Hip-Hop artist Hoodie Allen brought the sounds of Brooklyn, N.Y. to Sacramento State Monday night.

The UNIQUE Programs at Sac State hosted the concert by inviting Hoodie Allen to perform at the University Ballroom.

Psychology sophomore and UNIQUE Programs member Isabela Casillas said UNIQUE members will sometimes suggest artists they would like to have perform at Sac State.

“One of the members suggested him and we all really liked him, and he was touring around this area,” Casillas said.

The majority of the audience members were teenagers. Many of them were wearing baseball caps and a few wore white T-shirts with Hoodie Allen’s red and blue logo, HA.

Sooshe opened the show and warmed up the audience with some of his songs and by telling the crowd to wave their hands in the air.

After the opening act, the audience chants “Hoodie, Hoodie” and Hoodie Allen takes center stage wearing a gray jacket and dark sunglasses. Hoodie Allen starts performing “The Chase is On,” as the audience members raised their arms to the rhythm of the beat.

Hoodie Allen performed various songs from his albums “All American,” “Leap Year,” and “Pep Rally” including “Top of the World,” “James Franco,” “You Are Not a Robot,” and “The Chase is on.”

A few of the songs Hoodie Allen performed were a sample of other artists’ popular songs, but with his own hip-hop spin to them.

The audience sang along to the lyrics, hopped up and down, and pumped their hands while Hoodie Allen rapped.

After performing continuous songs, Hoodie Allen told the audience of the free signed poster and shirt that could be given to an audience member who would participate in a dance-off. Hoodie Allen chose two females and two male fans from the audience to compete against each other with dance moves.

Woodoak High School freshman Micah Marmorstein was one of the lucky fans chosen to get on stage with Hoodie Allen and competitively dance against the three other fans. Marmorstein said the entire concert experience was one of the best he had.

“This is the first and best concert experience I ever had because I met Hoodie Allen; that was really exciting. I’ve never had that many people screaming in my face and I felt enlightened by it,” Marmorstein said about showing off his dance moves on stage.

Philip Lee accompanied Marmorstein and they both wore a white sweater they made that had Hoodie Allen’s initials similar to the “All American” album. Lee said he became a fan of Hoodie Allen after he first heard “You Are Not a Robot” on YouTube.

“I just liked his song and when he dropped the ‘All American’ debut album, I just listened to that endlessly,” said Lee.

Lee said his favorite song is “The Chase is On” because it is one of the best to dance to and said he hopes Hoodie Allen will go far with his music and talent.

Anthropology freshman William Freeland said it was his first time seeing Hoodie Allen perform live.

Freeland said he had heard a couple of Hoodie Allen’s songs before he realized the hip-hop artist would perform at Sac State. The best part about the concert was Hoodie Allen’s way of singing well-known songs from other artists said Freeland.

“I liked how he used some songs that were really popular and other songs were not as well known. I really liked the Beastie Boys’ “Fight for Your Right” cover,” Freeland said. “I appreciate that he respects others artists.”

Freeland said he sang along to every song and found the interaction of Hoodie Allen with the crowd to be cool.

“He was really interactive with the crowd, which is really cool, and he has a good sense of humor,” said Freeland. “I’m glad UNIQUE puts on shows like this. Hoodie Allen is pretty awesome.”

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