Leslie Odom Jr - Wait for it LIVE (Hamilton)

Live in Las Vegas NV March 8, 2020

[@Cyber1975.]

Damn everyone bashing the chick that was next to me singing loud af. I wasn't singing bc I didn't wanna be loud af in the video I was recording but It was so hard for me not to sing along to my fave song 😭 She was living her best life tho. Let her live, it's a concert, a lot of people were singing it's just that she was directly next to me so she sounds hella loud lol. People sing at concerts it's nbd.

[@turnttaco7661]

Yeah people need to chill, singing at a Broadway show isn't ok, but a concert is a different experience and is definitely the norm.

[@adriannagarcia9537]

I appreciate this comment cuz for damn sure would be that girl. Lmao

[@runefaustblack]

@@turnttaco7661 In the US, maybe. In other places, we go to concerts because we want to listen to the musicians, not the audience. We don't sing (no that loud at least) except when they request it. It's a matter of basic respect.

[@Cyber1975.]

@@runefaustblack yeah, must be super different because every concert I've ever been to everyone is singing at the top of their lungs. Performers even point the mic to the crowd to get them to be louder, lol. It's awkward when everyone's just standing around. Performers feed off the energy and honestly expect everyone to sing along here. They usually say when they want people to be quiet during a song instead of the other way around. Has nothing to do with respect.

[@user-qd5gq9ec8k]

Miguel de Lima I think you’re talking about a classical concert or at least not a pop concert

[@erina.2281]

“i am inimitable, i am an original” gives me chills every single time 😭

[@celizabethmtb2022]

erin a. I know... his vibrato combined with that little riff he does on “origin-AAL” 😍😍😍

[@hannahp.davidson]

Me too!!!

[@lindaweldon10]

erin a. My favorite line.

[@ebonykaleidoscope]

It’s the best line of the entire musical...

[@dwalker8913]

Its so hard to choose the best part of the musical. But he was my favorite. Great job.

[@ryancarter2959]

“Antagonist” of the musical or not Burr was a fantastic character and Leslie absolutely dominated every scene he was in

[@kingfish9177]

I like to think of Burr more as a narrator 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@lamarzprice82]

That’s a fact

[@alexanderpena361]

My favorite. Leslie killed it.

[@WardNightstone]

antagonist but not the villain the villain was Hamilton (or more accurately his Anger was the villain) *edit* I will say since i posted this I read up on Burr and after the duel, he did some real shady stuff including trying to start a second revolutionary ware in Mexico, not because he was altruistic but because he owned land there that would have been valuable if they broke away from Spain)

[@carlosalfredo4035]

He is the best character of the musical... And hi has in my opinion, the two best songs: wait for it and The room where it happens... He is sort a kind of Javer in Les Mis...

[@lupin5489]

It's funny seeing how many people in the comments are surprised people sing along at a concert

[@professormeme8951]

Love your profile picture! Capaldi best Doctor.

[@RylanMoffitt]

they’re all theater losers. they don’t know what a concert is.

[@reliabled1762]

Roo imagine commenting this on a video of a former broadway actor singing a broadway song

[@lupin5489]

@@reliabled1762 .. in a concert. It isnt like there is any reason for people to not sing along either, without that theater rule and the pressure of having to perform and sing the audience have every right to do as they please

[@lupin5489]

Though if it was directed at someone else I'm sorry, I just put my own two cents with the context I had

[@PfEMP]

I like that because it's a concert and not the Broadway show, he can feel free to change up the melody and rhythm

[@rivur._]

and it’s probably easier since he doesn’t really need to put as much emotion as he would for a broadway show

[@chriscostello642]

And being a Broadway musical performer you know he can sing it exactly the same 100 times in a row.

[@sneakyniko7656]

Are we not gonna talk about how beautiful he looks

[@scrappedaccount8607]

He's G L O W I N G

[@mariareynolds7723]

ROY PEREZ true

[@nellebolton7910]

Oh we totally are....

[@violet9853]

I'll meet him in my dreams 😎

[@linforthewin]

Leslie’s voice is so calming omg burr was made for him

[@Monogatari_]

I like your name and profile pic ;-;

[@Maxtextrequired]

Theodosia's Husband disliked this video

[@ninisings3801]

😬😂

[@BucksPackersBrewers]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theodosiaburralston2411]

Which one?mine or my mother's ex husband

[@BucksPackersBrewers]

Theodosia Burr Alston The common sense one.

[@leila8701]

@@theodosiaburralston2411 Your mother's ex

[@zoyahenry7484]

“Hamilton doesn’t hesitate. He exhibits no restraint he takes and he takes and he takes” that part gives me chills every time

[@jadaakenzua208]

Zoya Henry just as I read this the line came

[@emma1502]

I love it when I see another Hamilton/BTS fan 😌

[@Lakpaka.]

Sooo good mind 🤯 . Still haven’t gotten over that part.

[@bergiesfamily6572]

I guess we already know he doesn't use autotune. A decade from now he will be looking at this part being played by others, and know that he was the inimitable, the original.

[@QGonline]

Umm does anyone in theater, especially Broadway, use autotune?

[@juliana-wi6jw]

How would he use auto tune if this song was originally performed on Broadway?

[@runefaustblack]

@@juliana-wi6jw He means the recording. Quite a few people in Broadway (and everywhere in music) sound a lot better in the album recordings than they do live. Leslie isn't one of them.

[@sciencecharity]

stop talking about auto tune like it’s the devil

[@genuinekay]

Uh uhhhh I will always love LESLIES version of anything!!!!!

[@ryu7799]

In my opinion, out of all the Hamilton cast, Leslie is no doubt the best vocalist

[@gee2541]

christopher jackson is amazing too

[@melaniegonzalez8316]

oh 100%

[@naturalbby1722]

Christopher Jackson and Philippa Soo!!!

[@xzyrhelmercado16_]

Renee is a good one too!

[@kingcam0775]

The Schuyler sisters are better singers, but he's the more dynamic performer (In Hamilton at least)

[@meilani1126]

Leslie: **wears a red coat** me:..... *i thought you were amerwican*

[@amelia-xf6jc]

**British noises**

[@lordsp]

I'm perplexed not enough people played the ensamble in this concert... This is EXACTLY what you guys should do.

[@IceCreamsFTW]

If you start a sentence with "I'm perplexed", you bet your ass I'm reading your comment as Jonathan Groff

[@AlyssaJoyHiggins]

Rubba Dubdub 😂😂😂

[@laluenbaires]

@@IceCreamsFTW I did too!!

[@leila8701]

@@IceCreamsFTW It's illegal not to 😂🤷🏿‍♀️

[@c0llapsingst4rs]

@@IceCreamsFTW HAHAH ME

[@mollyrweber]

His voice is so much deeper in this version and i'm livin for it

[@lax2652]

Broadway singers immediately goes into character once they started singing their character's song

[@peblezQ]

The audience joining in with the ensemble parts gave me life.

[@lyss9522]

“I am the one thing in life I can control, I am inimitable, I am an original.” hits so hard, because it’s so true. Love this song

[@IbokRock811]

SO MUCH CONTROL. God I love this man and his voice

[@saifsufian4286]

He is the one life he can control after all

[@fearlessly2]

that zoom at "he takes and he takes and he takes" really sent me 😂 also, his outfit is on. point.

[@azjahnaejones1449]

“life doesn’t discriminate,between the sinners and the saints“ gets me everytime ❤️

[@michaelmorrison1701]

“And if there’s a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive, then goddamnit I’m willing to wait for it.” Chills

[@oaktree4564]

The dislikes are Hamilton with 9 accounts

[@IyannaSal]

You mean people that hate Hamilton

[@oaktree4564]

NyxSal no I meant the literal guy 😂

[@tomis6719]

"I'll dislike under a pseudonym, you'll see what can I do to him"

[@oaktree4564]

Tomi S 😂

[@RylanMoffitt]

NyxSal omg!1!1!!! people don’t share the same music taste as you!1!1!!1!!

[@lari2804]

Honestly I would have shouted the lyrics like crazy! This is so good!

[@sassyhere9393]

me too

[@uknowwhoiam5982]

Burr is the best character from Hamilton. PERIODT!

[@berknee]

i love the instrumentation in this version!!

[@marvelous402]

Agreed! It gave a really different, but awesome, feeling to it. The piano is amazing!

[@miggyalejandro]

Best song in the musical imo

[@brownie3454]

yes

[@Ni-vz8rh]

he is a miracle !!!!!!!

[@angelahonan9395]

He truly is.

[@avaelena5785]

Fr

[@laurenring9721]

My fave/most underrated song in Hamilton who’s with me? ❤️

[@patriciahigh1310]

Agreed.

[@brownie3454]

it’s everyone’s favorite

[@Ni-vz8rh]

Wow !!! Leslie is still singing this song! it is very nice !

[@dreamingofclare]

Like what the uploader has stated, the person was just having fun at a concert 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ Let’s try not to blame the person beside them for singing along to such a bop tho 😖

[@emberxox388]

I could literally barely even hear them everyone getting mad for nothing

[@lolafalana690]

He is so underrated... I love him

[@rachaelmorris9931]

Me: Googling the definition of “inimitable” because it’s my favorite word in this song 😂

[@pepperrona]

How does Leslie look and sound so much younger. Hahaha I love this so much!

[@EzioHanitore]

Probably cuz he doesnt have to do it 8 times a week now lol

[@js7539]

It’s the hair. I was shocked the first time I saw him not bald.

[@diyakisoripatel3493]

THE SMILE AT 0:33! OMG! 😍

[@KJones-qs7ju]

I am so jealous you got to see this in real life. So beautiful

[@meurisolutions6081]

This song makes me cry 🥹 it’s so beautiful

[@max_mittler]

"if there's a reason I'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died, I'm willing to wait for it" suchhhhh a powerful and understated lyric. Lin is a genius and Leslie is an incredible performer.

[@lerolero8604]

See Leslie singing like Burr and wearing in red was weird to me 😂😂😂

[@aubriellerobinson5491]

I wish I was in the room where this happened. Wait for it is my favorite song!! Leslie is a king and beyond talented, by far my favorite “villain”🖤

[@renata6599]

I don't know how he does it, but everytime Leslie sings he makes me soo emotional. His voice has something special.

[@polarimani5709]

This song Is definitely on my Hamilton top 5

[@mariamedrano4562]

Funny how before and after the video, I get ads for Hamilton lol

[@homiedonthateg]

Omg this song is everything hoped you enjoyed it

[@Cyber1975.]

I did! He was incredible.x

[@pamelamays4186]

All actors playing Burr have a picture of Leslie in their dressing rooms for inspiration.

[@delaneyyy813]

I'm crying "I am the one thing in life I can control, I am inimitable I am an original" gives me CHILLS every time.

[@g6313]

his voice is so calming

[@mariejeanlaurent7153]

I just love this guy, he was absolutely amazing in Hamilton from the beginning to the end. 🥰

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 39TH BIRTHDAY LESLIE ODOMS, JR. (AUGUST 6, 2020)

[@lilslive]

I think im in love now-

[@pamelamays4186]

How I would see myself singing this on karaoke night.

[@lighterlikeafeather]

My God, his voice just sounds like smooooooth butter 😍

[@rachelguzman6368]

He is so perfect

[@victorianoeli5139]

Leslie is a legend. I can only imagine what it feels to see him perform live 🫶👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️

[@rnb96]

he's so FINE

[@thenationofdefecation7969]

Thank god people can finally sing along now that it's a concert

[@angstmadewizard]

THEM CONGAS AT THE END.

[@ndoina_]

His voice 😭😍

[@katiekawaii]

God he's incredible

[@beatrizalves4413]

HE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@awweeezome]

magical!

[@leticiachavezgonzalez180]

Thank you for the video! I recently became a Hamilton fan 💕

[@blessedk77]

This gave me life!

[@lillywebb252]

The power in the song is just amazing🥺

[@nicolamcgiveron3133]

Gives me goosebumps

[@armyforlife3191]

mi cancion favorita

[@shanetaffy3496]

This man is amazing

[@Lindastyle]

I can listen to this mans voice all day every day

[@alainapapritz1380]

What a king 🤩

[@heathers1025]

So cool to see him sing it his way like this. Amazing how he gets into it!

[@betiyeee]

OMG LOVE HIM

[@neferene1]

So good!

[@iwasagirlineldiadoingalrig7290]

I love this

[@emorynguyen1583]

That was great! thanks for sharing 😄

[@nancytaulbee]

Lol ❤️ thanks for recording this!

[@gfern7]

I get chills every time I hear this song, no matter what.

[@sleepycat3055]

His voice is amazing 😍😍👌🏻❤️

[@latifahchenille9]

So different live. I love him

[@AnAverageSkeptic]

Guy is so talented.

[@miriza2]

AMAZING! I love me some LOJ

[@NaToyaYvette]

His voice is so smooth!! Butttter!!

[@andromedagalaxy5950]

Thanks for this!!!!!

[@hangschummer6600]

Goosebumps

[@Patatube]

I LOVE HIM

[@LynseyDeVill]

Honestly think this is the best song in the musical!! 🌟🌟🌟

[@KateMich12]

This is the best song from the show hands down.

[@anthonybenway8514]

Burr is a red coat?! I knew it.

[@makaylarhodes7442]

😂😂😂

[@gwendolynpeterson5229]

OH SHIT THIS WAS RECENT AND IN MY TOWN HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS

[@giftybaffoe3896]

My favourite musical number from the Hamilton... dopeness wrapped up in a package..😙

[@iness.g2788]

dude leslie is the most purest person on earth like omg i can't deal with this. his vocals are amazing

[@TRU3-LOV3]

Yes!

[@help_me_im_dying374]

My names Leslie too I’m happy because he’s my favorite

[@godmused]

Sing my song Leslie

[@payaltrivedi5914]

Perfect specimen of a human being

[@maritzamoffett8021]

I couldn’t hear him singing. People! Shut up and let him sing it!!! Dang!!!

[@dnsjsbs]

WERE YOU THERE? NO! IF YOU WANT THAT LISTEN TO THE ORIGINAL

[@maritzamoffett8021]

@@dnsjsbs 😂🤣

[@latricehylton8093]

Both Lessie and Wayne can’t decide both are good

[@kaymay4205]

Ok Leslie I see you

[@derrickwilhoite7629]

This dude here...damn he can sing!

[@jomac841]

It’s good but it is so much better on stage. His voice is much more clear. It could be the quality of the audio but it’s very mumbling

[@melindamercier6811]

🤦🏻‍♀️ Is it really a shock to you that a live recording off someone’s phone is poorer quality than a professional recording put together by an audio engineer?

[@jomac841]

Melinda Mercier doesn’t change the fact it’s mumbling. Even with poor audio I can generally tell the difference between a performer bringing down his or her voice. I’m not saying it was bad just that he had to tone it down

[@irenelopez3829]

jomac841 not he didn’t live broadway obv. Your gunna sing louder orrrrr he sings so much he can chillax for a dam bit jesus

[@Deathlynumb]

The difference is in the instruments, the mic levels and the back up vocals to harmonise with him which he doesn’t have here take all that away still a fantastic performance

[@nancymatherlydhe5509]

Possibly one of the last live performances before COVID hit hard. Lucky folks!

[@SuperBonez]

This is Gospel