Concerts Echostage

T.I. @ Echostage

Posted on February 15, 2015
T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

This show was all over the place. First the lighting, which was more EDM show than hip-hop. Then was the restrictions. First I was told that we were allowed to shoot the entire show. Sweet! Then, just before T.I takes the stage, everyone is told that we get one song and one song only. Argh. But it ended up they let us shoot the first three, which was great because the lighting was brutal and there were like 5 moments when the lights on T.I. and the background were within three stops of each other.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

As for the show, T.I. was fine, but didn’t blow me away. He had tons of energy, but at times it was hard to pick him out from the multitudes of people standing around the periphery of the stage.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16th, 2014 - T.I. performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C. His ninth studio album, Paperwork, was released in late 2014 and features the singles "About the Money", "No Mediocre" and "New National Anthem". (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

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Kyle Gustafson is a freelance photographer based in Washington, D.C. His work appears weekly in The Washington Post. Complex Magazine named him one of the 50 Greatest Concert Photographers Right Now.

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