A$AP Rocky absolutely KILLED it at his Injured Generation tour at the Forum last Thursday, January 31st. A$AP was on tour for his newest album “Testing” yet, the final 7 songs of his set were from old albums. The album “Testing” itself is quite a different sound for A$AP and I would consider it to be more of an experimental album. I think it is great though.
The tickets for his show were only $45 for General Admission (in the pit) so my wallet did not suffer too much. This is a fairly cheap price compared to most other rappers on tour right now. Because it was so cheap, it goes to show that Rocky’s purpose of going on this tour is not for sales – it is for his fans to have this experience.
For this tour, Rocky entered wearing a crash dummy costume, making a reference to deeper meanings such as the importance of wearing a seatbelt since we are an “injured generation.” Being dressed as the crash dummy himself, Rocky is making the point that he is the “guinea pig” of this experiment our generation is going through. His point is to promote risk-taking (such as when he was suspended from over the stage during “Gunz N Butter”) but in a safe, fun way.
A$AP also threw in some surprises in his show. One of these surprises was none other than Drake himself. Bringing the famous rapper in towards the end of the show, A$AP rehyped up the crowd for the finale and encore. I just remember hearing “Let’s continue this test” and then the song “Nonstop” begins playing. There was also appearances by Tyga and Ski Mask the Slump God.
Overall, I really enjoyed the show. The crowd seemed to be full of his fans making it fun to sing along to his songs. People moshed and danced and it was a fun time. I was also with a bunch of my friends so that made it extra fun for me. I have been to rap artist’s tours before and most of the time, they do not meet my expectations (because the albums are usually so big and popular that the artist singing it live seems to butcher it) but A$AP Rocky did not disappoint.
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