Shad and Hey Ocean reverse roles (Hillside '10)

I'm nearly out of adulation for Shad's live show. Not because I'm growing weary of it, but in fact just the opposite. His live show is even more polished than ever and his charisma comes off completely naturally. Added attraction at this show was the guest vocals of the acoustically and aesthetically pleasing Ashleigh from Hey Ocean on Rose Garden.

Another contribution to this performance was his Hillside-themed freestyle rap which I captured below.

With a joke about Hillside being like BC-away-from-home Shad introduced another member of the British Columbian band Hey Ocean, the bass player for Rock to It amongst other songs. The woman-empowering Keep Shining fit the Hillside vibe, as did the everyone-empowering Compromise. The only downer was the lack of TSOL bangers Yaa I Get It and We, Myself and I but older Out of Love Part II helped to fill the void.

As an indication of how much he pulls in his crowd, myself and friends pushed off a hugely anticipated Holy Fuck set so we could stick around for the end of Shad. No one was upset with the decision, especially as he played a crowd-friendly set pulling out classics interspersed with new TSOL songs, guests and freestyling.