There’s alot of moments in life where I just go with the flow. I like attending things, I like doing things that are different from my regular shit. By regular shit, I mean going about my day and at night get drunk enough to dance and be social until about 4 AM. After that, I usually just grab a sandwich go home and watch some cable. About a week ago, I got a text from my boy stating “Ramriddlz @ SOB’s.. we out?”. After a quick though and a check on ticket pricing, I hit him back with the “we out” and got a quick confirmation with his response “say less”. I did say less. In about 10 minutes I had just thought over and decided that on January 24th, I was going to see the Sweeterman live at SOB’s.

Personally, I’ve never been to SOB’s. Joe Budden’s almost got me there a few times (along with Elliott Wilson) — but I never really went. I’m not sure why, but I this was also a first time experience for me with the venue. I didn’t really have much doubts about it being as cool as I heard it would be.

A whole snow storm later and confirmation that Ram had actually made it to NYC — it was lit. I got my shit together, coordinated with Anthony and set out around 9 to go see Ramriddlz at SOB’s on a fucking Sunday.

I was actually surprised in how long it took me to get there. Trains worked in my favor and it wasn’t bad. Unfortunately I ended up there first and had to wait for Anthony — who also had my ticket. I chilled outside for a little and I got the opportunity to see some of Ram’s team. They’re pretty dope people. You could identify them by the pretty lit pineapple logo that was on the shirts their were wearing. Sidenote — whoever is in charge of his branding is a fucking genius.

Anyway, I get myself in I get myself a corona and sit down on a chair because I felt awkward as fuck being at a Ramriddlz concert by myself. There was a DJ there playing the tunes and everyone was definitely just swaying around. Sets switched and a cute female DJ took over. They addressed the fact that they thought the crowd was alittle too dead and they started getting abit more excited.. my friends arrived.. I got another corona.. there obviously wasn’t really much happening throughout this time period.

Fast forward, I get finish my second corona and decide to go take a piss. Apparently at 10 PM on the dot, Ram takes the stage. I hear the music get louder and once I got out of the bathroom Ram was there — doing his dance on stage. I grab my third drink as he does his first song and he’s off. I have to admit — the situation that we were looking at wasn’t the best.

*Give the guy credit, he got SOB’s in with about 50 people on the aftermath of a pretty crazy NYC storm*.

Ramriddlz came out with energy. He was definitely fucking lit as hell. He was jumping all over the stage and to be honest with you — this was all the works of his first big NYC show. I’m not sure if he knew what type of crowd he would have and he definitely started off strong. Ram showed me something — he brings good energy to the forefront of his musical act. You can say whatever you want — the boy is here to have fun, make some money and definitely fuck some women.

This show was his first show in NYC and it definitely showed. Ram was the only guy on stage with a microphone and he was pretty intimate with the crowd. On the sideline you had… what I believe was the “MC” I guess? — the female DJ who was really nervous and his manager, AJ rocking along with the crowd. Ram performed his P2P (which stands for Pussy 2 Pink if you unsure) and did his little dance moves. I can’t deny that he had alot of energy and he just danced around alot. Ram’s music is definitely speaker quality.. and it may be harder to transition into live music. But he played the music loud and he recited the lyrics I’m positive he had no help with. He continued making eye contact with only the women (he’s singing about slangin’ his dick around in half his songs.. he was definitely only performing for the girls for this one) and he was getting love.

The show was creative and he worked with what he had. After performing a few songs he had a little intermission and he brought out Nicholas Fraser. He got to do his “Why The Fuck You Lyin'” thing and gave Ram a chance to breathe and come back.

Ramriddlz gave his speeches, explaining his songs as he made them. He made it very clear, these songs were his first few recordings. It was pretty cool considering that he was actually using that as a platform to tour. You could tell they were rough but he had it down packed and he knew how to sell it. He was a professional at performing Sweeterman at this point and thanked Drake for the Co-Sign.

Then there was the groupie moment. Now, I know that the Sweeter Team is probably thinking back at this and kinda regretting it.. but it was a notable moment that made everything pretty funny. So someone let loose a girl who was obviously there for one thing and one thing only; Ram’s dick. There was no denying it. People kinda thought it was a part of the act, but after a while you could see Ram running away from her. It was pretty lit though — he was running from a shorty that was good looking. But she also was lit.. and she had a snapchat problem. She has some golden videos and he saved himself from a really bad moment.

Ramriddlz felt more comfortable with his newer music than his older ones. As he performed ‘Dem Callin’, ‘Bodmon’ and ‘Hey Mr. RamRod’ he was much more confident. He even ran back Bodmon twice, and the second time was DEFINITELY more lit then the first.

Overall, the show was pretty good. The venue was great, the energy that Ramriddlz and his team actually brought was great and everything worked well considering what was being dealt with. Adding this to my list, I can say that Ram is definitely someone who will be performing for a pretty long time. Ram, stick to the production with Jaegan and continue the confidence, it’ll all work out.