Having being signed up with Obese records in 2008, Spit Syndicate have earned their way up into the hip-hop scene.

They have opened for renowned international hip-hop acts such as Cypress Hill, Xzibit, Ice Cube, Savage, Lupe Fiasco as well as many local hip-hop acts. They've released their third album Exile this year and it is very tasty.
This was the night that I was waiting for, but it turned out I had higher expectations.

The night opened with Joyride's set of awesome old-school hip-hop tunes which was a great starter to warm up the crowd. Moments later, Joyride still continued to engage the crowd with an apt choice of tunes. Then eventually two ladies walked closer to my position, closer to the stage.

They started some warm up exercises - stretched their legs, arms and gradually jumped onto the side steps. It was then that it clicked that they were the next act to perform. Clearly, I lacked knowledge of who they actually were. Apparently they are not new to the game!

The first song immediately caught the audience's attention. Initially, the beat and rhythm was engaging but my expectations of them were quite minimal at that premature point of time.

As soon as Class A started to rap, my jaw dropped, head bopped, feet shuffled and the hips moved like never before. They were quite petite artists physically, but they sure did surprise me with their poetic and lyrical flow as well as their energetic performance.

After a few songs, Class A introduced Nakita onto the stage and it was evident that her ability to rap is of high quality. She is also quite petite but seems quite powerful on stage. Nakita rhymes with compassion and there is clarity in the way she delivers the song.

Finally, Spit Syndicate had entered the stage - the audience cheered in awe. Once the music started everyone jumped up and down in excitement and rapped the entire lyrics, verbatim, to the familiar songs that only a true fan is capable of doing.

The beats and the music seemed to be well crafted. However, the rap did not seem to match it as they had lacked that flow during the night. There were also excessive arm movements which became quite distracting and annoying to watch. It became hard to focus on what they were actually rapping about. Although, the audience seemed to disregard it and enjoy themselves regardless.

Not longer after, Spit Sydnicate initiated a brief collaboration with Joyride which was quite entertaining to watch the DJ of the night switch into his alter-ego as a rapper and singer. Joyride sure does have a voice!

The performance returned to the duo with distractions such as excessive cursing, hand movements, jumping around and lack of flow. This has called it a night for me which resulted in being deprived from the final act, The Tongue.

Although the experience of Spit Syndicate's live performance was satisfactory, I still prefer listening to the recorded material instead as it's much more enjoyable.

With all honesty, Spit Syndicate is the reason one hiked a fair distance to witness, however, Class A became the highlight of the evening.