm up the crowd and get the crowd moving. This is exactly what they did with their banging beats and hard hitting vocals. With a small venue they had the venue half packed by the time they picked up the mic.
Moments later Forbes from the Gold Coast stepped up on stage, rocking it solo preforming as both the DJ and the emcee. At first I wasn't sure how that was going to play out and my suspicions were soon confirmed after technical difficulties interrupting his set within minuets. However as soon as they were out of the way the show was back on the way. Forbes managed to hold the crowd that High Noon had warmed up and even had a handful of people up the front getting right into his material starting what could be called a mosh if a few hundred more people joined in haha. Accompanied by a back up singer Forbes had the crowd pumping and showcased some of his best material stretching right back to his original ep, The Abstract.
With an amped up FBI Social wanting more it wasn't long before we were all graced with the presence of Chance Waters on the stage along with his live band which included a banjo with is always a sign that the set is going to be more than entertaining. The set kicked off with some of Chances or should I say "Phatchances" tracks off his Inkstains album which hand the crowd yelling for more! I haven't seen Chance play with a live before and in fact haven't had the chance to see any live hip hop accompanied by a band until a few weeks ago when Spit Syndicate played the Rocklilly at The Star accompanied by Joyride and The Accidents, and its safe to say that the crow enjoyed it and it clearly adds to the atmosphere and stage presence of the artist, I for one can't wait to see more of it. The set ended with Chance's first successful single from his up coming album, Infinity which had the crowd moving and singing along.
The final track for the night was Chances latest track Maybe Tomorrow which has been getting heaps of requests on the J's since he dropped it last week. Produced by one above the beat and lyrics send shivers down your spine. Check it out below and be sure to request it on Tripple J now on Facebook, call 1300 055 536 or text in on 0439 757 666.
