Headline : You need to see Offset dance on tour

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When he was eight years old in 2002, Offset served as a backup dancer in the video for “Whatchulookinat” by Whitney Houston (he’s the one in the grey suit). You might have caught a glimpse of his moves, perhaps at the 2019 BET Awards with Cardi B or 2023’s Rolling Loud Miami, impressive not for their intensity or complexity but for their synchronization and showmanship.

These skills are displayed throughout the thoughtfully executed Set It Off tour, which positions Offset as a star in his own right, not just half of a power couple or one-third of Migos, the 2010s’ biggest rap group. The set list largely draws from the namesake Set It Off, reenvisioning his October album via light restructuring and truncation. But casual fans can rest assured — he is going to do fan favorites.

Most of the venues on this tour have a capacity above 2,000, with bigger spots in Chicago and Los Angeles nearing 5,000. I saw Offset at one of the smallest: Bogart’s in Cincinnati, Ohio (capacity 1,500). The crowd was healthily full, a touch less packed than when Destroy Lonely and Ken Carson came to town on a Tuesday evening last February, but more diverse and with a far lower percentage of high schoolers.

The concert’s staging reflects Offset’s stadium-size ambitions for his show’s production. The standard setup at Bogart’s is pretty basic: a big screen for showing video behind an artist and not much else. When we arrived on Friday night, the center of the stage was dominated by a large staircase leading to a platform eight to 10 feet off the ground. This gleaming white set piece was veiled in black during opening performances by Moonrock Mont, Mango Foo, SleazyWorld Go, and Skilla Baby, all of whom were suitably energetic and good sports about hyping up a restless audience: doors opened at 7, but Offset didn’t take the stage until 10:30.

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