SHOWS, SHOWS, SHOWS



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Monday, July 24th & Tuesday, July 25th: Jurassic 5 w/ the legendary X-Clan at the House Of Blues on Sunset
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I'll be at the Tuesday night show...COP THE NEW ALBUM FEEDBACK THAT DAY, TOO!!!
UPDATE: One word: DDDAAAAAAMMMNNN!!! I saw these dudes rock it at a $5 show a couple of years back and I thought that was one of the best shows I'd ever seen, but this topped it ten-fold. To say it was amazing would be an understatement...J5 really are performers in every sense of the word. They rock the crowd just about better than anyone I've EVER seen...and I've been to A LOT of shows. From Nu-Mark's AMAZING abilities with the wheels, to even rockin' with kid's toys, to the whole crew playin' drums from those old desks in high school (you had to see it...) to Tom Green rockin' the mic. Yeah, you read that right...TOM GREEN!!! It was an unbelievable set that clocked in at just under 2 hours, and I'm sorry to rub it in, but if you weren't there you missed a true experience. They'll be around the country, so I urge anyone to catch them live at least once. Even my boy, who is one of the hardest dudes to impress, told me as soon as we walked out "Man...that was an experience." Much props to J5 for comin' back and takin' out the doubters. Hip Hop missed y'all :)


Wednesday, July 26th: Sabac Red (of now broken-up Non Phixion) at the Knitting Factory. He's one of the coolest cats I've met tho, and he puts on a good show.
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UPDATE: I didn't make this show. My bad, 'Bac...but life got in the way. Maybe next time...

Friday, July 28th: I'll be at the Dodger game (yes, AGAIN! And I HATE the fuckin' Dodgers...) and then we're rollin' to peep my homie Art (yeah, yeah!!!) of Technicali, LD & Ariano, Declaime and the one and only LMNO
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UPDATE: The Dodger game pretty much sucked (it was a route...and I HATE seein' those fags win...), so my homie and cousin had a fun time rubbin' it in the whole time to me and my bro. Oh well...the show was ill, at least. My boy Art set it off, LD & Ariano did their thang and LMNO fuckin' killed it, as always. Big ups to my main man KeyKool for chillin' with the homies...U DA MAN!!! And thanks to the ladies that kept the drinks comin'...open bars are the shit. See y'all at the next Friday Effect...

Saturday, July 29th: Roc C, Oh No, DJ Romes, Kankick, Literates and DILATED PEOPLES at the Majestic Ventura Theatre. Kind of a drive, but it'll be worth it :)
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UPDATE: OH MAN...WHAT CAN I SAY? It had been a minute since we'd seen Dilated actually headline a show, and in that time it became easy to forget just how ill their live shows are. We were all reminded just why they're one of the illest cats out right now. I wish the crowd would have been larger (the place SHOULD have sold out...), but the dudes up in the front that started the mosh pit were the shit. I was sore as fuck the next day, but it was worth that AND the hour and a half that we drove to get to Ventura. Dilated had a nice mix of old and new stuff. As long as they did "The Platform" and "Ear Drums Pop", I was in pure heaven. They're still one of the best acts to catch live. Anyone readin' this can catch them at Rock The Bells on Saturday. Their set won't be as long, but it'll still be ill...half short, twice strong. Keep makin' L.A. proud, fellas.

Monday, July 31st: The legendary Boot Camp Clik at the Knitting Factory
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UPDATE: Why can't a fuckin' Hip Hop show ever run on time? Well...maybe not ALWAYS, but still. Grime was ill, and some of the other acts were cool. But I was there to catch B.C.C. and they didn't get on 'til well after 12:30...A NIGGA'Z GOTTA BE AT WORK THE NEXT DAY!!! If their set had started at 12:00 like it was SUPPOSED to, I woulda had time to catch Black Moon. But an emergency sprung it's ugly head and I had to bounce early...I didn't even get to see Buckshot :( Tek & Steele set it off, tho. And they got so much classic material, it's ridiculous. It was still an aight show. Big ups to the peeps I met last night. It's always good to be among other Hip Hop junkies. Respect...

Saturday, August 5th: Do you really need to ask? If you ain't at ROCK THE BELLS, THEN YOU AIN'T SHIT!!! Don't sleep or you'll miss the train. Self Scientific, Visionaries, Supernatural, Dilated Peoples, De La Soul, Immortal Technique, Mos Def & Kweli, and mutha fuckin' Witty, Unpredictable, Talent And Natural Game!!!
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UPDATE: Peep my previous blog post for my recap of an insane day...

Saturday, August 19th: Lord willing, I will be in Philly to peep the Around The Way Jam...Boot Camp Clik, Jedi Mind Tricks, RAKIM!!! and Wu-Tang...AGAIN!!!
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I don't have all the info yet. I know, I know...it's a long way to go for a show, but it's gonna be a birthday gift to myself :) I just hope I can make it...
UPDATE: Well...like I said from the beginning, "If time and money permit..." I would go to these shows. Money didn't permit this time, so unfortunately I never made it to Philly. I had so much other shit goin' on that I never really got to plan this trip out the way I would have liked. I really hated missin' out on this show, but I figured that all the acts on this bill I've either seen in the last couple of months or I will see pretty damn soon around So Cal. It's all good. Maybe next year :)


-Rm