Major Lazer invaded Minneapolis on Sunday night with a show that was straight fiyah! I wasn't sure what to expect and when I arrived at First Ave I was confused at the crowd. I mentioned to my girl Melissa that all the people looked like little Diplo's running around. It definitely was not the typical reggae crowd that shows up to reggae shows. I wondered to myself....do these people even listen to dancehall music? Do they know what the dancehall culture is all about? How are they going to dance to this music? Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the energy of the crowd. Opening up for Major Lazer was Rusko. I had heard that he was recently released under Mad Decent and that he was dub-step. I was not aware of what dub step music was but when the beat dropped I was so in love. The bass in the music permeated my whole body and all I could feel was vibration running thru me. The crowd was in the palm of Ruskos hand as soon as he dropped the first song. The energy was off the hook. At one poiont Rusko even mentioned that the crowd was banannas and proceeded to throw banannas into the audience. He is now one of my favorite DJ's and his energy cannot be matched by any DJ I've seen perform. Needless to say, I am now a big fan of dub step music. :) Major Lazer came up next, and although I thought it would be hard to exceed the energy of Ruskos set, Major Lazer brought all the energy right back into the building. Diplo was surrounded by lasers the entire show...in his own little pyramid of sound. There were a few jamaican dancers, Skerrit Bwoy and another female dancer. There was a whole lot of daggering going on! lol. They started out the set with some dancehall songs to get the crowd hyped. "Click my fingers" was one of the jams that I enjoyed in the set. After the crowd was warmed up they played all the Major Lazer jams and blew the roof of the building. At one point the dancers went and grabbed a ladder. Now if you've seen the "Pon di Floor" video you know what happened next. Skerrit Bwoy proceeded to climb the ladder, loosen up his belt buckle, pull down his pants and jumped off of the ladder and on top of the female dancer and started working her. It was then the females turn to return the favor...she climbed the ladder, jumped off, and worked him while acting like she was applying make-up. I guess he couldn't hang. The energy between the two was very entertaining. At one point the female dancer even grabbed a young man from the audience and gave him something to remember. It was an awesome performance from Major Lazer and was one of the bests concerts I've seen. After the show in the mainroom the party moved up to the Record Room at First Ave. Diplo came up and spun some good music until closing. The energy at the afterparty was still crazy with Skerrit Bwoy standing on the speakers and keeping the crowd crunk. This concert was definitely an experience. From the extreme bass that Rusko brought with his dub step music to the dancing and off the chain energy of Major Lazer this will be a night that will not be forgotten. I left asking myself..."What just happened?" It was a crazy fun night!

Posted on April 15, 2010 by April H. for Musikal Visions Photography