Chris Yates, Journalist

DJ Artime’s proper DJ style, cutting to the beat and enhancing every track really helped the show along as well, which all things considered, exceeded all expectations.

Yelawolf had to start from scratch to get some excitement going. Luckily for him, this was an absolute piece of piss.

Jay-Z has nothing left to say beyond a 16-bar guest verse, something he needs to ponder before embarking on another album.

"Public Enemy called hip hop the CNN of the ‘hood. At the same time, hip hop is about rebellion and saying ‘fuck the system’ and teaching is about being the system."

It’s almost exactly the album Kanye had to make; with less lyrical gaffes it would have been perfect.

Seeing these two young guys, the same age as their young crowd, whip them up into such a frenzy was borderline terrifying.

"Growing up, his mum never really supported him doing music. She never bought him a drumkit – she considered it taboo to get involved with music."