The Roots & Lupe Fiasco @ University of Chicago Summer Breeze Concert - 5/19/07

The Roots played the annual Summer Breeze concert at the University of Chicago last night. I was in town visiting a friend, who graciously hooked me up with a ticket. I would also like to thank the completely oblivious security guard who saw my camera and let me bring it in anyway. Thanks!

Anyway, the main frontman for The Roots had a medical emergency and wasn't able to play last night. Instead, the group brought out friends and special guest Lupe Fiasco (who also played at Northeastern's spring concert) to help them out. The group did a 10 minute tribute to James Brown, a rap medley featuring them covering rap songs from the past 30 years, and numerous other performances, while only mixing in two of their own original songs throughout the set. Granted, it's understandable that the frontman couldn't be there, but it would have been nice to see more original material. Either way, the group went with the flow and still managed to entertain the hell out of the crowd.

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