Vince Staples

[CaledonianGonzo]

My man is fast ascending to near the summit of my list of 2016 must sees.

Could this finally be the artist that sees me watch an entire set in John Peel tent? 

Share your personal reflections on your time with Vince in this thread.

[FloorFiller]

hoping he's on the West Holts myself, although could easily see him being on either. pretty damn excited to see him - seen a fair few articles listing him as one of the highlights of Coachella, and both his EP and album are brilliant. if it wasn't for Kendrick his album would've definitely been my top hip hop album of last year. think he'll nail it, and i really hope he isn't in the middle of some stupid clash

[DefLeppard]

If he clashes with Chvrches or The 1975 then I'm going to kick off.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

hoping he's on the West Holts myself

Likewise, naturally. Let's hope so.

[dentalplan]

His music can be sorta dark so I've been imagining it on John Peel stage. I'm sure he could pop up on the Park in the sorta slot Danny Brown had a couple of years ago as well, if not West Holts. Super excited to see him and clash-terrified though.

The guy's funny as fuck too. Not that it really matters, but check out some of his tweets and some YouTube clips.

Edited April 19, 2016 by dentalplan

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's that element of doom and gloom that also makes me think that c**t's Corner is on the cards for our Vince.  

Recent Holts hip hop tends to be generally a bit more...I dunno...chipper.  I mean obviously Public Enemy aren't always the cheeriest souls, but it's usually raucous.

[FloorFiller]

Kind of got overshadowed by all the hype surrounding the other acts, but just had his album on and remembered just how excited I am for this. WH as well thank god. Clashes with UMO which is a bummer as I've been loving their album recently too, but Vince wins

[bocumaroy]

Really looking forward to seeing at least some of his set, but kind of conflicted about the Ezra Furman overlap. Any estimates on how long it'd take to walk to The Park at that time?

[bocumaroy]

15 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Allow a good 20mins if not running i reckon. 

Thanks, could at least see most of each, so it might be the one instance of me rushing between partially missed sets this year.

[CHRLY]

Absolutely killed it here. One of my sets of the weekend. Crowd was brilliant. 

Norfside Long Beach!

[rubenz]

Yeah this was good, dragged a few people along who hadn't heard of him and they were almost converted! Pretty funny as well, including some brexit jokes!

[LByatt]

Shout out to the kid who was stood in front of us (looked about 8 years old). He was rapping along to all the songs and kept high-fiving his Dad every time a tune he particularly liked began. Other kids his age are probs just getting over Humpty Dumpty and he's just there like I AIN'T NEVER RAN FROM NOTHIN BUT THE POLICE. Amazing.

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[EighteenSixty7]

Superb set. 

[FloorFiller]

yep this was ace. really seemed to be enjoying himself and his chat between songs was funny, and his songs being so short meant he played like 20 songs or something which was great. if he continues on his current streak he'll be huge in no time

[Mazzy77]

Love him. Best set of the weekend! Good banter with the crowd between songs too :-) 

[Wooderson]

Respek to Scottie on the barrier for this.

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah this was brilliant. Only my second ever visit to WH (other being RTJ) and both times have been phenomenal.

[EighteenSixty7]

His new EP came out yesterday - Prima Donna.

Sounding really good so far.