Rate My Spring Concert, Part II

Our new best friend Christian sent us a few great tips on more spring concerts for local universities, as well as these words, "Just wanted to let you know for sure who we [UConn] are having for Spring Weekend (Not Jason Mraz, thank God), as well as some other schools in the area I know about."

So without further ado, let's examine the new batch of shows. Check our first batch here.

And the Round 2 winner is...
Babson College.
Who you ask? A business school by Boston that I haven't heard of before. Anyways, the school has Common and Toots & The Maytals. Even though I was complaining about Common's latest album recently, that is a solid lineup to have. The show is sold out, but it will be held on April 11.


The Runner-Ups:
Northeastern.
The day after Toots & The Maytals strike again. This time with Ludacris and The Roots. It was a toss up of was Common greater than both Ludacris and The Roots combined. Considering Luda shouldn't really count in the equation, I decided Common > The Roots and moved on.

University of Connecticut
Fast forward a bit to April 26 and UConn pulls a show that is infinitely better than Jason Mraz. T-Pain, Flo-Rida, Method Man and Redman come to Storrs. At first I was like, 'who the fuck is Flo-Rida,' but everyone knows "Low," so this should be a good time. Method Man and Redman are (somehow) quietly the best thing on the bill though.

The Rest:
Mount Holyoke College / April 10 / M.I.A.

Boston College / April 12 / Talib Kweli

Harvard / April 18 / Wu-Tang Clan & Gavin Degraw

Stonehill / April 18 / Third Eye Blind

University of Rhode Island / April 23 / Colbie Caillat

Smith College / April 25 / Feist & Ingrid Michaelson

Amherst College / April 26 / Third Eye Blind

University of Rhode Island (again?) / April 28 / Akon

And winner of the school with a Jason Mraz fan on their e-board...
Holy Cross / April 29 /Jason Mraz & Everclear

Smith College did great with Feist and you can't complain about M.I.A. either. The only reason I didn't bump them to the runner-up section was simply because it lacked much besides a headliner. Having a bit of variety is what spring concerts are all about. I hate to use Brown has the golden rule, but teaming Lupe Fiasco with Vampire Weekend is a perfect example of that.