Yung Gravy: The Joyrider Tour

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Comedy rap gets dismissed as a novelty right up until you look at the ticket sales, at which point it becomes clear that a very large number of people would rather have a good time than be seen to have good taste. The bit here is committed to thoroughly: fifties crooner samples, deliberately ridiculous boasting, an aesthetic assembled entirely from thrift-store America. Underneath it the records are genuinely well made, which is the part that keeps it from wearing out. Live it functions as a party rather than a concert, with a crowd that arrives in costume-adjacent outfits and treats the whole thing as participatory. Not a night for anybody protecting a reputation. Ideal for a group who have stopped pretending.