Young Jeezy and Trey Songz Headline Spring Concert
Victoria Brinkley
Issue date: 4/21/08 Section: News
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Unlike last year, outside guests were allowed to attend.
"This year's concert will be better because the public is allowed to come," said Zelda Cole, who is the Director of Student Activities. "We are a communiversity, and we are very excited to have guests."
The concert kicked off shortly after seven to a crowd of about 200 students and guests.
The crowd grew quickly to reach a packed house as act after act came onstage to open for the 2008 Spring Concert, accompanied as needed by DJ J-Laang.
The first act, Elle Gie, was a beginning artist from Houston, TX. She was accepted by the audience. The other acts included Flicker-to-Flame Entertainment, Jacqueline Williams, and Jerrilyn Lake.
Alcorn's own Jaymall also performed with Kels, only to have the evening's first power outage. At approximately 7:37 p.m., the lights went out in the New Gym. They were quickly fixed by 7:40.
Meanwhile, Jaymall's act was put on hold, and J-Lang kept the crowd quiet. Students did not know how to accept the poweroutage, but there were no riots or confusion during this short period of time.
After the quick fix, the show went on as planned, bringing act after act on stage to sing and/or rap. Exactly an hour later, during the performance of another local rap group, the lights went out again! At this point, some students were getting annoyed, but some were relieved, as this had been this group's second time on stage. The crowd began to get restless for the main acts, and they came right on time.
Trey Songz was the first to perform. Little did he know, he would face the same dilemma that the opening acts faced. Would the power stay on for him? Only time would tell, and it did.
Trey Songz took the stage, with zest, giving the crowd a show they would never forget. However, the unexpected happened.
Once again, the power, including the microphones, the speakers, and the mixer board, went out at exactly 9:48, which was an hour following the last outage. This time, the crowd was in shock, but not in as much of a shock as Songz was. He uttered obscene comments but continued to entertain.
His manager came and explained the problem, and he finished his job. The outage really shook him, and it was visible when he got off stage, as he gave the media and a few fans a hard time after the show. He angrily put fans out of the room until he was ready to face the open public.
He later admitted that he was very frustrated about the situation, especially after having a long day, including the drive here. "I was happy to be accepted, though," he said. This was not Songz's first visit to an HBCU, but he had never been to Mississippi before. "You have very beautiful women!" He added.
Young Jeezy's performance could be described in one word: Hot! He rendered every song he recorded, as well as remixes and verses from other hits. He really knew how to work a crowd, as a true entertainer would. The audience was hyped by his performance as well. His attitude toward the campus media could also be described in one word: Garbage.
Jeezy truly proved himself as the snowman as he gave a cold shoulder to any campus media personality he saw. He even went so far as to refuse to enter the building if anyone was standing in the hall. He also declined all interviews after the concert.
He was, however, gracious enough to take a few pictures with the fans that were boisterous enough to get into his room.
Overall, the spring concert was a success. If you came for a show, that is exactly what you got. If you came for a meet and greet session with the stars, you may have been out of luck. Whatever the case was, it was a fun night for a random college student.
LG Productions, a local promotion company, primarily publicized the concert.
Tickets were $20 for outside guests, and the concert was advertised on WYTJ radio in Natchez and by flyers posted up on campus.
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