It was all good just a week ago, and then two hip-hop icons

graced the Greensboro Coliseum with one of the best shows the area

has seen in a very long.

It was all good just a week ago, and then two hip-hop icons graced the Greensboro Coliseum with one of the best shows the area has seen in a very long.

Sunday, the Watch the Throne tour made a stop in the Greensboro area. The show, as many predicted, did not start on time nor did it have an opening act.

However, after nearly a two-hour wait, the lights went low and “H.A.M” blasted through the speakers. The two artists stood on separate stages, one in the middle of the arena, that lifted them towards the top of the arena to open the show.

And from the moment the first song began, until the artists were gone from the stage for the night, the thousands in attendance remained on their feet for the entire show. The show began with the two artists performing songs from their recent Watch the Throne album. Songs such as “Welcome to the Jungle”, “Gotta Have It”, and “Otis” all had the crowd hype from the very beginning.

Yet, as the show went on Jay-Z and Kanye West both took turns performing the songs that most fans came to see. Everything from “Big Pimpin,” “Gold Digger,” “99 Problems,” “Heartless”, “Public Service Announcement,” “Jesus Walks,” “Empire State of Mind,” “Good Life,” “Dirt Off Your Shoulders,” “All of the Lights,” and many more classics were played during the concert.

There was even an emotional moment during Kanye’s performance of Runaway.

In the end, the two superstars closed the show by playing their latest hit, “N****s In Paris.” And the song was played not once, not twice, but three epic times in a row!

Yet, the show was still not over. Once the crowd thought it was time to go home, Jay-Z ended the night by performing one of his older hits “Encore”.

Despite the two-hour delay, the show lived up to the hype. Not only was it a great opportunity to see two hip-hop titans on stage at the same time, but it was also a great opportunity to hear many of the songs that put the two living legends on the throne in the first place.

For many hip-hop lovers, such as myself, it was a friendly reminder to exactly why we fell in love with the art of hip-hop. When asking a group of fans to sum up the night with one word, their response was simply “Cray.”

The show did not consist of any dancing, guest

appearances, magic tricks, or even as much as a break in between acts. However, the dynamic duo showed that when you have this much star power in one arena, none of that is necessary.

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• Trumaine McCaskill, Opinion Editor