{"id":87941,"date":"2022-03-21T05:19:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T23:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/rolling-loud-don-toliver-close-out-sxsw-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T05:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T23:51:02","slug":"rolling-loud-dont-forget-sxsw-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/rolling-loud-dont-forget-sxsw-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Loud: Don&#8217;t Forget SXSW 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p>For two days at Stubb\u2019s BBQ, some of the hottest names in contemporary rap and hip-hop made their presence felt at SXSW. Babyface Ray, Jasiah, Guapo, BillyRacxx and Sheck Wes all made dramatic appearances at RapTV\u2019s Rolling Loud weekend showcase. But it was Saturday\u2019s headliner Don Toliver \u2014 a Houston native still riding high on last year\u2019s <em>Life of a Don<\/em> \u2014 who arguably did the most with his allotted time onstage.<\/p>\n<p>If there was any criticism of the mini-festival, it\u2019s that many of the performers seemed rushed, with artists just running through their songs. Toliver knew this and adjusted his set to include at most a portion of the hits that his fans requested. \u201cCan\u2019t Feel My Legs,\u201d \u201cAfter Party,\u201dAnd \u201cLemonade\u201d crackled with electricity and highlighted Toliver\u2019s command of a stage.<\/p>\n<p>While the rapper showed up at Stubb\u2019s just as SXSW was winding down \u2014 and while there were some vague hints of exhaustion floating through the crowd on Red River \u2014 the audience, especially those squeezed into the front of the stage, rallied for his intense set. The bass hit with the force of a guided missile, an intensity that was countered by Toliver\u2019s relaxed, chill delivery. Toliver didn&#8217;t push the crowd; he guided them and presided over the last party of SXSW 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Salihah Saadiq<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1324378\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1324378\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1324378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Don Toliver, SXSW\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rolling-Loud-Don-Toliver-Close-Out-SXSW-2022.jpg\" title=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1324378\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1324378\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rolling-Loud-Don-Toliver-Close-Out-SXSW-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Don Toliver, SXSW\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1324378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don Toliver performing onstage at Stubbs BBQ Austin.<\/p>\n<p id=\"image-credit-attachment-1324378\" class=\"rs-image-credit\">Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">(Full disclosure: In 2021, Rolling Stone\u2019s parent company, P-MRC, acquired a 50 percent stake in the SXSW festival.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two days at Stubb\u2019s BBQ, some of the hottest names in contemporary rap and hip-hop made their presence felt at SXSW. 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But it was Saturday\u2019s headliner Don Toliver \u2014 a Houston native still riding high on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":87942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647820198_Rolling-Loud-Don-Toliver-Close-Out-SXSW-2022.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}