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Exclusive Pictures from Osheaga Day 3: Aloe Blacc, Common & Santigold

RESPECT. Staff — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:52:46 +0000

For the third and final day of the Osheaga music festival Aloe Blacc, Common and Santigold took over the main stages. Highlights include:

– Aloe Blacc’s “I Need a Dollar.”

-Common’s freestyle, again proving he’s the best in the game.

-Common brings a girl from the crowd on stage, she proceeds to take iPhone pictures of him. After all, it’s probably a much better angle from up there.

-Santigold invites damn near the whole crowd on stage.

-Santigold’s outfit.

The love for music is alive and well in our northern neighbor, Canada. Until next year Osheaga.

Aloe Blacc

Common

Santigold

Thanks again to Evenko for the pics.

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Exclusive Pictures from Osheaga Day 2: A$AP Rocky, SBTRKT and Snoop Dogg Lion

RESPECT. Staff — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:06:53 +0000

For hip-hop fans in Montreal on Saturday, 6pm was the magic hour. A$AP Rocky took over Scene Verte –Osheaga’s third biggest stage– starting the party with old favorites like “Trilla” and and sneak peaks off Long.Live.ASAP. Pretty Flacko showed he’s more than just a pretty face with his powerful stage presence and engaging sense of humor, calling out the crowd for dropping a crowd surfer (who then collectively picked him up to continue the surf immediately). Knowing he would later jump into their arms himself, Rocky needed to make sure he could trust, and the homies proved they has his back. The music festival spirit of love and unity kicking off with the in-sync crowd loving every second of being included in the musical experience.

As A$AP neared an end, the crowd buzzed with discussion of where to head next and SBTRKT proved the overwhelming favorite. The duo of electro producers from London played without their masks, mixing and looping music on the spot, keeping the party alive. Bodies were moving without abandon as the beats and sounds forced the packed crowd into nonstop dancing. The one-two punch of A$AP-SBTRKT was only to be topped by the third charm: Snoop.

He made everyone wait an hour, but the crowd held strong, filling the entire main stage area. After endless debate throughout the day on whether he would perform as Snoop Dogg or Lion, everyone needed to see for themselves. And it was worth it. Snoop came out in stellar form, first performing all of his classics, then transforming into Snoop Lion for his most recent release. His finale was most memorable– the entire crowd of thousands singing the chorus to “Young, Wild and Free” in unison, creating an incredible sense of camaraderie that lasted the entire packed train ride home. On Saturday night, everyone caught the spirit.

A$AP Rocky

SBTRKT

Snoop ~~Dogg~~ Lion

Shouts out to Evenko for the pics

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Exclusive Pictures From Osheaga Day 1: Amadou & Mariam, Killer Mike and The Weeknd

RESPECT. Staff — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:09:25 +0000

It was hot, sweaty and crowded, but the music powered us through. Festival-goers came from all over the world to Parc Jean-Drapeau –Montreal’s version of Governors Island– this past weekend for 5 stages of non-stop action, as part of Osheaga 2012. This year’s killer line-up made Osheaga a necessary stop on the festival circuit, attracting more attendees than ever before. Day one’s hip-hop included Mali’s Amadou & Mariam, underground favorite Killer Mike and the ultra rare The Weeknd. Bouncing from show to show was a bit harder than expected in the crowd of thousands, but thanks to Evenko we’ve got some exclusive pics.

In the midst of the Olympics, music-lovers took a break to come together and appreciate sounds from around the world. Stay tuned for days two and three.

Amadou & Mariam

Killer Mike

The Weeknd

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RESPECT. Goes To Osheaga

RESPECT. Staff — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:47:01 +0000

Loyal readers, if you enjoyed our Bonnaroo coverage, get ready for RESPECT.’s second festival of the summer. We’ll be shipping off to Canada for the weekend to bring you the latest pictures and news from Montreal’s very own Osheaga Music festival. This time we’ll bring back pics and coverage of Snoop Dogg, Common, The Weeknd (very rare), A$AP Rocky and many more. I hope you’re as excited as we are.

Single day tickets are still available so if you’re down come meet us there…

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