{"id":9835,"date":"2016-09-27T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=9835"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:33:23","slug":"aahh-fest-2016-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/aahh-fest-2016-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Shows Love to Chicago Again with AAHH! Fest 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combine hilarious comedy, legendary hip-hop and conscious conversation together and you get AAHH! Fest 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two-day community festival, which was made possible by Chicago\u2019s very own, Common, was a powerful event celebrating our beautiful city and real hip-hop. From the renowned guests to the inspirational performances, this was indeed a music extravaganza for the books.<\/p>\n<p>The festival took place at Union Park, which is historically marked for being one of the first racially integrated parks in Chicago. By this, Union Park served as the perfect venue for the music festival, as its common theme was about peace and unity for all humanity and racial backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event started out with Chicago native, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sirthebaptist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Sir The Baptist<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, giving everyone a reason to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shout<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as he danced around to gospel-inspired beats and directed the audience to sing \u201cchurch.\u201d Afterward, the low-key, neo soul band, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internet-band.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Internet<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, swooned the crowd with relatable tunes about bad breakups and forewarnings for future relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And at just around 5 p.m., the stage became nothing short of incredible.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fan favorite and Chicago native, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeremih.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Jeremih<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, came through with radio hits like \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Em\u201d and the song that put him on the map, \u201cBirthday Sex.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Chicago native, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VicMensa1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Vic Mensa<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, known for his hit single \u201cU Mad\u201d featuring Kanye West, took the city by storm with the crowd-pleasing song, and moved many with the emotionally driven song, \u201c16 Shots,\u201d with the performance ending in him lying on the ground as a tribute to the late Laquan McDonald.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The historic band, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroots.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Roots<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, best known now as \u201cLate Night with Jimmy Fallon\u2019s\u201d house band, took the audience down memory lane by performing their classic, \u201cYou Got Me.\u201d The band lightheartedly teased the sound of today\u2019s hip-hop and showed off how truly talented their band is by giving the crowd a healthy dose of electric cords from their amazing guitarist, Captain Kirk Douglas. And the icing on the cake? Common graced the stage with them and performed an original freestyle thanking his guests and the crowd for attending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And of course, what would the music festival be without a performance from the host? <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkcommon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Common<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came through with good vibes, good messages, and G.O.O.D music. Featuring songs from his newest album, \u201cBlack America Again,\u201d he challenged the audience to come together for justice and peace. Then proceeded to wow the crowd by bringing out legendary artists, from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/icecube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Ice Cube<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hyping everyone up with \u201cStraight Outta Compton\u201d to Chicago legend, <\/span><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.r-kelly.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R.Kelly<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making everyone groove to \u201c<\/span>Step in the Name of Love.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last, but not least, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcolemusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>J. Cole<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The beloved artist, known for the first platinum hip-hop album with no features, \u201c2014 Forest Hills Drive,\u201d had the crowd in the palm of his hand. From the moment he started performing classics like \u201cIn The Morning\u201d to heartfelt tunes like \u201cLove Yourz,\u201d the audience followed along to every word. He even shared a reminiscent story on how one of his first performances was in Chicago. Toward the end, J. Cole teamed up with Jeremih to perform, \u201cPlanes,\u201d and then gave the crowd 15 extra minutes of a show to end the festival off right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To say the least, AAHH! Fest 2016 was a show to remember. There\u2019s nothing like Chicago artists, comedians, radio show hosts, and residents coming together peacefully to shed a positive light on our extraordinary city.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep up the amazing work, Common! We can\u2019t wait to see how you top the festival in the future!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit:\u00a0Youtube<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combine hilarious comedy, legendary hip-hop and conscious conversation together and you get AAHH! Fest 2016. The two-day community festival, which was made possible by Chicago\u2019s very own, Common,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,755],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-music","category-category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Shows Love to Chicago Again with AAHH! 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