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On the evening of September 27, members of the media, international delegates, promoters, and a few of the other festival public were invited to L’Entrep\u00f4t77 for the official opening party of POP Montreal. Under a ridiculously warm fall night, the drinks were flowing and the conversation grew to a roar as rapper Emma Beko unleashed some rhymes straight from the heart. It’s unfortunate that L’Entrep\u00f4t wasn’t as filled for Emma Beko’s set, because she deserved a bigger crowd, but hey, that’s being an opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More guests arrived in time for DJ Jesse Futerman’s combination of future house and funky downtempo. Futerman has played Piknic \u00c9lectronik and a Boiler Room set before and knew how to get the crowd to respond, but his set did turn into more of a background music set. Still, he seemed to be having a ball, so that’s all that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The real event of the night came in the form of Planet Giza, a three-piece hip-hop dragon featuring rapper Tony Stone and producers, Rami B and DoomX. The crowd rushed to the tiny L’Entrep\u00f4t77 stage as the trio laid it down with tracks from their latest release, Ready When You Are<\/em>. Live, this album has way more energy than the relatively laid-back funk-jazz rap album you hear online or over headphones. Stone has a huge presence, running around the stage and motioning to his producers for the drips of intensity. The live rendition of the track “SHIP N LUV” also brought to mind the same kind of vibe as somebody like Kendrick Lamar while “FATAL ATTRACTION,” felt more like a modern Motown version of The Temptations. This dichotomy made Planet Giza a very interesting watch. As a true Montreal group with a melting pot of influences, I can see this group becoming a household name in the rap\/RnB game in the coming years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" photo by Ming On the evening of September 27, members of the media, international delegates, promoters, and a few of the other festival public were invited to L’Entrep\u00f4t77 for the official opening party of POP Montreal. Under a ridiculously warm fall night, the drinks were flowing and the conversation grew to a roar as rapper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1197,"featured_media":107074,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"categories":[8152],"tags":[8772],"genre":[],"salle":[],"ville":[],"class_list":["post-106992","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","tag-pop-montreal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n