Azealia Banks

[ALX 170]

Judging by the reaction on Twitter and the couple minutes I saw the stream, she was on fiyah

[000000000000000 1]

oh my ****, barbie **** remix >>> original

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Performing 212 right now :legend:

[Breezy 0]

**** me. She killed it! I need to see her live.

[Lion Heart 15,041]

She burned the place down, that performance was hands down amazing

Agreed! :clap:

**** me. She killed it! I need to see her live.

:legend:

Edited April 14, 2012 by King

[MikeyMonster 0]

I'm going to see her next weekend at Coachella!

So stoked.

[MikeyMonster 0]

I'm going to see her next weekend at Coachella!

So stoked.

[Godspoken 1]

If you're gonna be a b---h ***** I'mma be that b---h!

She totally killed her verse on Bambi.

[woahwoahwoah 10]

Is 1991 still coming out on tuesday?

[trailmix 11]

She was ****ing amazing :cry:

[Sam 8]

Does anyone have Youtube links? I was on a plane when she was performing, so missed it, obviously. :crossed:

[RoadToLove 12]

Mother of god, I would of done anything to be in the crowd during 212 :cry: ****ing went OFF

Does anyone have Youtube links? I was on a plane when she was performing, so missed it, obviously.

A bit jumpy in places tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukWmSF2or14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td1bOJp1L6chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AV9CO-hWlghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEqa6s5H4lUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InXt03Kc06E

Edited April 15, 2012 by RoadToLove

[Ben 0]

that was ****ing amazing :giveup:

[Sam 8]

You could definitely tell she was nervous in her set, especially with Valerie, you could hear it in her voice. It was great vocally, but when you compare it to other performances she's done of Valerie, she didn't sound as strong.

Runnin was amazing live, best on the set.

212 sounded great, but they should cut back on some of the playback. I know it's necessary in parts, but they should lower it, and cut it out where it's not needed. It seemed very energetic though, everyone seemed to be having fun, especially Azealia.

I really liked the sound of 1991, can't wait for that to drop. It sounded very good live, and I imagine it to sound even better on the EP!

Firestarter was a nice surprise, and a good way to end the set. Again though, it'd be better if there was no playback, especially considering it's not her song so the vocals played weren't hers, so it sounded odd.

Bambi, **** Up The Fun and Barbie **** were all great as well. Especially **** Up The Fun, that sounded brilliant live.

Oh and to top it all off - she looked ****ing brilliant. I love her purple hair, and her outfit was great. She needs to keep that Purple hair.

tl;dr - The set was amazing, but had it's flaws.

Thanks for the videos RoadToLove! :D

Edited April 15, 2012 by Sam

[Niels 2]

That was amazing I want to see her live!!!

Review from L.A. Times music blog

Coachella 2012: Azealia Banks has arrived

One thing Azealia Banks needed to prove when she walked onstage for her Saturday afternoon set at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival -– her first official gig in the U.S. -- was how deserving she is of the massive hype that’s been thrown her way.

Since her introduction into the post-Nicki Minaj world of female rap through the deliciously profane firecracker of an anthem, “212,†the Harlem spitfire has become a major darling on rap and indie blogs that have grown disenchanted with Minaj’s syrupy pop hits. This without a barrage of tracks, as evidenced by a set that ended 20 minutes earlier than expected.

With a black-and-white-striped two-piece jumper and long purple-black tresses, Banks immediately proved why thousands of Coachella-goers had lined up for choice vantage points well over 30 minutes before her scheduled set time.

She was four bars into her single "... up the Fun†when she flexed just how skillful her rhymes were: precise, full of grit and wholly original in a way that can't be learned or rehearsed, despite what a few of the new ladies (er, Kreayshawn) on the scene might think.

Her set conjured up a sweet era of mid-'90s rap when under-appreciated fem-cees like Foxy Brown, Da Brat, Charli Baltimore and Rah Digga along with singular forces like Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah and, yes, even Lil Kim, represented the girl who got down, dirty and raunchy but never dived too deeply into the waters of pop in search of hits.

And it seemed that Banks herself has grown tired of the fixation on pop rap. Her brand is unapologetically street -- even when she ventures into the dance world, it's less Euro discotheque and more gentlemen’s club bounce. And when she experiments with singing, like she did on a brief a capella take on the Zutons classic "Valerie," her voice proved a bit more elastic than her peers', making you briefly wonder what she might have learned from Ms. Hill.

Listen to the rawness of “Barbie …†and you can't help but think she's issuing a few shots at the new crop of girls arriving in today’s more image-conscious female terrain where natural hair colors and designer duds aren't enough. “Long weave, lipstick, I be on that barbie …, pretty in the face but a … look plastic,†went one barbed lyric.

With a smile and makeup running down her face after she effortlessly delivered bar after bar, Banks knew she had earned the ultimate co-sign: thousands of cheers.

If that wasn’t enough, she sent the crowd into chaos when her DJ spun “212,†signaling one of the most profane choruses likely to be sung in unison since Cee-Lo Green’s hit “ … You.†Judging by the amount of fans who had the most biting (and unprintable) of her lyrics printed on T-shirts and hats, Nicki should be on the lookout.

http://latimesblogs....er&dlvrit=95857