Shad - Front & John (July 12/'14)

With the sun beaming down on the hot pavement at Front and John, DJ Tlo and Ian Koiter performed a Flying Colours intro while rapper extraordinaire, Shad, waited visible side stage. When he did hit it the crowd warmly received him for though it wasn't all that well advertised he does have a devout following. He didn't disappoint throwing down racks like Yes!, Me, Myself & I, and I Get It. All smiles, as usual, he played his established role of good-time emcee while we threw our hands in time to old favourites like Rock To It and Old Prince (holla!) For flair he performed a recently added cut to the repertoire, Draft Day, and a sharp new one that goes smoothly from the NBC peacock to Jack Donaghy and an EGOT - brilliant! Rapper Eternia was welcomed to the stage and absolutely ripped through her verse on Love Means, making it a great collab. Being a corporate sponsored street festival there was no encore but everyone was happy and hot by the 3/4 hour of entertainment.