Arriving in true style, the 18-year-old R&B/Hip-Hop artist Houston pulled up in a stretch limousine, rolling out with an entourage to perform for Santa Monica College at the amphitheater last Thursday.

Preceding the performance was an interactive show conducted by comedian, “Rod Man.”

“All the ladies come on down front, Houston’s got somethin’ special for y’all,” said Rod Man.

Rod Man then called for a girl to come up on stage and give a little dance performance for the crowd.

SMC student Liz O’Neal answered by jumping upon stage and showed the crowd some of her

impressive moves drawing both cheers and chuckles from audience.

After about 20 minutes of comedy the main act came on stage, with Houston and his two hip-hop dancers, all in velvet jumpsuits, bursting into the first of three songs that made up the short set.

The first song was a hip-hop number that got the blood going in the crowd. The dancers were in back running through an intricate series of well-choreographed dance moves while Houston worked the crowd.

The second song was a love song in the R&B style, where Houston and his crew started passing out roses to the “ladies” sitting in the front row.

After another R&B style song he took a break for another 20 minutes and Rod Man came up on stage again to take the audience through the delay, this time calling on any rappers to come down and perform, announcing that this could be their big break.

SMC student Ant Jones stepped up and gave it the old college try but was given the gong treatment, as Rod Man heckled him saying that “rap was definitely not in your future.”

Houston came out for his fourth and final song and got the audience more involved while singing and taking women by the hands and serenading them and even going so far as to rub their hands on his stomach causing some shy but willing participants to blush.

“Nice abs…Like a washboard,” said student Ruth Perez.