From: www.denverpost.com

Headlining the Back to School Jam, also billed as "America's Most Wanted Tour," Lil Wayne, a.k.a. Weezy F. Baby, put on a show Thursday night at Fiddler's Green that alternated between moments of energetic brilliance and sections that dragged on far too long.

Lil Wayne, who has announced he'll release a rock record titled "Rebirth" later this year, divided his set into three distinct parts, the first a rock-type segment that might have been at home on a heavy-metal tour.

During "Got Money," Lil Wayne's guitarist shredded a solo while pyro explosions rocked the front rows. The band also included a drummer, Slide show View images from Lil Wayne's performance at Fiddler's Green. bassist, keyboardist and DJ.

The pyro displays continued during "Fireman," when the flames shooting up on stage threw out heat felt back by the soundboard.

Rap/hip-hop has, against the odds, developed its own history, and Lil Wayne certainly seems aware of it, as he proved during a tribute to earlier rappers, including The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, doing one verse of a song by each.