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Live Review: Dope Sick Tour, Madchild and Guests – January 25th 2013 at The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, B.C.

January 26th, 2013 Filed under: Reviews - Live by Editor in Chief

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(Top: Madchild – Left: Matt Brevner – Right: CityReal)

Live Review – Madchild’s Dopesick Tour, w/ Cityreal, Matt Brevner and Ghost
Friday, January 25th, 2013
The Commodore Ballroom

An all Vancouver hip hop lineup on a Friday night may not seem like a big deal, what with places like Fortune Sound Club bumping local tunes near-daily, but this show was a little different. Having a 40+ stop tour finish big in your home city is cause for celebration, and apparently cause for the venue to blast the bass to its utmost limits. The Madchild show as it shall be dubbed, brought with it an excitement felt by all in attendance, with every act before VanCity’s prodigal Warrior seeing as much love and respect from the crowd as if they were headlining.

Remi ‘Cityreal’ Huot started off this majestic night strong. For the only act of the night not on the rest of the tour, Cityreal drew a huge crowd of loyal fans to the venue early, despite the fact the Canucks were still playing by the time he went on. Throwing down a quick set of solid hip hop, it is obvious how well Cityreal knows his craft, whipping the crowd into a frenzy leaving many wanting more. With a few final words, he gave fans just that, in the form of a couple dozen of his ‘Good Morning Blues’ album flying through the air into very eager hands.

Promoting his latest album Bushido, Matt Brevner, notable Madchild collaborator arrived in suit, with the traditional upwards ponytail, paying homage to the historic japanese style. Joined on stage with a solid lineup of peers, Brevner played to a couple hundred twenty-something males intent on playing popular Granvill street game “who has the higher blood alcohol level”. Brevner, joined primarily by Atlin on hype-man duties, had the perfect mix of favourites and new material, keeping the crowd on his side no matter what beats he was dropping. Brevner and crew finished out their time with a raucous rendition of “FCKSWG” (Fuck Swag).

The irony may have been lost on the drunk and stoned masses, but seemingly unknown rapper (to this reviewer, and more than a few of the crowd) GHOST swung in full steam as a walking swag-billboard. Flanked by a ‘crew’ of 5 random young men pulled from the crowd (two of which looked very much lost) Ghost played through the 12 steps of “crowd hyping for dummies”, playing the same old song and dance game like a pro. The crowd ate it up, and thankfully so, as the fourth stringer act barely offered anything in the area of originality… Unless you count the fact he played some sort of basketball before taking to the mic.

Mr Swollen Member, Mr Battleaxe Warrior, Mr Shane Bunting, better known as MadChild exploded onto the stage like the little monster he claims to be. The success of his latest disc, the namesake of the tour, Dope Sick meant that this was going to be a successful show. Dropping in order from the album, “Devils Reject” then “Monster”, Mad intertwined some fan favourites in between pre-requisite Dope Sick tracks. If the crowd was at a high when RDS clad Madchild hit the stage, things got turned up to 11 when Moka and Prevail joined him for the better part of the set. The trio were an absolute force, with Prevail hopping on the crowd to surf around at least once, Moka on fucking point the whole time, and MadChild freeing the monster within, his new addiction; creating great music showing through full force.

If you’re not familiar with Madchild’s story, the former oxy addict really has to be applauded for getting his shit together over the last months and years. Having such a talent creating means a lot for not only the west coast scene, but Canada, and no doubt the world, if this little monster continues to bear his teeth.

By Scott Alexander

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2 Responses to “Live Review: Dope Sick Tour, Madchild and Guests – January 25th 2013 at The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, B.C.”

  1. [...] I performed at the legendary Commodore Ballroom in front of a sold-out crowd this past Friday night. Thanks to Matt Brevner for that. Stevie "Subs" Wonder, Kai Skywalker, Dysfunctional and Atlin all hit the stage as well. Was a pleasure to perform alongside those guys. I really dig their work. Check out some photos of the show in the "NEWS" section and the review by ABORT magazine HERE. [...]

  2. [...] Check out the new video below, and our coverage of Cityreal on Madchild’s Dope Sick Tour Finale HERE [...]