DE LA SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so today was an ok day, nuthing really interesting till the night came. around 930 me and toya showed up at sonar(club/concert venue) for a de la soul concert. and got damn was it a good concert!!! my voice is close to gone now from screaming, my lungs hurt, me legs, especially the knees, hurt like hell. so lets chronologically:
first toya said she'd love to come, but id have to pay for her. then today she decided she didnt wanna cuz her day went so bad. then she changed her mind 30 min b4 we left. i still paid for her, 40 bones on tickets alone. neway we get there and its mad white people everywhere. but i figured it'd be like that=, sonar usually is. doesnt matter whos comin. plus they had the club part of the venue open too, so some was there for that. and the other thing about sonar is its always really smoky, like everyone in there is chain smokin. so we deal with that, opening act comes on around 930. doors opened at 8, we got there round 915-920. damn did i time that right or what?
the openers are a local cat named tislam the great, his peoples, and some crew called knomatik. tislam was first. i almost feel like i know this guy, cuz we are active on the same message board for b'more hip-hop. hes kinda big, does shows in canada and shit, still sellin cds for $5. so he rocked pretty much. his song selection wasnt the best ever, but he mos def rocked. had some chick named mystress come out, did a song wit her, and some cat named EQ, did couple wit him. then intermission. the dj was rockin like fuck during the intermissions. songs included 1)chief rocka 2)when they reminisce over you 3)slam(onyx), he def set the mood right. plus his jugglin skills were on point. btw i bought tislam's cd, got it with the "freestyle:the art of rhyme" dvd for $20(good deal.)
next was knomatik, this skinny white guy came up on stage. wearing a sweater(v-neck cardigan or sumthin) and some brown corduroy pants. i was like "aww they let their nerdy older brother introduce them." then he started spittin, actually wasnt bad. this crew was like 5 members, one black guy who didnt seem comfortable on-stage at all. they were pretty good, but performed maybe 2 songs too long. then another tight ass intermission.
maceo comes onstage and starts biggin up the dj. couple minutes later maceo starts a set on another set of turntables and the other dj leaves stage. maceo is playin nuthin but a tribe called quest, bonita applebum, award tour, scenario, eletric relaxation. and when he's on the tables and yellin in the mic, its hard not to get involved. got us hype as fuck. ill describe the rest later, i just realized its 2:10AM and i have to wake up for class in 4 hours 50 minutes...
first toya said she'd love to come, but id have to pay for her. then today she decided she didnt wanna cuz her day went so bad. then she changed her mind 30 min b4 we left. i still paid for her, 40 bones on tickets alone. neway we get there and its mad white people everywhere. but i figured it'd be like that=, sonar usually is. doesnt matter whos comin. plus they had the club part of the venue open too, so some was there for that. and the other thing about sonar is its always really smoky, like everyone in there is chain smokin. so we deal with that, opening act comes on around 930. doors opened at 8, we got there round 915-920. damn did i time that right or what?
the openers are a local cat named tislam the great, his peoples, and some crew called knomatik. tislam was first. i almost feel like i know this guy, cuz we are active on the same message board for b'more hip-hop. hes kinda big, does shows in canada and shit, still sellin cds for $5. so he rocked pretty much. his song selection wasnt the best ever, but he mos def rocked. had some chick named mystress come out, did a song wit her, and some cat named EQ, did couple wit him. then intermission. the dj was rockin like fuck during the intermissions. songs included 1)chief rocka 2)when they reminisce over you 3)slam(onyx), he def set the mood right. plus his jugglin skills were on point. btw i bought tislam's cd, got it with the "freestyle:the art of rhyme" dvd for $20(good deal.)
next was knomatik, this skinny white guy came up on stage. wearing a sweater(v-neck cardigan or sumthin) and some brown corduroy pants. i was like "aww they let their nerdy older brother introduce them." then he started spittin, actually wasnt bad. this crew was like 5 members, one black guy who didnt seem comfortable on-stage at all. they were pretty good, but performed maybe 2 songs too long. then another tight ass intermission.
maceo comes onstage and starts biggin up the dj. couple minutes later maceo starts a set on another set of turntables and the other dj leaves stage. maceo is playin nuthin but a tribe called quest, bonita applebum, award tour, scenario, eletric relaxation. and when he's on the tables and yellin in the mic, its hard not to get involved. got us hype as fuck. ill describe the rest later, i just realized its 2:10AM and i have to wake up for class in 4 hours 50 minutes...