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Sam Adams jams out for college students

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Young artist Sam Adams entertains audiences by adding his techno and hip-hop style to pop-culture hits.

Young artist Sam Adams entertains audiences by adding his techno and hip-hop style to pop-culture hits. (Photo Courtesy of Billboard Images)

SMU students and Dallas residents flocked to the Palladium Ballroom last Friday to hear Boston-native Sam Adams.

Adams’ performance, which mixes pop and rap styles, was preceded by DJ 3LAU and YouTube stars Timeflies.

3LAU, a Washington University in St. Louis student, spun tracks that combined popular hits and classic house beats.

The audience, who had just arrived when 3LAU began his set, drowned out much of the DJ’s music, which was further muted by the size of the Palladium’s enormous ballroom.

Timeflies, on the other hand, was a crowd favorite. The duo performed songs off their latest album, “The Scotch Tape,” and their weekly creations from their Timeflies Tuesday YouTube series, like “Under the Sea.”

Cal Shapiro, Timeflies’ main vocalist, also created a freestyle rap to Diddy’s “I’m Coming Home” from a list of Texas related words like Qdoba, Tony Romo, the Mavericks, and, of course, SMU Mustangs.

Immediately after Timeflies’ final song, Sam Adam’s DJ, DJ JAYCEEOH came onto the stage, mixing songs from pop singers like Katy Perry with electronic and dubstep artist like Avicii and Bassnectar.

Once Sam Adams stepped on stage, the crowd went wild and, with the music turned up to a body-vibrating level, the real concert began.

The rapper combined his well-known raps with new rap songs like Tyga’s “Rack City.”

He also performed classic from his album “Boston’s Boy,” which debuted number one on the iTunes hip-hop chart in March 2010.

The crowd sang along to “Driving Me Crazy,” “Blow Up,” and “I Hate College.”

He performed a song for the first time that he said would be released on his upcoming album.

“My managers don’t want me to sing this to you. My label doesn’t want me to sing this to you. But you know what, I’m gonna do it anyway,” he told the crowd.

Though he performed with high energy and connected with the audience, many of his songs had prerecorded choruses in the background. Adams mainly just performed his raps and let the recordings sing the choruses.

Overall, the concert was very entertaining, with an audience of true Sam Adams and Timeflies fans. It was both artists’ first time performing in Dallas.

Sam Adams performed at Round-Up at University of Texas at Austin on Friday and Saturday. His next concert is May 19th in Massachusetts.

The Palladium will host similar artists like Childish Gambino and Rusko in the coming weeks. Usually, tickets for concerts at the Palladium are inexpensive compared to many of Dallas’ other concert venues. 

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