What a time as Future rocks the Fillmore with Purple Reign tour

You can always rely on Future for the chillest turn up you'll ever experience. Only he could name a song "My Savages" but rap it like a ballad.

The Atlanta-born rapper stopped at a packed Fillmore Philly on his Purple Reign tour Sunday. The tour's named after a mixtape he released in January.

After L.A. recording artist Ty Dolla $ign harmonized the many ways he would seduce you, love you and potentially leave you, Future stepped out dressed in all-white like a trap deity.

He kicked off the show with " I Thought It Was a Drought" off his critically acclaimed third studio album Dirty Sprite 2. The crowd bounced and yelled his lyrics about Gucci flip-flops and lip locks.

Perfect.

Throughout the night he played the maestro, conducting the entire audience with a slight Milly rock and hitting his dab - almost off the stage. His croaky voice smoothly rode the beats with heavy bass lines.

His fans (fedoras everywhere) were of two extremes: standing rod straight with subtle head nods, or spilling drinks as they attempted to hit the dab.

The Fillmore rocked mood-setting effects, lazor-like lights reaching out across the crowd and, at one point, confetti.

There was even an intermission where DJ Esco came out and hyped the audience up to "Down in the DM" and Future's own hard-body, drill sergeant track "Sh!t" from his second studio album Honest.

Future came back out and the crowd revved up for "Where Ya At?" from Dirty Sprite 2.

"Diamonds Dancing" from his collaboration album with Drake, What A Time To Be Alive, was a sensual homage to the ladies in the crowd. Your trap-loving friend's Instagram captions came to life as "Jumpman" and "March Madness" took everyone back to peak turnup.

He gave the audience enough to feel content but not blown away. Future breezed through the tracks, but he also has that luxury. When you've released a critically acclaimed album like DS2 where every other song is a hit, there's a lot of ground to cover and guaranteed crowd satisfaction. But it's also an understanding between him and his fans: you do what you want when you're poppin'.

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