Wale, Mark Ronson, Kid Cudi and Colin Monroe plus Guests at Highline

On a cool Tuesday evening, Hot 97 put on an amazing show at the Highline Ballroom. Colin Munroe opened up the night playing drums whilst singing "Cannonball" and "I Want Those Flashing Lights" among other great songs. Kid Cudi had the crowd hyped with hot tracks off his mixtape, including "Man on the Moon," "Cudi Spazzin," and of course the oh so popular "Day N Night." Mark Ronson delivered us some classics on the 1's and 2's with a whole lot of DJ Premier.

Wale then entered the stage with a full band (trumpetist, trombonist, saxophonist, guitarist, bass guitarist, keyboardist and drummers) and brought along a whole slew of guest performers including Chrisette Michelle (pictured), Jim Jones, Freeway and Ryan Leslie. The band was on point and brought an exceptional energy to the room and all of Wale's tracks sound oh so much better live. Wale performed "Nike Boots" among others and literally had the crowd jumping to "Back In the Gogo." This new wave of hip hop is really exciting me and you all should be on the look out and support these great up and coming artists. For more pictures take a look at my Flickr page.