The first of note was frequent collaborator and opening act T-Pain. As T-Pain scooted around on a Segway, he and Wayne reprised “Got Money” from “Tha Carter III.” In preparation for a mock cutting contest, Wayne knocked off a quick set of push-ups. T-Pain, wisely, ceded the stage.
Wayne’s voluminous studio output and deft wordplay — still, unfortunately, bogged down with gratuitous profanity — made him a star. Indicative of his broad appeal, he performed to a mostly white audience at City Park and a mostly black audience at the arena. Both crowds shouted choruses back at him.
He offered up some curious non sequiturs Sunday, including, “Make some noise for intelligence.” Later, he asked, “How many of you ain’t, aren’t, isn’t afraid of love?” With that, he sat down, stroked a guitar’s neck and warbled, “I wouldn’t care if you were a prostitute, ” the chorus of “Prostitute Flange.”
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