By Elena Coe Mcnamara
Features Editor
Concert-goers with “No Type,” spent their Sunday night enjoying Rae Sremmurd’s high-energy performance at the annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival.
“Sremmlife Crew,” the name that the Sremmurd duo and their band use as a group, provided the crowd with high energy songs featuring well-known lyrics, bright lighting effects and special guest rappers. Their overall enerizing and exciting performance was enhanced by the ideal time that “Sremmlife Crew” performed.
Rae Sremmurd consists of brothers and American hip hop artists Khalif “Swae Lee” Brown and Aaquil “Slim Jxmmi” Brown. The duo is from Tupelo, Mississipi and released their first album, “ScremmLife” in 2015, followed by “ScremmLife 2” in 2016. At Camp Flow Gnaw, Sremmurd performed many of their popular singles, along with new releases from their most recent album.
Sremmurd opened with “Start A Party”, a well-known song which immediately raised the energy level of the crowd. It is one of the artist’s most popular songs, and Sremmurd’s decision to open with it immediately set an electrifying mood for the entire concert.
One highlight of Sremmurd’s performance was that they encouraged the crowd to perform the “‘mannequin challenge,” a social media movement in which each person in a group freezes, imitating a mannequin, and the video is then set to Sremmurd’s song “Black Beatle.” This addition to the performance was an amusing and playful aspect.
The bright and dynamic lighting effects featured during the concert enticed an extreme energy from the crowd. The moving and flashing lights, paired with a light-up screen in the background that projected the group’s name, entranced the crowd and successfully added to the overall effect of the concert.
“Sremmlife Crew” went on stage at 8:55 p.m. and played until 9:45 p.m., which added to the success of their performance, seeing as it was an optimal time frame directly after most festival-goers finished eating dinner. Sremmurd securing this time played a key role in the success of the overall performance, due to the fact that it led to a high-energy show, with a large crowd.
Sremmurd’s choice to perform his most well-known songs including “No Type,” “Set the Roof” and “Black Beatle” added a positive energy to the performance due to the fact that the entire crowd was able to sing along to the well-know lyrics. This aspect added to the intimate bond between the various concert-goers and the performers.
During the show, Sremmurd brought out guest rappers Impxct and Bobo Swae, which further excited guests. The musicians provided upbeat and entertaining instrumentals that although were less known than Sremmurd’s music, kept the crowd dancing, adding an upbeat aspect to the concert
The musicians provided an energizing atmosphere, complete with intricate lighting, the “mannequin challenge,” and guest rappers, which were all complemented by the key performance time. The concert was one of the best of the festival, proven by the crowd who did not stop singing and dancing throughout the enitrety of the performance.
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