Wednesday night, Kansas City welcomed Chance the Rapper at the Midland Theater to perform on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour. The high demand for the sold out show was apparent by the line wrapped entirely around the theater. After a 90 minute delay, eager fans filed in for a performance unlike any other. Chance provided a mix of old and new tracks, as well as a prevalent spiritual message.<\/p>\n
The talented entertainer showcased his music through a theatrical performance and a storyline carried on by a life-sized stuffed animal lion. Chance boldly opened with many crowd favorites, including \u201cCocoa Butter Kisses\u201d from his mixtape <\/span>Acid Rap,<\/span><\/i> and \u201cSunday Candy\u201d from the album <\/span>Surf.<\/span><\/i> After recapping many older works, Bennett focused the remainder of the show on newer music from his latest album <\/span>Coloring Book<\/span><\/i>. Each song was visually complimented by colorful graphics and wild lighting designs; enormous smoke bursts and a grand confetti explosion continuously reinstated excitement throughout the show. Keeping the audiences engaged from opening number to the encore, this \u201cBig Fella\u201d did not disappoint.<\/span><\/p>\n Being one of the forefront figures in popularizing gospel rap, Chance utilized the latter of the concert to bestow fans with a cathartic experience. The Midland theater transformed into a place of worship, with every hand of the diverse group reached to the sky. The audience sang along as Chance sang to God during many heart-hitting numbers, including \u201cHow Great\u201d. As they exited the doors to the theater that night, fans were left to resonated with Bennett\u2019s message of self-appreciation and gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n A shaking balcony from jumping bodies up top; scattered, flickering sparks from lighters in the dark mass; and private clouds of smoke that dissipated, joining\u00a0the waving hands in the air above; all painted\u00a0a vivid picture of the show’s unique scene. The crowd embodied\u00a0the same vitality, personality, and buoyancy mirrored in Chance\u2019s music. Through his music and message, the rapper\u00a0created a communal environment that unified\u00a0a vast variety of people. <\/span><\/p>\n Last Wednesday, Bennett proved himself as\u00a0a performer who could rap; a messenger who could rhyme; and a humble, talented man continuing his tour with an upcoming 25 sold out shows.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday night, Kansas City welcomed Chance the Rapper at the Midland Theater to perform on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour. The high demand for the sold out show was apparent by the line wrapped entirely around the theater. After a 90 minute delay, eager fans filed in for a performance unlike any other. Chance provided a mix of old and new tracks, as well as a prevalent spiritual message. The talented entertainer showcased his music through a theatrical performance and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15716,"featured_media":50085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3268],"tags":[5527,5523,5526,408,5525,5512,1138,5524,3717,2281],"class_list":["post-49968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-articles","tag-book","tag-chance","tag-coloring","tag-kansas-city","tag-magnificent","tag-midland","tag-rap","tag-rapper","tag-the","tag-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Chance2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}