wu showed up even later than normal. they kept saying wu was in the building, but they weren't coming out. ice water has been opening for wu most of the tour, but they didn't tonight. but there was a big surprise... berretta 9 opened. i don't know if he was supposed to or not but people started getting pissed off and booing cause wu wasn't there yet. b9 is from steubenville, oh which is just outside of pittsburgh, so he might have just been there to check out the show and decided to jump on stage just to calm the crowd down. he did his verse from militant and a couple of new tracks.
they announced that raekwon was late but he just showed up. this is the 3rd time i saw wu live and it was the best show yet. this is the most coecive i have seen wu ever. it was like they wanted to be there. i always here about gza taking off early or just hanging out behind mathematics, but he was pretty much up front and into it the whole time. ghost seemed to take over meth's roll as the energy and hype guy. other than method man, streetlife was the only no show. i think he has been with wu, i might be wrong. maybe he has been touring with red and meth.
it was great to see the whole clan singing along to you can't stop me now with rza since they have been shitting on his newer music. i can't remember what song it was, but while rza was doing his verse, he had his arm around u-god's shoulder. when rae did incarcerated scarfaces and he says "me and rza connect", u-god pointed to rza kind of like him and rza are cool again.
after a little while ghost started playing dice with a few guys off to the side of the stage. he had a handful of money too so he must have been doing good. but it wasn't like he wasn't into the show. the dice game actually became like a part of the show. he was off to the side but up to the very front. it was pretty funny.
cappa came out to the crowd when the clan did some odb tracks. he was right beside me so i got a good pic.
when everything was over, mathematics put on a beat and everyone left and deck was like, we have a curfew and i'm staying up here until they shut me off. he freestyled for a little while and just talked to the crowd that was left. the show went from about 11:30 until about 1am.
then deck hung around afterwards and took pictures with everyone and signed autographs.
here's what i can remember from the set list (not in any particular order):
bring the ruckus
mystery of chessboxin
cream
tearz
wu-tang ain't nothin to fuck wit
protect ya neck
liquid swords
duel of the iron mic
incarcerated scarfaces
ice cream
that's gangsta
you can't stop me now
run (cappadonna's)
triumph
reunited
for heavens sake
careful (click click)
shimmy shimmy ya
brooklyn zoo
got your money
i know i'm missing atleast a few others.
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