Andre Nickatina, formerly known as Dre Dog, brought some Bay Area rap to WOW Hall on Friday April 16th. The after party was held at the strip club that Nickatina himself just opened in our very own Springfield. They announced this before Nickatina came out while throwing dollar bills out into the audience; it was classy. The audience was similar to a frat party, a lot of drunk grinding, but Andre Nickatina was on his game. I had been nervous because I heard that you either get a really good show or a really bad show from Nickatina, depending on how drugged out he is prior to his performance. Luckily I got a good one, so either he took it easy this time or he’s just mastered the art of rapping while under the influence.
He played Conversation with the Devil early on which was a relief, because it’s one of his best songs. Killa Whale was a hit as the whale calls echoed through the room. He also did Dice of Life (Cuz all my homies love the bottle, like Tyson loves Cus D’amatooo) which is great mainly because it’s over an Irish, medieval melody created by what sounds like a mandolin. He had the crowd enthusiastically spell C-O-C-A-I-N-E (several times) prior to “ayo for yayo, walk around with yayo, all in my nasal, I must have been craze yo”. Around the middle of the show he yelled to the smokey audience, “Let’s give it up for drugs and alcohol, without them I wouldn’t be here today.” I think we all can learn something from this San Franciscan Pisces’ lyrics: “So on the days you feelin’ real bad, think of the best week that you’ve ever had.”
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