Simply everything that is good about hiphop that gets lost amongst the backdrop of commercial hip-pop. This man makes hiphop transcend cultural pigeonholing and become high quality music full stop.
The rapport with the audience was instant, it was clear that the crowd were their to celebrate a music that had brought them all so much enjoyment. He treated his fans with an enormous amount of respect and intergrity, and delivered his talents as a musician with skill and dedication.
You felt that musically he has developed, but as a performer he was still as true to his NY roots as he was back in his teenage years. I felt like I could have been in brooklyn in the 80s