Summer Jam Recap

I'm just starting to dry off from the show now. Got in a little late and missed a few openers, but was greeted with the beautiful Ciara upon entry. And the rundown goes...

Ciara - felt like a weak set even though the stadium was pretty packed at this point

Swizz Beats - dont remember where in the program he was, but this was one of the highlights of the night with him bringing out Kanye to do a battle of the beats thang.

Ne-yo - decent set, the crowd was feeling it, everyone got open when Fab came out to perform "Make Me Better." They did a nice job of seg-waying in the acts, Fab did "Diamonds" with Jeezy, then Jeezy went right into his set.

Jeezy - not bad, crowd pleaser was "I Luv It." I believe Jada came out on this one to drop a jewel.

Luda - probably had the Busta-like performance where he just ripped every song and the crowd was in it the whole way. Bobby V came out to do his joint.

Reggae Set - Bobby and Jaba killed the crowd spinning all the reggae joints. Very heavy aroma clouding the stadium at this point.

Chris Brown - This dude is the real deal. Best r&b performance of the night. He's the next Usher. Brought out Juelz and Weezy, shit was fire.

Lil Wayne - After being brought out twice before in the night, and the crowd loving every minute of it, Weezy gets into his own set. He brings out Fat Joe, who smashed it with "Make It Rain." Solid set to him walking off to "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Pretty funny.

Diddy - Everyone thought he was closing the show, as did I, so I started to make my way out because I don't think it was possible to get any more wet than I was and you know how traffic is. In typical Diddy fashion, he breaks out the fireworks, brings out The Lox, Kim, Joc, TI, Ele and the kitchen sink.

Akon - I was out by this time but heard the rest of the stadium bounced as well, so Akon had to kick it into high gear with Khaled, TI, Baby, Weezy and the rest of the crew on the "Takin' Over" remix. I believe Rich Boy came out as well.

Overall: Solid line up, decent show. The rain fucked it up though. I know they want to go for the gusto and perform in front of 50,000, but mad people weren't even checking for it after a while as more people were by concession stands than in the seats just to get dry. Bring it back to the Garden. B -