hence the howls when jill walked out before she even did anything.
people do NOT respond to anonymity.
hence the silence while the cody song ran (b/c it was a new song no one knew, basically low-key overall, and no one knew Cody...."water" has a bit more energy to it and came early in the set, thus the crowd's more enthusiastic response...)
unknown Cody + unknown song + slow tempo + song performed late in the set = lethargic audience reaction (until Thought urged the crowd "get involved! clap your hands to what he's doing" james brown-style, livening folks up a bit and partially invalidating something Quest posted a long while ago in a "Brooklyn Babylon" thread about Thought's inability to read crowds during shows (referring to the shooting of the performance of Roots tunes during a Carribbean parade in Brooklyn for the film).