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Friday Night: Yelawolf & Many Guests At Warehouse Live

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12:05: Yelawolf's DJ just came out. The Yelawolf chants have started. This'll be neat.

12:11: Playing some stuff from Trunk Muzik. Cool, cool, cool. It's getting live in here... Yela just came flying out... red beanie... hoodie... stringy hair hanging out... tattoos... boxers showing... girls screaming... guys waving their casts... bedlam. The room is berserk. Who's cooler than Yelawolf right now? Nobody on the fucking planet, that's who.

12:15: "If you're on the front row just to take pictures, you should get the fuck back." -Yelawolf

12:17: He's doing "F.U." Everybody is crammed in jumping and shit, but what's weird is everyone is going yo-yo in their own space. There isn't a lot of pushing and shoving. Maybe everyone is just being extra cautious because of the guys with the casts? Don't concern yourself with their well being, young mob. Your piddly pushing will not bother them. They are UFC titans.

12:18 "Good To Go." We actually saw Yela do this as part of his opening set at the aforementioned Lil Wayne show. It was fun. He brought out Bun B that night. He'll probably do the same thi--OH SHIT, BUN B!

12:19: Question: Will it ever not be cool to see Bun? Answer in the form of another question: Will it ever not to be cool to get a blowjob? Of course not.

12:23: "Box Chevy Pt. 3." Man, this is suuuuuccchhhh a good song. It feels like your brain is swimming in a cloud.

12:25: Devi Dev from The Box showed up for a bit. She just sort of materialized at the back of the stage during Yela's set and nobody made a sound about it. Life is easy when you're the radio host that all of the guys think they're in love with, we'd imagine.

12:27: "Daddy's Lambo" from his proper, big label-backed debut. This is better live than you'd anticipate it to be.

12:40: Trae! They're doing "Shit I Seen." Neat. Trae is energetic. He seems excited to be up there. Cool. They're using the actual version of the song so he's rapping over his own rumbly voice though.

12:42: Yela's wandered off stage. Trae's brought out his team. They've taken over the stage. They do the chorus from "Still Throwed" before jumping into his somber, Wiz-assisted "Getting' Paid" track. Heard that song? It's really good. The chorus: "We don't even count the money no more, we just blow it. We don't even the money no more, we just throw it." That's an awfully cavalier financial plan.

12:43: Trae's team always consists of the same recognizable faces. For example, you'll always see Clip, his staunch right hand man. And you'll always see EZ, ABN's videographer and du-rag enthusiast. But there's a new guy up there, an intimidating looking white guy with a tiny ABN chain and a bunch of tattoos on his persons. He is currently a mystery.

12:44: Trae mentions that his new proper album, Street King, will be out in June, acknowledges the anniversary of Big Hawk's death, then finishes off with an a capella version of segment of "Swang." Fun, fun, fun.

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