Wes Woods II had a write up of last Friday's Ludacris performance at Bridges Auditorium. Woods article appeared in the Daily Bulletin and was reprinted in the Bulletin's sister paper, The Contra Costa Times:
Ludacris, whose real name is Christopher Bridges, featured a long horn intro and thundering bass drops of "Last of A Dying Breed" off his latest album "Theater of the Mind" on his opening song.
One of his lines on the song spoke well to the audience "... hip-hop couldn't die I never offer my condolence/but I offer ya'll a day of atonement ..." while the audience roared in approval.
Ludacris, who sprinkled his uncensored lyrical set with references to Claremont in lyrics and shoutouts, walked the stage back and forth constantly and slapped hands with some of the audience members.
While the stage backdrop was a simple black background, the stage itself was lit in different colors like pink, blue and purple from the overhead lights during the performance.
Besides the actual performance, Woods had some observations from the crowd on the heavy police and security presence at the concert and also about the heat. It was literally a hot concert, said Woods.
Woods also blogged about the event with some additional notes on his Claremont Now blog.
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