Will Pugh of Cartel

First, I’m not a fan of Crocs. I don’t wear Crocs, I’ve never owned Crocs, and I will never buy anything by Crocs. No matter how comfy they are, you can find a better pair of shoes with just as much comfort that are actually stylish. But I have to admit–when Crocs decided to sponsor the Next Step Campus Tour and bring out Cartel, Yung Joc, and MC Lars, I was definitely ready to buy my concert ticket from them (emphasis on just my concert ticket)!

The Crocs Next Step Campus Tour is basically an event where they give out a bunch of free gear and give you the chance to rock out to three pretty diverse bands. I tried to find out more about the tour to see if there was any underlying cause (maybe sustainability for example?) but I couldn’t find anything. I guess it’s more of a “use my product!” sort of tour, but hey, with a lineup like the one they had, I wouldn’t mind buying a Croc shirt (I kind of take that back).

At any rate, the show was full of energy and MC Lars, Yung Joc, and Cartel delivered to the max degree as usually. For all you Bay Area kids, MC Lars unfortunately did not play “White Kids Aren’t Hyphy” (his latest single) and Yung Joc seemed to play everyone else’s songs but his own (e.g. M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”, T-Pain’s “Buy U a Dank”, Lil Wayne’s “A Milli”, etc.). Cartel played a good mix of the songs off their major records (”Cartel” and “Chroma”) along with some new songs from the record they will be recording after the tour.

We have some photos for you guys who were unable to make it out. Please spare the quality and enjoy!

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Did anyone go to this show or did it come to your campus?