![]() This was after he moshed with his axemen to "Drugs" but before he slid behind a vacant drum kit. Yet, they came out in happy droves to catch the second Toronto stop on the Malibu World Tour, a journey that will span six months. Paak was just in town, at Echo Beach, seven weeks ago, when he outshone and outworked headliner Bryson Tiller. ![]() The passion and intensity the 30-year-old talent brings to his live show is disarming and freeing. Quick to ditch his rolled-sleeves white denim jacket and embrace the heat, Brandon Park Anderson and the Free Nationals-guitar, bass, DJ, keys-proceeded to crank the thermostat by breathlessly burning through tracks from Malibu, one of the best records of 2016, regardless of genre. Glistening bartenders looked like they'd just hopped off Slip 'N Slides. If you didn't want to get strangers' perspiration on you, you chose the wrong room. ![]() Paak was performing in a giant steam room. Inside a Phoenix so rammed you started wondering about fire codes. Over 30 degrees Celsius before you add the humidity tax. The sun had long kissed Friday night goodbye, yet the city was sweltering. The singer/songwriter/drummer/producer/lightning bolt was only one song into his headlining set, but he was dead-on with his prophecy. "It's about to be one of them fucking nights." Paak hollered after raiding the stage with leaps, outsized hand throws and joyous spins. ![]()
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