Live in Concert is a collaborative EP by American rappers Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y.
[3] On August 9, 2012, the day of the planned release, Currensy announced they would have to delay the release of the EP to allow more time to clear samples, saying: "We wouldn't feel comfortable droppin #LiveInConcert until we get the samples cleared.
With how these suits keep poppin up.. Mixtapes ain’t safe, Lots of law suits being handed out to folks for makin free mixtape jams..Wiz,Mac,myself even..We gotta play this one smart..We got it tho.
"[3] In November 2012, Currensy gave an update on the EP, saying: "We're fighting so hard for the Live in Concert [project], We're trying got hurry up and pay them for clearances and put it out, 'cus that shit was done when my leg was broken.
I was gonna put it out retail, but I'm figuring since everything's going with Live in Concert and there's been so many hold-ups…[I might] give them a record…[it'll drop] probably in the next couple of weeks.
"[4] On January 9, 2013, Currensy hinted on his Twitter account that Live In Concert may have to be released to retail, saying: "Honestly with the way the legal beagles r Finna tax us.... #liveinconcert is gonna have to be a retail project... Y'all still down??".
Ron Burgundy mastered that flute and it made him able to bring her to Pleasure Town on animated horses and they were fuckin’ out in the solar system and all of that.
So how could we not employ the talents of Ron Burgundy and his jazz flute on as many cuts as possible for Live in Concert.
Honestly, that is the genius that is Bobbi Humphrey and his album that was put together long before me and my brother Wiz ever thought about rapping.
We’re not gonna jump through all these hoops on someone's behalf when I feel like what we’re doing is going to put some more light on a body of work that our listeners don't know shit about.
That's why we went through the proper channels to do it that way, so people who do their due diligence will see what this project sampled and want to hear that whole album.
So we were originally going to put it out August 9th, the three-year anniversary of How Fly, but we realized the publishing company might come for us.
Bruce Smith of HipHopDX gave the album three out of five stars, saying "While you only get so much Curren$y on Live In Concert, on “Toast,” which features another Humphrey sample (this time, it's “Mestizo Eyes”), he displays a little of his talents, with wordplay and car talk for the whip fanatics, rhyming, “Get it done when the time is crunch like sit-ups / To the challenge I rise, Lamborghini doors / ‘85 Countach never seen a real road / From the show room floor, to my seven car garage / Got a storage cross town, with like seven more rides, tucked inside / The Grand Theft Auto life / Rolling up in my safe house, I’m looking down / Done it by my design, refusing to compromise…” If the goal of Live In Concert was simply to set the mood for April 20, the sample choices probably accomplished the goal for most.
"[10] Christian Mordi of XXL gave the EP an L, saying "Clocking in at under 25 minutes, Live in Concert is on the short side but is potent nevertheless, giving fans exactly what was expected (with the exception of these flute solos).
It’s predictable, enjoyable, warm-weather music that will be embraced with open arms by Jet Life and Taylor Gang fans alike.
"[11] Live in Concert debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard 200 selling 13,000 copies in its first week of release.