Even at the conclusion of the show, the fans declared the rap battle a draw via the show's interactive app. There was a chant of "Weezy" about midway through the show but it died out before it ever really got started. It was hard to tell who, if any, the crowd favorite was. Wayne made up for it later, though, by putting on a solid performance with Drake on songs like "The Motto," "Believe Me," and "HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)." Sure, the night was meant to be a competition between the two, but it would have been fun to see more of the pair together. Lil Wayne sang a bit of Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" but not particularly well. The two even managed to perform a few songs together. Songs like Drake's "Started From The Bottom" and Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" got everybody's hands up in the air and Lil Wayne's performance of "A Milli" was the highlight of the night. Given that both artists have new albums coming out soon, they made sure to play a couple of new tracks like Drake's "0 to 100 / The Catch Up" and "Worst Behavior." But it was the pair's more well-established hits that were the real crowd pleasers. Officer" but he was one-upped by Drake, who flew out over the crowd on a moving platform - or stripper pole as Wayne referred to it - and noted some of the more attractive female audience members in the crowd. Wayne performed songs like "Lollipop" and "Mrs. Both artists had a mellower set of songs aimed at pleasing the ladies. During one set, Lil Wayne would dip into songs from his popular mixtapes, and in others, he would perform some new stuff. If Lil Wayne was worried, he didn't show it and Wayne at one point let everyone know that he's been at this since Drake was "in the wheel chair," a reference to the time Drake spent on the popular Canadian kids television show "Degrassi: The Next Generation."īoth artists performed a good mix of their songs and each of their solo sets seemed to follow along with a theme. Not that long ago, that probably would have been a pretty idle threat but Drake held his own. And in following with that theme, Drake promised to "roast" Lil Wayne Thursday night. Drake in turn did the same with his songs "Crew Love" and "Headlines." The two traded stage time regularly, often performing quick three-to-four-song mini-sets and taunting the other before leaving the stage.
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Lil Wayne hit the stage full of energy and got the crowd going early on with songs like "AK-47" and "Mr.
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But for those who were able to download the app or already had it installed, they wound up choosing Lil Wayne to perform first. Perhaps a bit ironic, however, was the fact that the cellular service at Ak-Chin Pavilion wasn't great and it was difficult to send a text message let alone download an app to your phone. The show was also an interactive one and featured an app, modeled after the hit '90s arcade game "Street Fighter II", that you could download to your smart phone, allowing the audience to determine who would perform on stage first and ultimately who the better performer at the end of the night was. View Gallery: Photos: Drake and Lil Wayne at Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix
Not that an excuse is needed for the two to share the stage but it makes for an interesting concept nonetheless. Lil Wayne, where the two can have an excuse to share the stage and battle it out for rap-game supremacy. It also gave the two performers an excuse to have a rap-battle-inspired tour, appropriately enough titled Drake vs. In a lot of ways Thursday night's show was very self-aware of the shift in popularity from Lil Wayne to Drake but managed to have a bit of fun with it. Lil Wayne is still probably the favorite among hardcore rap fans but you're not going to find him in Sprite commercials, making cameos in "Anchorman 2" or hosting the ESPYS. But beginning with the success of Drake's 2009 mixtape "So Far Gone" and the singles "Best I Ever Had" and "Successful," Drake has eclipsed Lil Wayne in popularity. There is a lot of truth in that last statement.Īfter all, it was Lil Wayne who gave Drake most of his early exposure when Wayne was possibly at the height of his popularity.
On more than one occasion Thursday night at the packed Ak-Chin Pavilion, Toronto rapper Drake referred to his co-headliner Lil Wayne as his mentor and credited Wayne for all his success.
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