Rock The Bells Rocked

To my readers outside DC, I definitely recommend checking out the Rock The Bells concert when it comes to your city. This was easily the most entertaining and well-organized hip hop show that I have ever been to. I mean, to have this many legendary acts on the bill, and have them all actually show up and perform virtually as scheduled is unheard of. Most rap shows, it seems like it takes 45 minutes to an hour bewteen each performer. That is, if the main act even shows up at all.

I remember the first time I had tickets to a Wu-Tang Clan show back in college. The only members of the group to show up were U-God and Masta Killa. Since people paid good money to see the entire Wu-Tang Clan, and only the two least-talented members arrived, there was understandable anger and backlash. At one point, a couple of folks threw plastic water bottles at U-God.

Luckily, the Rock The Bells lineup was stacked with top-notch talent, from top to bottom. I’m just going to run down the highlights in a bulleted list, since that will both be easier for you all to read, and less stuff for me to type at 2:30A.M.     Read the rest of this entry »

Erykah Badu Groupie Talk

Transcripts from a chat held earlier this morning:

Marlene: Badu’s in DC? Damn :(

Leon: Yep. Her and The Roots

Marlene: Oh wow.

Leon: I’m going to be a male groupie and have sex with her, just to see if she’s as freaky as I think she is…

Marlene: um you’re gonna end up wearing crochet pants. She has Galactic Cat.

Leon: So if you see me tomorrow dressed like Issac Hayes and smelling like incense, you know why.

Marlene: Nah, you’ll probably just be whimpering in fetal position. You won’t even come outside.

Leon: Yeah, I will…I’ll be wearing a dashiki, space boots and a football helmet covered in glitter.

On of the perks of being my friend: Conversations like these!