America's Top Player

Chapter 44: The New Generation on the East and West Coasts

"Let me go, you bastard!" Da Dan struggled to break free from Leon's right hand.

He was completely confused about what was going on and thought it was a temporary lack of oxygen caused by overexerting himself while singing.

Li Ang was completely nailed to the spot at this moment, his eyes empty like a zombie who had lost his soul.

Countless melodies, lyrics, and MV images rushed into his mind crazily, and he felt like his CPU was about to burn out.

[The betrayer entry has been cleared]

“It’s incredible”

The exploitation of inspiration has brought him hundreds of works. Just as Gray said, Dan's inspiration is endless.

But the simultaneous appearance of so many works posed a difficult problem for Li Ang, as the workload of panning for gold in shit was simply too great.

Even singers of the level of Madonna and MJ cannot produce every song as a masterpiece.

Generally speaking, if two or three songs in an album can make it into the Billboard TOP 30, it already meets the standard of a first-line singer, and the other works are just to make up a complete album.

It remains to be seen how many of Da Dan's more than 100 works are masterpieces.

Li Ang decided to slowly screen them later, and if those useless works were really not good enough, he could package them and sell them to other singers.

"Leon, what are you doing?"

"Bro, are you under some kind of witchcraft?"

"Wake up! It's your turn to perform on stage!"

Kendrick's voice instantly sobered Leon up. This guy had just arrived at the scene three hours ago, and apart from the time for makeup, he didn't even have time to rehearse seriously.

According to the music festival plan, Li Ang will perform two songs, the first of which is his famous song "Take Me to Church".

Then comes the highlight, his first album pre-release song "Sucker For Pain".

The top management of ROC had high expectations for this work, so they spent a lot of money on publicity before the debut, whetting the appetite of many veteran music fans.

The successor of West Coast godfather Dre and the newcomer chosen by East Coast godfather JAY-Z, the collaboration between the two new generations is full of topics.

As long as the debut performance is amazing enough, Li Ang will have a chance to enter the West Coast market.

“Street Coconut Crisps!”

"Leon! Leon!"

As soon as Li Ang appeared on the stage, he caused a stir in the audience.

Many music fans in the audience have heard the song "Take Me to Church", and many of them are die-hard fans who collect vinyl records.

Imagine Dragons calls itself an alternative rock band, but in the eyes of many veteran rock fans, Li Ang's music is much more crazy and alternative than Imagine Dragons.

From the moment the prelude sounded, Li Ang was already in the mood to dominate the entire stage.

After the prayer of "Amen Amen", the whole audience sang the chorus.

Li Ang poured the beer sponsored by the organizers into the crowd, pushing the atmosphere to a climax.

Phil, who was in the backstage passage, sneered at Grey and made obscene and provocative gestures.

The performance of the Imagine Dragons band just now was top-notch. They were undoubtedly No. 1 among the first four singers, and Li Ang's current performance is not inferior to that of Dane.

Until Li Ang finished singing, the audience was still immersed in the emotions just now, singing the chorus in unison over and over again.

"Thank you all, your enthusiasm is hotter than today's sun."

"Now I want everyone to throw away all the baggage and forget those damn rules and dogmas"

"Next up is the first public performance of my latest project, and I'm welcoming my amazing bro, Kendrick Lamar, the Son of Compton!"

Kendrick took the court to the roar of the crowd, wearing Compton's signature oversized Lakers jersey.

Magic Johnson, No. 32. "What's up Philadelphia!"

"I promise our next performance will be even more exciting than this year's NBA Finals Game 7!"

After saying that, Kendrick and Leon made a Compton Crips hand gesture, and the prelude sounded instantly.

Li Ang opens the chorus with a powerful falsetto.

Even after listening to only one or two lines of lyrics, many music fans are captivated by it, and Street Coconut Crisp still has the same crazy style as before.

I wanna chain you up
I want you to never leave me again

I wanna tie you down
To tie you up tightly

I'm just a sucker for pain! !
I am a devil who craves pain!!

Li Ang takes over the chorus with an emotionally charged voice, and Kendrick immediately jumps out from behind him and seamlessly connects with the rap part.

Just stay up in your lane, just don't ****** with Kendrick
Stop meddling in other people's business and stay away from Kendrick.
I'mma jump from my plane or stand in front of a train
I'm going to jump out of a plane or run headfirst into a train!

Even without any live rehearsal, the cooperation between the two was still seamless.

Kendrick jumped up and down on the stage wearing sunglasses, showing off the big gold chain around his neck to the camera. Li Ang also took off his shirt, which made the scene reach a boiling point.

No pain, no gain
No pain, no gain

No emotion, that's what business is
No feelings, only cold dealings
Lord have mercy on the witnesses
God will forgive the witnesses (we will not)!
By the time the last chorus came, the audience was completely brainwashed.

They are like the lambs in the parable of the end of the world, raising their hands to welcome God's judgment and letting these hands taste the burning fire.

The charm of rock music is undoubtedly released at this moment, which is an unreserved expression of personal emotions.

This is what Yeltsin asked the people what they needed, and the people replied that they needed rock music!

When the two rebellious music genres of rock and rap are superimposed on each other at a music festival, the result is undoubtedly that they will set the whole audience on fire.

Looking at the audience's reaction, Leon and Kendrick bumped fists again and smiled knowingly.

There is no doubt that they did it, and this is the phenomenal performance effect that every newcomer desires.

In the backstage passage, Phil also imitated Grey and tried to kiss Leon and Kendrick's heads.

Li Ang pushed him over without hesitation, "Fuck off!"

Kendrick was repeatedly defeated by Old Deng's offensive. "Bro! Get this old pervert away from me! Fuck, his saliva is on my face."

Gray was so angry that her face turned ashen and her expression was quite varied.

Although there are still nearly ten singers who have not yet appeared, based on the cast lineup on the first day, it is foreseeable that no one can surpass the collaboration between Li Ang and Kendrick.

"Let's go, Big Dan!"

Originally, Grey wanted to enjoy the performances on the next day, where big names such as Nightwish and Kesha would all be performing.

But now she just wanted to leave here. Every time she saw Phil's smug expression, she felt sick.

The vice president of ROC Kingdom called immediately. He had already learned about Li Ang's performance through the staff arranged by ROC on the scene.

At the same time, Li Ang received an unexpected call from Beyoncé.

The queen praised his performance and said that if she hadn't been preparing for the Brooklyn concert and attending the MTV Awards, her schedule would have been too tight.

Otherwise, I would definitely go to the music festival to watch the debut of Li Ang's new song.

"Can I invite you to dinner alone after this period of work is over?"

"I've recently hit a creative bottleneck. Maybe you can give me some ideas."

Hearing this, Li Ang hesitated. Although his sister-in-law had an attractive figure, it seemed inappropriate if JAY-Z knew about this.

(End of this chapter)