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Lil Wayne @ Austin Music Hall (DEWeezy): This much can be said about Lil Wayne's SXSW bonanza last night; it was definitely the best live-action soda commercial I've ever been to. As a performance, well, it was pretty meh, leaning way too hard on the Rebirth-y live band arrangements of songs like "John" and "A Milli" (thus killing any chance of improv, though it's not like he ever plays "Get 'Em" live or something) and bringing out Cash Money second-fiddles like Bow Wow for songs (Wayne would then skate off stage). I respect the spirit but it was clumsy in execution and smattered with product placement -- Wayne literally held up a Mountain Dew bottle and yelled "Dew you! Dew you!" By the time Birdman showed up, people had kind of stopped paying attention. Here's to hoping that sentiment doesn't manifest in a bigger problem for Wayne. -Corban