Let’s set the culture blend Trillectro talk (as inspiring as it was) to the side for just a moment and get to the real point made in DC on Saturday. The District loves Tittsworth and the feeling is recipricol. A DC staple; Tittsworth co-owns U Street Music Hall, is associated with Nadastrom, the development of moombahton and Mama Nada’s Empinadas (that local sh*t).Anyone in attendance will attest – there was a blatant swarm of energy surrounding the Red Bull Live truck at the exact moments when the capital’s resident favorite hit the decks. His set began at 6:15 and was scheduled to run 40 minutes in length.
A full lot of hundreds, maybe a thousand or so people were nowhere near ready for it to be over…and neither was Tittsworth. Extended set? No. More like I’ll play until my city can’t bounce anymore and essentially that’s what happened. His set, although I didn’t keep time, had to have been at least an hour and a half. Hats off to the DC to BC crew for making the move.
Trillectro Hip-Hop & Electronic Music Festival popped the fuck off! – Tittsworth
Now to address the magic that was cultivated on Half Street this past weekend. A blend of raw hip hop and electronic dance music, specifically moombah and trap which are pretty much part of the hip hop family tree. From the moment you walked in, so many things were evident. The diverse blend of background was inspiring, to say the least. DC fashion was everywhere: fly kicks and urban garment. A spectacle of the trends defining the musical scenes which made their presence. From Schoolboy Q to Flosstradamus’ set which was cut short due to sound ordinances, the sold out venue showed respect for every artist that took the stage as well as one another. The artists returned the love…even Floss responded to the “louder” chants by moving the speakers manually to the front of the stage.
This wasn’t your average festival where a couple of hip hop acts were scheduled to mediate the edm heavy lineup. Trillectro was designed to fully appeal to both demographics and succeeded in doing so. I think it would even be safe to say that many were cultured to something new, a testament to both the power of music and the model DC to BC founded this event on. Laddered set times kept sound from clashing and gave everyone the chance to be a part of every performance. Needless to say, we are excited for Trill 2.
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