I was all set to have an entry here that just read “KILLER MIKE RAPPED ON TOP OF A HALF PIPE” and leave it at that, except, well, it didn’t happen. Running late on my way over from the Orange Stage, I arrive at the mini skate-park to find Killer Mike standing up there addressing the crowd. “We’re gonna try to get this mic fixed right quick and then we’ll promptly try to burn this motherfucker down.” Apparently they’d already been plagued by sound issues, the mic constantly feeding back. Throughout, he keeps a good sense of humor about it, killing time by letting everyone know “I fuck with the skate crowd, because you’re hardcore motherfuckers,” and then announcing “If you have mushrooms, I encourage you to do them. It’ll make the next forty minutes absolutely amazing.” They give a few shots at starting the set, getting about a minute into the R.A.P. Music opener “Big Beast” before the soundsystem continues to malfunction. The whole thing’s a huge disappointment, but it’s also endearing for how hard Mike is trying to make this work, at one point giving up on the mic and rapping a bit of “Big Beast” a cappella. Those technical issues never do get resolved, and he promises that if they could arrange a venue he’d do a show in Austin later that night. He ends by announcing he’s coming down from the half pipe to smoke some weed with his fans.