Concert Review: Lil Tjay Is Our Little Brother At Playstation Theater

Immediately, Lil Tjay approached The Playstation Theater’s stage like “that friend” who enters every party and gathering with “WASSSSUPPPP! LET’S DO THIS, SH*T!” If you do not have that friend, please, go get one! He usually brings a bottle of Hennessy and, somehow, makes you drink it all. Lil Tjay has a way of making fun feel declarative like everyone in the world NEEDS to know time and space is bowing to him as an entertainer. 

Had Lil Tjay been Superman, the audience would have been, quantifiably, his sun: powering him up. With his crew on deck, he made the stage feel like the living room of a house party. Suddenly, we were transported to my BX, sixth floor walk-up, the doors in ours and neighbor’s apartment were open, and people were rolling through like Urkels with no introduction to our Winslow home. He was light-hearted, dynamic, welcoming, and 100% about attention, which is the essence of a house-party/ human superstar. You can’t perform without knowing people want a PERFORMANCE! (Believe me! Some artists think their music is enough!) 
Lil Tjay – F.N (Official Video)

From “Laneswitch” to “F.N.” Lil Tjay and the crowd were bouncing around like we were a room full of basketballs rolling through the court of his music. Yet, his show hinted to the changes in Hip Hop that old and new generations often clash over: showmanship. We all know that one uncle that swears music is not the same anymore; claiming it doesn’t have heart. Yet, if you look at the History of Hip Hop, Lil Tjay comes in as a conglomerate of all its changes; occasionally speaking to impoverished and racial struggles to then tell everyone he’s got money, women, frenemies, and a mansion to either hide from or hold it all. In a way he is the new, Hip Hop escapism; giving his audience the chance to escape to a life that, frankly, not many of us will have.
Lil Tjay – One Take (London Experience)

Hip Hop used to solely speak to the societal issues facing the black community, but it also speaks to the “apparent” social issues of rising in wealth. Most us will have frenemies but no mansions, and while many men love to brag about all their “hoes,” their tinder profile might as well be a book in a public library: getting dusty because no one is reading it. Lil Tjay comes unto the stage as a man who “made it;”your friend from the house party that has completely upgraded “the house” and the audience admire him because he is living it up. Hence, the rapidity and fluidity of his flows came over everyone like champagne we wish we could afford, but, for now, must listen to its bubbles over rhythms. For More Information On Lil Tjay Click Here.