De La Soul Lake Wanaka Centre 13th May 2009

What a set. De La Soul proved that practice makes perfect on Wednesday night. You could tell these guys had rocked many a crowd in their time and they wasted no time getting the capacity Lake Wanaka Centre crowd into a frenzy. Kicking off the set with classic tracks from their first 2 albums De La Soul showed their skills on mic with Maceo keeping tight on the decks. Dropping great hits like A Rolling Skating Jam Named Saturdays, Ring Ring Ring, Potholes in my Lawn, me myself and i and plenty of others, it was great to see they were happy to play crowd favorites and didn't push new tracks. Given that this tour was to celebrate 20 years since they released their first album 3 ft High and Rising they were there to please.
After a short break just before midnight, De La came back out for an encore which included pulling 25 girls from the crowd up on stage with them for the last 2 tracks, then, they were gone and the girls were all left on the stage as the beats wound down.
This was definitely the best show i've seen in Wanaka, and one of the best hip hop shows i've seen ever. Big props to Revolver for bringing De La Soul to Wanaka, word on the street is thet they'll be bringing more big acts to play in Wanaka if the De La show was a success( it was) so bring it on i say.
I'll post some photo's and video of the show over the weekend, once i get them off my phone. If you ahve any pics or video you'd like to share with the world let me know and i'll post em on the blog and add them to our galleries.

Peace and Good Beats
Matt