Mannie Fresh

Byron O. Thomas, aka. Mannie Fresh, has been blowing me away since I first saw him live back a few years ago. I didn’t know his music at all really, and saw him perform a short hip hop set at a charity street show. From those few tracks, I was compelled to go and buy his music, and I’ve been following him ever since, and the recent show I caught was something else entirely. It’s evident from his performance the Fresh has been performing and creating music for a long time, and the way that he commands the stage with ease and grace is remarkable.
He walked out on stage with his microphone in the air to catch the screaming and cheering from the crowd, and power it out through the monitors. He introduces himself innovatively with a rap, and then launched straight into the title track from his second solo album. Return of the Ballin. I, along with everyone else it appeared, knew the track really well, so everyone was singing along at the top of their lungs.
He played a great selection of his music, and worked really well with his DJ working the decks behind him. He maintained a high energy throughout the show, and had everyone cheering for an encore at the end, which he provided in style.

I was head bumping in my baby crib, listening to Juvenile now i'm body popping to Juvenile 15+ years later! Good music is timeless and with Juvenile never has a statement held so much truth. Terius Grey also known as Juvenile is perhaps one of the most underrated rappers, but with performances like this! that's soon to change. The 'back that ass up' rapper, inspires such wildness within the audience, Rock has mosh pits, rap has crumping and that was the result when he performed his 2014 song 'Live Wire'. As the familiar Southern beat dropped, people were shaking so much I thought their souls were gonna leave their bodies there and then! This energy is hard to come by from a single song and when 'Back That Ass Up' came on, left right and center all I could see for miles on end was twerking, trying to keep up with such motion resulted in nothing less than your head bobbling up and down like the dog from the Churchill adverts Juveniles hype man prepared the audience, as if a scene out of a movie were being filmed, warming up the crowd and competing with the screaming girls as Juvenile strolled on with a bottle of alcohol that looked like it cost more than my entire existence, and that is what people love about Juvenile, he's just so calm, cool and relaxed. Even if you're not a fan, attend one of his performances, within twenty seconds of the first song, your opinion will change! If not then I PERSONALLY will teach you how to twerk.