Chance the Rapper

Chance took the stage about a half hour later and everything started out pretty normal. The word ‘angels’ was scrawled across the multi-level LED screens, topped with a halo. He wore his signature “3” cap, white t-shirt, and black jacket as the crowd lost their shit. Donnie Trumpet was joined by another member of The Social Experiment stage left, while a drummer was situated stage right. The live instrumentation brought something unique to the show, but the band kept themselves hidden in the shadows most of the set, thus allowing Chance the spotlight he deserved.

Proving himself much more than a studio rapper, Chance’s flow was impeccable, even when he had to compete with the thousands of fans who wanted to go bar for bar with him. The sense of normality continued through many of his more debaucherous tracks from Acid Rap, but that all changed after “Favorite Song”. That’s when Carlos showed up again. A life-sized lion walking on two legs, voiced by Detroit comedian HaHa Davis, became the moral compass of the show. Helping to guide Chance’s own good kid, m.A.A.d city narrative, the lion’s first request was to “take it waaay back,” which Chance did with “Brain Cells” from #10Day.

Chance The Rapper is as famous for how he’s managed his career as he is for the songs contained on his trio of mixtapes. Having never signed to a label, he has been able to maintain complete artistic freedom. That freedom was on full display on Tuesday night. Whether he was battling his demons in the form of stuffed animals, singing a duet with a furry female friend, or leading a choir of a dozen animatronic birds with an spread-winged angel behind him, Chance made it clear he was going to do whatever the fuck he wanted to do.

“I just do me!” he proclaimed at one point, before thanking the crowd for allowing that to happen. And that’s the difference between Chance and so many other braggadocious rappers. Sure, he can get down with the best of them on tracks like “No Problem” and “Mixtape”, but he also gets sentimental as hell on tracks like “Juke Jam” and “Same Drugs”.

And when was the last time you saw a hip hop show go full-blown gospel? I’m not just talking “Ultralight Beam” either. That song was incredible, of course, but it wasn’t until “How Great” turned the Fillmore into a legitimate church that I realized how much Chance’s religion plays into his live shows. He continued his role as a preacher through “Finish Line / Drown” and “Blessings (Reprise)”; the congregation consuming every word like communion.

I honestly didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at that point in the night, because as serious as the message might have been, it was hard to ignore the fact that the whole scene looked like something that should be going down on Sesame Street rather than Colfax Avenue.

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Chancellor Bennett aka CHANCE THE RAPPER has to be one of the greatest performers under the age of 25! Chance has the ability to completly capture not only his target audience but every security guard and policemans' full attention as well. His presence on the stage CANNOT be ignored by anyone that can hear. Even his opening acts were excellent, setting a perfect foundation for an amazing night. Young & Sick, Sweater Beats, and Travis Scott were extremely enticing and had the crowd well warmed up by the time Chance hit the stage. Chance's concert was a perfect balance of rave and kickback performing songs from "10 Day" and introducing brand new material that had us all singing the course before he even started the song. Aside from the unforgettable performa by Chance, I MUST shout out the Social Experiment, which I believe is his band and crew. His band, alone, is superb and its incredibly inspiring to see people my age being masters of their art. Luckily, Chance featured the band during the performance of the hidden track "Paranoia" and they shined as if they were performing at Carnegie Hall. Im really glad that he genuinely expressed his love for his fans with an exteneded version of "That's Love" dedicating individual "I love you's" to fans. What made it so touching was that fact that he requested that the fans look him in the eyes when he pointed and spoke to them giving each phrase an authentic fell. This was my third concert of many more to go for Chance the Rapper and I will be looking forward to seeing Sweater Beats and Young & Sick in concert very soon. For those of you who love live music and dont mind sweating to the beat, CHANCE THE RAPPER concerts are for YOU!!! He performs for YOU!

At the ripe age of 21 Chance the Rapper is one of newest and youngest faces in hip-hop. Despite being so young Chancellor Bennett already has two mix tapes and a few tours under his belt. His second mixtape ‘Acid Rap’ awarded him universal claim, it’s gone double platinum on DatPiff, BET named it one of the bst mix tapes of 2013, and Pitchfork gave it an 8.4 and the “Best New Music” title. While we wait for Chance to release a full length album he’s been putting out a few features with the likes of Childish Gambino, Chuck Inglish, and others. He’s also been touring the country and getting ready for the summer festival season.

Chance differs from most hip-hop MCs in that hehas the privilege of touring with a live drummer and a keyboardist who help add to the atmosphere and create a concert like experience rather than a DJ on a Macbook making beats. Chance also has a few friends help him out on stage with some ambient lighting to create some special effects that help you get in the mood for some of the more popular cuts from ‘Acid Rap’ like “Pusha Man,” “Cococa Butter Kisses,” and “Favorite Song.”If you’re planning on catching Chance the Rapper soon, brush up on those free mixtapes, he has a diehard fan base that will be up front and center for the show, you don’t want to be left alone in the dark not knowing any of the lyrics, hooks, or beats.

Chance the rapper is arguably the most unique voice in the world of hip hop today. We live in a time when rap is one of the most predominate genres in chart music. However Chance with just pure talent and virtually no commercial backing has become one of the biggest mc’s on the block. Starting with his self-produced 2011 debut ’10 Day’ it was clear that he was a voice to be heard. This was followed by his critically and commercial successful free mixtape masterpiece ‘Acid Rap’ which launched in 2013 and is still touring. As a live musician, Chance literally blew me away with sheer mad energy opening with ‘Everybody’s Something’ and several other tracks before even introducing himself. With a live backing band his live shows are more reminiscent of a rock concert and his crowd involvement makes him as much of a powerful frontman as a rapper. Song highlights included ‘Pusha Man’, ‘Cocoa Butter Kisses’, ‘Braincells’, ‘Paranoia’, ‘Juice’ and a beautiful cover of Ziggy Marely’s ‘Believe in Yourself’. To conclude the night he proclaimed his love to us, we love you too Chance and you will be welcomed back in London with open arms.

I don't normally go to many Rap shows but when I heard chance was coming to London I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Chance certainly didn't let the crowd down. He had so much energy and was visibly happy to be on that stage. This attitude always has a great effect on the crowd. It was one of the best crowd atmospheres I have seen in a while. Crowds normally take a few songs to get warmed up but not tonight. Right from the first song chance had the crowd in the palm of his hand singing along. He appeared to change the setlist to keep the crowd involved and despite the sweaty July heat he managed to keep the crowd singing, shouting and jumping along right until the very end.

Second time around, already saw them on this tour and was still great. Mostly stuff from Coloring Book, I would love to get more from SURF and Acid Rap because this group (The Social Experiment) goes a long way back and have done amazing things.
I personally love the fact that it's live music, trumpet, drums, keys, vocals. I don't see that a lot in Hip-Hop and I think it makes a huge difference.

I sat in the bowl, pretty far from the stage but heard great, the venue is pretty good overall.

Support Chance! He's still passes out music, this is how he earns his living. They deserve it.

I can honestly say that this was the greatest night of my life. He gave such an amazing performance and it was so heartfelt. He sang all the songs we wanted to hear and I was not disappointed at all. He gave off so much energy and the stage looked amazing. I wish I could go again and definitely will be looking for his concerts if he comes back to Oakland. He is such an amazing performer and you can tell he just loves to do it. He brought based god and kehlani with him onstage as a surprise and it was insane! 10/10 would go again for sure.

Terrible show. I absolutely love Chance, but this was basically a BBC Live Extra showcase of lesser-known England DJs with Chance playing 2 minutes sections of some of his hits from Colouring Book and then finishing after maybe 25 mins. The crowd started leaving halfway through his set as he was the final act, and you could tell he didn't really care to be there. I was super amped to see Chance but this was a terrible show. He rapped perhaps 1/3 of the lyrics and then did a couple shout out to the crowd then left. Bad job BBC Live extra!

Fantastic. The dj opening act had the crowd hype. Hell he even played adele and the crowd was singing all the words in perfect unison with their cellphone lights on. Then of course chance was amazing. great visuals and even had fireworks and streamers and pyro. He did alot of his new stuff but a few of his fan favorites like cocoa butter kisses and this my jam. Of his new stuff he did the songs that speak to my heart like blessings and all we got which was real live. all in all it was a fantastic show

I've seen Chance with the Social Experiment twice now and both shows were amazing. Chance has a way of really connecting with his audience. You can tell special care is taken to make a dynamic, inspiring and entertaining show. You can also see the growth in performance quality over time. If you're a Chance/SoX fan make sure you get out to one of their shows. Definitely worth it! Not to mention their opening acts are usually pretty dope. Big shout out to D.R.A.M for his performance in Detroit!