Philly’s Made in America Festival Soars with Bad Bunny, Tyler, Creator

Last Thursday on social media, Jay-Z got angry at being called a “capitalist” for his diversified business ventures and runaway credit success – after he once said, “I’m not a businessman. I’m an entrepreneur.” But watching the fruits of Hoffa’s work for his Made in America music festival, if making money and crowd-raising for mainstream hip-hop and chart-topping Latin art is wrong, who needs to be right?

The annual Labor Day Weekend, a two-day event in the Philadelphia Museum of Art District, in partnership with Live Nation, found new ways to reinvent, fit and push clients in the name of capitalism, especially with the deep involvement of international artists on Sunday. Bad Bunny’s second night set was the main attraction, but Burna Boy, Chimbala, and Snoh ​​Aalegra Fuerza Regida went a long way toward globalizing Made in America this year.

Here’s a breakdown of the September 34 events that made Made in America great:

worst rabbit
Bad Bunny arrived coming off his multi-month top-grossing album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” a VMAs artist win last weekend, two nights of selling at Yankee Stadium and a same-sex kiss. To say that Day Two of Made in America was full of people devoted to hearing the heroic title doesn’t say quiet enough about his high, innovative artistry or the intensity of the Spanish-speaking, Puerto Rican flag-waving crowds adoring him.


Seated on a lawn chair and dressed in an all-red set of shorts, jacket, and sunglasses, Bad Bunny surveyed the audience while sipping a cocktail as if to take into account the rich texture of today’s multi-ethnic artists that forever changed the Museum of Islamic Art, expanding its expansion. range and welcome new flavor and faces to the audience.

“Made in America, Latinos make America,” Bad Bunny told MIA audiences. “It’s important to remember that.”

Starting alone on stage with the rich reggaeton songs of “Moscow Mule,” while bouncing on his heels, Bad Bunny’s group blossomed to welcome a team of dancers and a rocking soundtrack that included electronica sylica that would make Depeche Mode green with envy, heavenly house music, and traditional latin grooves with synchronous piano. From the bouncy beat of “Un Coco” and “Party” to the deliciously sweet “Yo Perreo Sola” – all rap sings in a sweet circular baritone – Bad Bunny has established itself as a multi-genre and multi-ethnic fun. , no matter who saw it – brown, black and white, one nation under a groove.

Creator and immortal
Even if Philadelphia wasn’t their hometown, Lil Uzi Vert’s group would have been victorious. Clad in a kingfisher mohawk, huge red sunglasses and armed with a rigid-but-spirited flow, the Uzi ran through an energetic, fireworks-filled group of scattered and cheerful emo bands, heavy space songs. “I hope you’re all ready to get angry because I’m ready to lose my mind,” Uzi declared before indulging in “Rockstar (Party With the Demons)” and “All My Friends Are Dead.” The Uzi collection came right before the increasingly innovative Tyler, with the creator talking volumes about both icons and MIA/Live Nation’s confidence in invention and overall weirdness. Because fortunately, despite Tyler winning Grammys (his fifth album “Igor” won Best Rap Album) and mainstream fame, he’s still amazingly weird. From his trademark Ushanka hat, green walking stick, and mountain staging, to his screams, whispers, and hums across newer tracks like the impulse “Corso” to the edgy “Come On, Let’s Go,” you can hear and feel the discovery of a new world. and openness, considering that the old Tyler tracks that performed at the Museum of Islamic Art, such as the intense moody “IFHY” and many other angular oddities, were full of noise, hyper-intensive rhythms and astonishingly complex rhyme systems.

One of the things Tyler said, breathing in the middle of his set, was, “This is the last show of this era. Let’s do something special.” However, one explains that Tyler, the creator certainly managed to bring the special and the unique to the stage while reaching out to fans old and new.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 3: Tyler, the Creator, performs on stage during 2022 Made in America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

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who is this guy?
MIA Day One began with a funny quote: “You may not know me, but you know my music.” This was the signed RocNation singer-songwriter, an artist best known for co-writing Beyoncé’s Oscar-nominated song Be Alive, Justin Bieber’s song Justin Bieber and recording it with Chance the Rapper. Yes, he’s got an album, 2021 “Darling,” and yes, when he heard his smooth, raw, acoustic guitar set at MIA, along with his exciting new single “Cherry Sorbet,” it probably made you want to re-listen to “Baby” with new ears. .


Glow with GloRilla
One of this writer’s flick picks for 2022 (Cardi B and Travis Scott like her too) is Memphis-based GloRilla, the rapper who collaborated with Hitkidd, “FNF (Let’s Go)” remains the summer’s hottest anthem. Direct, GloRilla did not disappoint. Along with its matching cheerleader-wearing dancers, Glo & Co. Stampede, wagging their middle fingers, they made their way through a sweet, hard, 808-pound package that included her summer anthem, grueling ride “Tomorrow” and her TikTok track (and shouting to Jay-Z) “99 Trouble.” Good things.

Toro y Moi plugs and software
He has written, time and time again, how MIA was once again a mixed bag bill in its prime with alternative rock giants and EDM artists alongside R&B and hip-hop businesses. That’s not the case anymore, which is why the emergence of the autonomous electronic verb Toro Y Moi and his vocal leader Chaz Bear was so crucial. Chazz sounded like Tami Impala, Chaz and his fellow programmers and guitarist made an atmospheric psychedelic disco out of the most amazing system.


JID Forever’s story begins here
Atlanta rapper GID’s new album, “The Forever Story” is deep, wobbly, dynamic, weird, and catchy in all the right places, yet it’s falling asleep due to its release at the end of August. Let everyone wake up. The album is bold, and as a live vocalist, JID was flashy, witty, fun and eccentric—a welcome tonic for some of the coolest rappers on the MIA list. It is theatrical. Starting his set with clips of him with a torchbearer at Columbia Film Studio, JID mastered his cinematic sound as thick as his bass lines and choppy flow with choppy steps at breakneck speed.

activists
No one can question the lyrical wisdom, strong rhythmic interaction and abilities of rappers Pusha T and Kodak Black. In fact, Pusha T has played Made in America so much (his fourth appearance was in 2022), he is Philadelphia Honorary Player. However, with a bit of Braggadocio, a cut-out expression and deep programmed rhythms to guide their path, both rappers pale in comparison to the energy, inventiveness and overkill abilities of the two rappers who will follow them on MIA Day One – Lil Uzi Vert and Tyler, the creator.


Don’s life
On the fringes of success since his mixed musical days in Houston, Texas in 2018, rapper Don Toliver, who focuses on R&B, vocals and vocals, has been waiting for his moment to shine after hitting hits with Travis Scott (“Can’t Say”). Perhaps his surprisingly long second-day Made in America collection was Tolliver’s launch moment. From hopping around a mushroom-filled stage to the amazingly rich harmonies of music like “After Party” – not to mention a variety filled with slow-motion songs, fast-fire cranes, and everything in between – Tolliver delivered an impressive performance, always live on Sunday.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 4: Burna Boy performs on stage during 2022 Made in America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

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MIA access to international waters
The second busiest day in Made in America–estimated at more than 50,000, about 15,000 more than the first–benefited from its access to inclusiveness of diverse races and musical genres at the top of their game, and hopefully in the future where this (and other American festivals) should go. ). Definitely, Nigerian pop-hop star Burna Boy was at the top of the list with his smooth, salty vocal rhythm, huge percussion, and a great band whose energy won’t stop. But from early Sunday afternoons through fall, like Dominican rapper Chembala, enigmatic Colombian singer Ryan Castro, sexy Persian-Swedish singer Snoh ​​Allegra, and the 14-piece rapper-tube, pink-jacket, and Mexican-American singer. Forza Regida ruled. The truth is, nothing is more fun at the Museum of Islamic Art than hearing the Fuerza Regida in full bloom in Spanish with lead singer Jesus Ortiz Paz as the first person. Bold stuff, that’s it.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 4: Ryan Castro performs on stage during 2022 Made in America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

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rumors
Each year, Made in America comes up with gossip in person and on social media, regarding a potential guest performance. The festival’s CEO and Beyoncé always sit at the top of that list, especially since September 4th is her birthday. The tough couple usually walks into the middle of the crowd, and Bey gets a birthday song from the crowd. Not this year. Another regular guest at MIA, Philly’s Meek Mill, was rumored to be playing with fellow local Lil Uzi Vert to prove there was no bad blood between him and Hova after Meek split from running Jay’s RocNation months ago. did not happen. Meek was hosting a Sunday party in Vegas as social media indicated he had arrived a day earlier. The most fun rumor, however, was that Kanye West – one of the most prominent one-time MIA headlines – was in the building, hanging out with Uzi Vert backstage, and scheduled to give his Sunday sermon to evangelistic services the following day. Nah.



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