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SYHamilton 06.17.2010 07:58 PM

I can't believe this crap attracted 20,000 people
 
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (Jun 17, 2010) A free concert by up-and-coming Canadian rapper Drake (Aubrey Graham) of Toronto and pop band Hanson was cancelled Tuesday after twice as many people as anticipated showed up.
The show started about 6 p.m. with an opening act at Pier 17 on Manhattan's South Street Seaport, a popular summer locale for concerts. Hanson, the Tulsa, Okla., brothers behind the 1997 hit Mmmbop, and headliner Drake, whose album Thank Me Later debuted Tuesday, were to appear on stage soon after.
Organizers were anticipating about 10,0000 people but nearly 20,000 showed up, police said. Many people climbed roofs and started throwing bottles, as concertgoers mashed together toward the stage, police said.
Witness Tamika Johnson told the Daily News newspaper: "People in the front started leaving because they were getting crushed."
The concert organizers asked the New York Police Department for help dispersing the crowds around 7 p.m., police spokesman Paul Browne said. Two people were arrested on minor charges; six suffered minor injuries, police said.
The concert was part of the Sounds Like Paper series presented by Paper magazine, an independent magazine focusing on arts, culture and music. The magazine apologized on its website.

noisereductions 06.17.2010 08:43 PM

ok... so Drake is good and it was free. What's yr plight?

RanaldoNecro 06.17.2010 08:51 PM

douche extraordinaire

SYHamilton 06.17.2010 09:04 PM

Judging by the number of views Drake has on YouTube I guess it's not so much of a surprise. I guess I just don't understand why it's so popular. It just sounds like musical diarrhea with a beat to me...

noisereductions 06.17.2010 09:24 PM

oh yeah.

Satan 06.17.2010 09:24 PM

fuck that noise, good thing i stayed far away from that clusterfuck

noisereductions 06.17.2010 09:27 PM

Satan, are you keeping up with Gucci lately. Dude's on a ridiculous roll.

noisereductions 06.17.2010 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SYHamilton
Judging by the number of views Drake has on YouTube I guess it's not so much of a surprise. I guess I just don't understand why it's so popular. It just sounds like musical diarrhea with a beat to me...


now I don't know, cuz I've never discussed music with you, but I'm guessing that any hip hop albums you own are ones that have already been deemed "cool" for non-hip hop fans to profess their love for. Ammiright?

automatic bzooty 06.17.2010 09:41 PM

hanson still exists? um, why?

... i like how they put drake's real name in parenthesis in that article for no clear reason. aubrey graham. ahaha.

Satan 06.17.2010 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
Satan, are you keeping up with Gucci lately. Dude's on a ridiculous roll.

YES! GUCCI HAS BEEN FREED AND IS ON A ROLL, LADIES AND GERMS.

SuperCreep 06.17.2010 09:45 PM

i'm more surprised promoters thought a free drake show was a good idea.

noisereductions 06.17.2010 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by automatic bzooty
hanson still exists? um, why?

... i like how they put drake's real name in parenthesis in that article for no clear reason. aubrey graham. ahaha.


cuz he might be better known as the actor from Degrassi.

noisereductions 06.17.2010 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperCreep
i'm more surprised promoters thought a free drake show was a good idea.


true, he's a mixtape leader. You'd think shows would be his $ income.

noisereductions 06.17.2010 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Satan
YES! GUCCI HAS BEEN FREED AND IS ON A ROLL, LADIES AND GERMS.


Buuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Satan 06.17.2010 10:07 PM

i love it when he yells WELL DAMN

noisereductions 06.17.2010 10:14 PM

hahaha or "yeeeeeeaaah" in that weird slow creepy drawl. Gucci fucking rules!

Satan 06.17.2010 10:15 PM

hahah gucci is the king

thinkin like a miser actin like a tiger

automatic bzooty 06.17.2010 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
cuz he might be better known as the actor from Degrassi.

oh right. wheelchair jimmy.

noisereductions 06.17.2010 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Satan
hahah gucci is the king

thinkin like a miser actin like a tiger


"I got court in early morning / I don't really wanna go...." :)

noisereductions 06.17.2010 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by automatic bzooty
oh right. wheelchair jimmy.


hahah right


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