Buzz swirled around the city for weeks in anticipation of R&B recording artist Trey Songz performance at this year’s Taste of Chicago festival. And when he took the stage July 1, there was a rush ΒΌ– almost literally – from the audience t
Buzz swirled around the city for weeks in anticipation of R&B recording artist Trey Songz performance at this year’s Taste of Chicago festival. And when he took the stage July 1, there was a rush ΒΌ– almost literally – from the audience that electrified the Petrillo Music Shell stage he did his thing on in Grant Park. The music sensation gave a one of a kind performance that had young girls, screaming and crying and older people swaying to his beat. Songz entered the stage wearing black pants, a white T-shirt and a tan leather jacket. He performed his hits “Panty Dropa” intro “Can’t Help But Wait,”, “Black Roses,” “Jupiter Love,” “Neighbors Know My Name,” and “Say Aah,” He also crooned crowd favorites “Neighbors Know my Name,” “Invented Sex” that had people standing on chairs and singing along. He sent the crowd into a frenzy when topless, and asked the audience who he was taking home on “I Need A Girl.” Songz made his recording debut in 2005 with “I Gotta Make It” and “Trey Day” in 2007, which yielded him a Grammy nomination for best male vocal R&B performance for “Can’t Help But Wait.” Just weeks ago, he picked up a best male R&B honor from Black Entertainment Television. His “new school” performance was a week after old school hip hop artists threw down for opening night of the Taste. Salt N Peppa, Rob Base, Slick Rick and Bell, Biv, Devoe showed why hip hop ignited the music industry more than three decades ago and is still kicking strong today. Each of them were the it thing back in the day – 80s – and from the head-bobbing and bouncing and hand-waving that the crowd did at the July 25 performance, they all still command the audience. To boot, the crowd was invited to sing along with almost every song and people recited every song lyric as if the songs were in heavy rotation on the radio today. Copyright 2010 Chicago Defender Photo: Defender/Worsom Robinson
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