Words & Flicks by Anthony Campusano      Edits by Lucas Alvarado Farrar

To say he is a genius is an understatement. At the age of 16, Ryan Leslie enrolled in Harvard University and began his pursuit of music, and the rest is history. With the help of McDonalds and 98.7 Kiss Fm, a sold-out crowd was able to rock out and enjoy Ryan Leslie as well as some poets.

Kiss Fm held a poetry competition for $1,000 and other prizes. Followed by an hour and a half of music by the house DJ, the crowd did not lose a bit of energy as they awaited Ryan Leslie. Ryan rocked the crowd for about 2 hours with tracks from all his projects.

With his band backing him up, Ryan Leslie played the keyboard as well, occasionally matching his guitarist. In the middle of his set he brought out Red Café who helped him out with Fly Together and Cafe’s track I’m Ill. A couple songs later he brought out Lloyd Banks to do So Forgetful & Start It Up. The sold out crowd devoured Ryan’s energy.

Set List for Ryan Leslie at SOBs

’Glory’
‘Smothing That I like’
‘Quicksand’
‘Zodiac’
‘Maybach Diamonds’
‘Guardian Angel’
‘Valentine’
‘Beautiful Lie’
‘How It Was Supposed To Be’
‘Fly Together’
‘I’m Ill Remix (ft Red Cafe)’
‘Gibberish’
‘Joan Of Arc’
‘Christian Dior Denim Flow’
‘So Forgetful’
‘Start It Up’
‘Addiction’
‘Breathe’
‘Diamond Girl’

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