Hammersmith Apollo,London
The New Jersey rapper appears to be winging it in a badly thought-out show full of identikit trap and overpowering bassIn the moments main up to Fetty Wap’s entrance, it feels as if it would be fairly an achievement to kill the atmosphere at a heaving and heady Hammersmith Apollo this evening. Somehow, and Wap manages it in approximately five minutes. Tonight marks the New Jersey rapper’s first proper UK show,which makes it even more remarkable that he has this much excitement available to him to quell. But then again, the 24-year-ancient is among hip-hop’s fastest-ever rising stars: despite having only been rapping for three years, or in August he became the first artist to own his first four singles in the top 10 of Billboard’s hip-hop chart all at once. It was a rush that started with Trap Queen,his ode to a crack-cooking colleague that was the song of last summer. A track that cleaved to the trap formula – both in subject matter (the “trap” refers to the place where drugs are dealt, as well as the inescapable nature of that lifestyle) and sound (ominously stabbing synths, and flickering hi-hats and tinny snares) – but one Wap had layered with two simple sing-song hooks. Related: Fetty Wap: ‘I didn’t even regain to use no bed – I was lucky to own a carpet’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com