Lil Pump (all-ages, 8pm)

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Every year or two, a rapper comes along with such little regard for traditional lyricism that old-guard rap fans cry foul. This year, that rapper was Lil Pump—a heavily-tattooed, syrup-obsessed Miami teenager with a blown-out, decidedly of-the-moment sound. Hip-hop fans have dedicated entire online forums to ridiculing his simplistic rapping. To complain that Lil Pump can’t rap is to miss the point, though. Released this October, Pump’s sticky self-titled debut album is one of the most deliriously entertaining rap records of the year—an excitable exercise in Soundcloud rap that puts Pump’s ebullient personality on full display. It features Pump’s breakout single, “Gucci Gang,” and cameos from Lil Yachty, Gucci Man, Chief Keef, Rick Ross and 2 Chainz, all of whom sound like they’re enjoying the hell out of themselves.