By Michael Duntz Image if you will: your insides rattling, a

loud buzzing noise emitting from the stage, the wonderful smell of body odor, awkwardly comedic dancing and finally being crammed into a tiny theatre like pickles. These are the sights and sounds of the 2010 Fall Concert featuring the Ying Yang Twins and Sean Kingston.

This concert sold out in record time, five hours and five minutes, which brought along with it a heightened sense of urgency and importance, mainly because it has been since the fall of 2008 since an act like this graced the Northwest stage, but some audience members felt that the concert was a let down.

There were three sections to the evening: the pre-show entertainment, the Ying Yang Twins and then Sean Kingston.

The pre-show was filled with people filling in, anxious chatter and the SAC officials demanding the audience squeeze together. The fans were becoming impatient and anxious for the show to start, since the wave went through the crowd four times, people randomly screamed or started a slow clap forcing the pop music to be cranked up. The actual pre-show entertainment started after everyone quieted down. There was a dance off competition between five audience members for the chance to win an iPad. The dancing was worth the admittance fee (either free or $10) because nobody was scared to show off their moves. In the end it came down to two larger guys who both lost their shirts during their 20 second routine. After the votes were counted, the winner was the one

who showed off his moves with the assistance of one of the female contestants.

After the exciting pre-show, the Ying Yang Twins came out on stage to a roaring crowd and started right in. Though it was difficult to understand exactly what the Twins were saying, their dancing and lighting kept the crowd going. Another issue with the Twins’ performance was trying to determine when a new song started since it felt like the Twins hadn’t been on stage in a while because they didn’t have a clue of what they were supposed to be doing. They would talk with the DJ more than actually facing the audience. One exciting point was when the Twins brought out fresh white towels to be thrown into the audience after sweat was drained into them.

Sean Kingston had more of a crowd cheer when he walked out on stage and literally just started to sing. He kept the crowd’s attention with numerous sing-alongs. It felt like Kingston had a better concert, stage presence and knew how to play with the crowd. He even challenged his DJ to a ‘DJ-off ’ because he believed that he could do better. The three songs that were selected were popular songs with a scratching flair.

The thing that was annoying, was two of the stage lights, that were supposed to rotate, stayed still and projected the previous song’s color blinding the audience it was focused on. There were some feedback issues but those were solved quickly.

The show ended abruptly and had the audience heading towards an exit. Overall, the show was a great way to relax from a tough mid-term week and let our inner gangster out to play.

a packed house and two hours of rapping lead students to a greater feeling of being gangster

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A light euphoria drifts over the crowd as Sean Kingston rocks out during the 2010 Fall Concert. The concert sold out in five and a half hours, setting a new events record. | kari kolts