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Salon
Lifestyle
D. Watkins

I don't love live shows & neither do you

I can be very honest about how I feel about concerts, but it's time for those who record entire shows to share their true feelings as well.

In full transparency, nothing about this article is satirical. I hate concerts. I know, as a Black man who grew up in the '90s, which is often referred to as the Golden Era of Hip-Hop, I'm supposed to love concerts. I should have a collection of Black Moon and Wu-Tang t-shirts and Tupac and Biggie bobbleheads next to a photo album with laminated copies of my first Jay-Z tickets. Well, I would've saved my Jay-Z tickets if I could go back in time; he's the exception not the rule, but other than that, I can't stand concerts. 

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