The sidewalk outside Cinespace in Hollywood was a chaos with people trying to get in 3 different lines for the sold out show. Uffie (Anna-Catherine Hartley) was back in town, performing for the first time in over a year and a half, and back where her American hype started. This was a night of leather jackets and mustaches, feminists (of both sexes) and hip hop kids. There was celebrity-spotting in the house, Steve Aoki himself and and Apl.de.ap with an entourage. Them Jeans warmed up the hipster crowd with Kid Cudi tracks that everybody sang along to.
Uffie finally hit the stage at 12:30, and she had a new DJ backing her. Uffie looked part Euro and part American Apparel, which makes sense being Miami-born, Hong Kong-raised and Paris-based. She invited the crowd to storm the stage, and her almost overly enthusiastic fans did not hesitate. Maybe this was a move to hide the lack of performance, to cover it up with fan frenzy on stage. It was hard to hear her talk-rap over the crazy Mr. Oizo beats and riddims, but her DJ did a good job doing backup rapping and turntable moves. Giving birth to a baby less than 6 months ago might have made her a little rusty? She only performed a handful of songs, before leaving stage, and technical problems kept her from returning. Two fights kept the audience amused while waiting for Uffie to return to stage. The biggest response from the crowd actually came after she left the stage and the DJ put on “Pop The Glock.” She was at the height of her hype a few years ago, and her debut album has been scheduled and delayed several times. She controlled the crowd, but the whole thing was kind of messy. Right now she sounds better on record than on-stage, and hopefully the hype will still be around for the album’s release date.
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