Black Star Tickets

terrible sound, and they didn't seem like they wanted to be there. shocked!

best hip hop show I've been to in years! Talib and Mos killed it

Mos Def brought so much energy! Talib kicked it with the sick rhymes.

Terrible SHOW. Sound was awful...music and showmanship lacking. Very disappointed.

DJ J Sharp was a great start and full of positive energy. Mos Def/Yesiin Bey was great, working through a rough voice and travel to put on a good show for us.

I've seen Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) & Talib Kweli many times on their own, Black Star once before. The show was great - they played some of their individual songs together (ie, Talib songs with both rapping, etc.) I had hoped we'd get to hear Mos/Yasiin play drums, the way he did on tour a few years ago - but that didn't happen. That said, two legendary hip hop stars and a DJ was pretty fantastic! My only complaint was the sound. We were dead center, up on a few risers, where it should have been great. I didn't love the way it was mixed, too bassy and the words were muffled, too much reverb on Talib Kweli's mic. This is lyrically-driven hip hop. I gotta be able to understand the words of your message!

They tried hard and did OK, but I've seen Blackstar perform better. Mos could barely speak, and when he did, his vocals were in an entirely different register than normal.

Wow! I'll never forget 3/23/13. Black Star reunite on stage! #SocialConciousness #Culture

Cool show, loud as fuck. Long intermission before they came out

I give that concert a 10!! IT was AWESOME!! The whole thearter had a good vibe!!

I'm pretty content with going to the Fox theater for the first time. Such a great venue. Definitely want to go there again. Blackstar and First Light did a beautiful job and I hope to see both groups again real soon. First Light is album buying worthy bringing in more of that conscious sound from Hiero. Unfortunately there was a long break between intermission, which irked me, but what can you do. Blackstar killed it on stage...however, I'm still longing for them to have played "Brown Skin Lady." Hopefully I'll be satisfied next time with that request...haha.

the sound quality was really poor for $40. . . . .

We were really excited for the show, so it was really unfortunate how bad it was. They came on 2.5 hours after their announced time, snd Mos Def started by apologizing for being tired bc he had just flown back from Hawaii that day. Why he didnt take the flight the day before is beyond me. When they started it soon became clear that they were burned out, flat and Mos def's voice was so horse it sounded like a mediocre local act. Listen to their albums people, but skip their shows.

Had a great time. Black star reminded me why i love hip hop.

Black Star had a good performance but they could have done better. I expected more. We had reserved seats up in the balcony and because everyone in front of us decided to stand up the whole time, we couldn't see the stage or the performance unless we moved to other seats. Talib's microphone went out for a while and they finally got the situation fixed. Overall, we had a good time and enjoyed ourselves.

Black Star has great chemistry, skill, and ability! However, they took way too long to start the performance. The dj was great but given way too much time!

Hands down great show!!! I would love to do it agin!!

Very well could be the best show I have ever been to.

Classic black star hits with some of the new unreleased material. Mos def did a little solo stuff and talib kweli did a few also. Overall, a great selection.

We drove in from Philly to see the show. The House of Blues is a pretty cool venue. We purchased seats cause we didnt want to be crowded on the floor, but we ended up standing near the stage cause there weren't that many people at the show. Phony Ppl opened the show and they were actually pretty good. We talked about just hanging out in the casino until BlackStar came on but we decided to check it out. I'm so glad we did! Phony Ppl is this great collective of singers, rappers, and musicians...and they're only like 20 years old. They had some pretty good original music, and did a few covers that were cool but kinda questionable like Pac's "I get around." lol Blackstar came out about a half hour late which was cool compared to how late they've been in other cities. Mos and Talib had great energy and really connected with the crowd. However, I was kinda crushed that they did so much of their solo stufff and only a few songs from the Blackstar album. I've been a fan since high school and was really looking forward to hearing "Brownskinlady (My anthem throughout high school and college," "Theives in the Night," and "KOS Self Determination." I can't understand how they could not perform those seminal songs. They did perform "Respiration," "Astronomy ," "Children's Story," and "Hater Players," which was great. Towards the end of the show Mos Def did this really weird Jimi Hendrix esq air guitar/dance number which took time that could been used to perform more hits. Oh well, I still love them and was happy to see them perform. I'm just kinda dissapointed that they didn't perform their most influential (at least for me) music.