The artist's were AWESOME. I'm not so much of a Jhene Aiko fan so I won't review her but everyone else starting from Amel to Nas DELIVERED! (The first artist I saw was Amel so I cannot comment on the others prior to her.) The highlight of my day was Kendrick Lamar. I was looking forward to him and he rocked it.
Some of the DJ sets were questionable. If I'm going between artists like Amel and Daley, do I really need a whole set of ratchet/tsouthern trap rap? I don't. Kind of doesn't work.
I preferred the event at Old 4th Ward Park and felt that Aaron's Amphitheatre was too large. The 2nd stage was too far away. It felt like The Great Trek every time I wanted to experience those sets. Which leads me to my next point...
... Where were the water stations???????????? www.onemusicfest.com/#verttoknow
OMF's website indicates that there would be water stations. They're weren't. I asked Guest Services. Although the weather was beautiful, it was super hot and with all of the walking back and forth for hours , I was GREATLY DISAPPOINTED to be left extremely dehydrated with a $5 water or a $14 rum runner as options.
Last mention, at approximately 4pm I went to the bar line where the chilled Honey Jack Daniels and El Jimador shots were advertised. After standing in a non-moving line for 10 minutes, the server announced he was only accepting cash. When I got to the front, another 10 minutes later, I was informed that he was out of Jack Daniels product. And it wasn't just him, the other servers were as well. I decided to get a $9 chilled shot of the house Tequila and keep it moving. But I have to mention how DISAPPOINTING that experience was. It was way too early in the day to be out of that product from a major sponsor. Especially after discouraging attendees from bringing outside drinks into the venue to support onsite sales.
Overall, I gave the event 4 stars because I enjoyed the artists' performances which made the best impression in comparison to the logistics, limitations, and additional offerings of this festival. *IF* I return next year and there aren't improvements, it will not receive 4 stars. I'm hopeful it will get better.