I saw him twice, once for when The Renaissance was suppose to come out 07 and the other time when it actually did come out 08. Both times were with a live band and they killed it. The 2nd time he headlined (The first he opened for Common) and defiantly went a lot harder, for his last song he literally went into the crowd with the mic, and tried to get every single person to sing the chorus into the mic. It went on for a good 15 minutes and was one of the most amazing thing I've seen a performer do.