Review By Janel Spiegel<\/p>\n
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Ludacris<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 711 E. First Street, Bethlehem, PA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Bethlehem came out to \u201cAct a Fool\u201d with THEE ONE & ONLY Ludacris. THANK YOU, Ludacris for the music.<\/p>\n Bethlehem, Pennsylvania\u2026 Day nine of Musikfest. Musikfest runs from August 2nd<\/sup> to August 11, 2024. Z.Z. Top will be the closing act. BUT TONIGHT WAS ABOUT LUDACRIS. Ludacris spoke about his twenty-four-year career so far. He\u2019s a songwriter, rapper, actor, he now has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It\u2019s been a long day, a long week. As, I\u2019m typing this article out, I decided to see if the Sphere, the eVenti Vertical SHPHERE presented by the Lehigh Valley Public Media. It was moved to the Southside of Musikfest. It drew quite the crowd as the gentleman told me the next show would start at 11:00PM, and meanwhile people who were still hungry, and still looking to continue the night were wandering around watching a band finish a set, and The Flying V had a never-ending line.<\/p>\n I sat with a group of people to watch the SPHERE show, and I thought about all the times in my life I\u2019ve listened to Ludacris. How many playlists Ludacris is on, how many times, I sing all the words to \u201cMove B*tch\u201d while driving. I also ran into more friends as the Musikfest staff, volunteers, and Bethlehem Police once again started the clean up process to do it all over again tomorrow.<\/p>\n I met people from all walk of life this past week at Musikfest. I spoke with one lady, and she said, \u201cI waited a long time to see Ludacris perform.\u201d She looked happy, tired, and fulfilled. But let\u2019s take it back\u2026 I arrived at Musikfest, and my friend Jeanne was perched in the Musikfest Caf\u00e9 watching an amazing orchestra perform. She reminded me that \u201cthis is quite the opposite of Ludacris.\u201d I thought about it for a while how different music is like us. How different we all are. That\u2019s what makes us. Music is all different, and yet it brings so many people together.<\/p>\n I had to bid farewell to Jeanne until tomorrow, and make my way to the Wind Creek Steel Stage where the echoes of, \u201cback again, huh\u201d rang out left and right from people who I talked to, and we all just remember one another. But\u2026 yes, back again, and I already CAN\u2019T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR! My music loving, artist friend, Paula joined me for tonight\u2019s concert. Paula and I stopped at LOUD Radio again, and this time they had a GIANT Ludacris cutout of his head. So, we took photos with it, and they handed us cups filled with LOUD Radio merch. A cup, a very handy fan, a keychain, and a sticker. Did I stick that sticker on my phone charger? YES, I DID. No matter what\u2019s going on in life, people gathered tonight for Ludacris.<\/p>\n Ludacris had terrific opening acts. Childish Major, and LG. I walked right past Childish Major who was rocking a Doug Bradley Hellraiser t-shirt. LG from Philly. (Yes, there was an E.A.G.L.E.S. GO EAGLES CHANT!) (Team Genius) gave Busta Rhymes vibes. LG reminded me of Busta with the vibrant colors, the easy flow, and keeping things at a fast yet steady pace. They were definitely two of the best opening acts. Mother Nature also decided to stop the rain. I\u2019m pretty sure she is a hardcore Ludacris fan. The moon even made an appearance.<\/p>\n Music is medicine, concerts are medicine. Ludacris performed a variety of songs, joked with crowd. THE ENERGY WAS INSANE. It was beautiful and every single person was on their feet, and singing. Ludacris and his DJ tested the crowd. They passed all the tests, and our section wound up being the louder section. (I\u2019m always proud of us.) Ludacris released albums including: Back for the First Time, Word of Mouf, Chicken-n-Beer, The Red Light District, Release Therapy, Battle of the Sexes. <\/em><\/p>\n He touched on playing Tej Parker in 2 Fast 2 Furious<\/em>, and more of The Fast and The Furious<\/em> franchise. He\u2019s appeared in quite a few films. Ludacris also formed his own record label, Disturbing tha Peace in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n Ludacris could have stayed all night and performed. He has enough songs for a few months. Ludacris had the crowd on their feet, and screaming, and singing. He went through a variety of songs including, the \u201cSouthern Fried Intro,\u201d \u201cWelcome to Atlanta,\u201d (Jermaine Dupri cover), \u201cNumber One Spot,\u201d \u201cAct a Food,\u201d (we ONLY Kind of got a little snippet but it was enough to prove a point of how ICONIC the song is.)\u201d Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!), \u201cSouthern Hospitality,\u201d (another ICONIC song.) \u201cArea Codes,\u201d He did include the 610. \u201cHo,\u201d \u201cHolidae In\u201d (Chingy Cover), \u201cone Minute Man,\u201d (Missy Elliot cover) \u201cGrowing Pains,\u201d \u201cYeah!\u201d (Usher cover) Ludacris reminded the crowd, \u201cI don\u2019t have Usher tonight so, you know what to do.\u201d AND WE DID KNOW WHAT TO DO. If you watched the Superbowl, you saw all the social media videos of people losing their minds as Ludacris walked on stage to deliver his lyrics, \u201cWatch out my outfits ridiculous. In the club looking so conspicuous.\u201d It\u2019s one of the best party songs ever. EVER! Ludacris\u2019 DJ had fun with the crowd too, Ludacris asked him to play his favorite Ludacris song, and he did. DJ Infamous Talk 2 Me. He also started the show with Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cFantasy featuring O.D.B. Remix,\u201d and Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cHoney\u201d remix.<\/p>\n It was insane to hear \u201cAct A Fool\u201d and it was also part of 2 Fast 2 Furious.<\/em> The crowd went wild, and it was just insane to be part of that, and it was a blast. Ludacris also performed, \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Fantasy,\u201d \u201cStand Up,\u201d \u201cMy Chick Bad,\u201d \u201cAll I Do Is Win,\u201d (DJ Khaled cover). He also performed with his \u201cpartner in crime,\u201d Lil Fate. Lil Fate performed, \u201cGrowing Pains.\u201d It was an amazing moment.<\/p>\n He wound up leaving after announcing it was time to go, and they said his time was up but a chant of, \u201cMOVE B*TCH\u201d started, and a LUDA CHANT that New Jersey probably heard\u2026 So\u2026 Ludacris came back and shut it all down like ONLY LUDACRIS could do, he did, \u201cMove B*tch,\u201d and \u201cGet Back.\u201d<\/p>\n My whole soul is happy, ecstatic. Thank you, Ludacris for all the music. We also hope you come back to PA soon. Music is universal, it\u2019s such a beautiful sentiment to see everyone just having the time of their life. Singing, dancing, happy. They forgot the week, forgot problems, bills, and life to just have fun for the night. Ludacris made our \u201cSaturday,\u201d and we did \u201cStand Up,\u201d and we got to \u201cAct A Fool,\u2019 and sing out, \u201cYEAH!\u201d with LUDACRIS. So, thank you Musikfest, the volunteers, the staff, the vendors, food trucks, the Musikfest Caf\u00e9, all the stages all over Bethlehem, the EMT\u2019s, the Bethlehem Police and the K9 Officers were also out today. Thank you always for your service. Thanks for the music.<\/p>\n Musikfest goes until August 11, 2024.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ludacris\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.childishmajorofficial.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lgteamgenius\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/djinfamous\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lilfatedtp\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Review By Janel Spiegel Ludacris Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza 711 E. First Street, Bethlehem, PA Bethlehem came out to … Continue reading Ludacris | MUSIKFEST 2024 REVIEW<\/span>