So, I went to a N*E*R*D/Common concert

It was fun as hell. Me and my brother got to Rams Head Live at like 4:30 so we could get the "Rock Star Entry". "Rock Star Entry" is basically boring as shit if you can't drink. You sit around and wait until it's time for you to go into the stage area and wait for the show to start. Surprisingly, there were no opening acts and N*E*R*D were the first to perform(awesome!).



As you can see, I was in the front row. Fam-Lay shook my hand when he came out(awesome!) and then they performed Anti-Matter. They also did Brain and a medley of songs from "In Search Of. . ."(awesome!). Their guitarist was awesome. He banged out the solo for "Sooner or Later" with ease.





They brought dudes on stage when they started performing "Rock Star" and "Spaz" which I couldn't catch because I was busy trying to get noticed. Meh, whatever. They also pulled ladies on the stage for "She Wants to Move" and "Everyone Nose".



Good for him!



That's the girl that me and my brother helped get notice so that Pharrell would let her on stage. She's cool. She was also underaged D=



Nonetheless, there were a lot of chicks on stage.

Oh, and Shae Haley had on the shirt that I'm buying.



Lucky bastard.


Afterwards, we waited, like, 45 minutes while they got Common's set ready. It had the set-up of the interior of a club/bar.



Nobody wants a Zune! Well, he came out, started off performing "Announcement" after the little interlude. He then interviewed the random chicks he picked to sit at his bar.



He also pulled a girl out of the crowd who's name was "Love". Really. He then proceeded to make innuendo about wanting to "be deep in Love". Tuesdai wouldn't like that, Common.




Either way, Common ripped it.









Well, that's all your getting for now. It takes long as FFFUUUUUUCCCKKK to load videos on youtube for me, so I might get maybe four or five videos up tomorrow.

Ingenious

That's ingenious. I would purchase the shirt, but I'm on a credit card fast right now. Seriously, a mushroom cloud on the bottom and a tree on the top? That's ridiculous as far as creativity.

You can get it here.

Strong with this one, the force is

It's good that Marc Ecko got this idea before someone else did. This might just be enough to get Ecko Unltd. out of the "wiggas only" trench that many clothing lines have gone in to(i.e. Anything owned by a rapper, Drunkn Munky, Southpole, etc.). I personally am not going to get it. I would wait for the inevitable Darth Vader version, but I'm sure that's gonna sell like motherfucking hot cakes and free sex.

snatched from Kanye's blog

The Cool Kids - Delivery Man

See, this is what I'm talking about. Instead of being like those fuck ass Retro Kidz and completely stealing from the 80s, they take elements of it and incorporate it in to their music and videos to show that it is inspired by that era. Cool video.

I might be a little. . .er. . . intoxicated.

I do not support underaged drinking.

Puntang.

Lupe Fiasco at the Kids Choice Awards

Lupe @ VMAs from kwest on Vimeo.

Yo, what's up with the Prince on the top Rick James on the bottom outfit, Lupe? Come on, man.

Consequence feat. GLC and Really Doe - Disperse

I'm kind of upset with myself that I keep sleeping on Consequence. I have yet to be disappointed by any of his songs, but yet I can't bring myself to download or buy the album. Out of all of the dudes on G.O.O.D. music, he stands out the most. The "other guys" are on the track, too. GLC is "cool" at best, and if I manage to not pay attention to one more Really Doe verse, he's going to be on Memphis Bleek status like Yung Berg and Jim Jones. LMAO@ Lupe Fiasco spazzing out. It's good that he reinforced my confidence in my Lupe Fiasco impression.

Drawing Apes

So the dude J Grady (a.k.a A Drawing Ape) has started his own blog, and if you don't know who he is by now, then. . . you're about to learn.









I found out about him on the REVIVE blog and he had made the cover for their mixtape that they made. If you haven't noticed, he's a pretty good artist. No, fuck that, he's an excellent artist. He takes different things from a culture who's name I have not discovered/thought of yet(You know, people who know who Nigo is, love video games, owns every Lupe Fiasco CD. We could call it "nouveau nerdy" perhaps) and forms paintings and drawing with meanings deeper than something you could think up on your own. His Fall of Rome painting is my personal favorite.

Point is, he has a blog now. I'm pretty sure he's getting more hits than me as we speak. He's a funny dude, and kinda weird which reminds me of myself, and he's always doing something interesting. Urban spelunking FTW.

Oh, yeah, I went to a Cool Kids concert

I went to the Cool Kids show at the Ottobar on Friday (June 6) and I have to say that it was a great show. First, me and my brother got there at like 8 when it was supposed to start at 9 and we were the only ones there. A few other people came before the opening, but I was kind of surprised. Once we finally got in, thanks to some keen observation I noticed that a show schedule said that the Cool Kids weren't going to come out until like 11 p.m. I was pissed and was irate that I would have to sit through all of these goddamn opening acts. Turns out I was kind of quick to judge.

The first performer was Baltimore native Greenspan who was actually pretty good. Since we could barely understand what he was saying, what stood out was his beats. He also mixed in Black Mags during one song in his show and rapped over the beat to "On & On" by Erykah Badu. When his time was up, the DJs didn't come out fast enough, so he started to freestyle over "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.

Afterwards, one of the Tax Lo DJs came out and started playing some music. We were kind of bored at first, but then he mixed the Cheers theme with a club beat and everybody sang along. I'm thankful that I'm not the only young black person in Baltimore that knows all the words to the Cheers theme.

Followed by the DJ, Flex Matthews came out, representing D.C. He kinda seemed like a spaz at first, but he proved himself. When he first came out, some guys in the back booed him, so he got on them a little bit. Once he was about to perform his second song about wack rappers, the guys started booing him, so Flex dedicated the song to them. One of the guys got enough balls to come up on stage and after Flex finished a verse, he gave the guy the mic. He asked him if he wanted a beat, but all dude said was "He's wack" and handed the mic back and got off stage. We booed the shit out that guy. Here's a picture.



Afterwards, a DJ came out and reminded us that the Cool Kids weren't coming out for like a half an hour and we were heated until he played some club music. Everyone was dancing for the entire wait. There was one guy drunk off his ass that was dancing.



Other that, it was just regular partying. It kind of trips me out how I'm the only male I know that dances without needing a woman on his pelvis.




Finally, the Cool Kids had came out. After like two songs, Chuck Inglish brought his little cousin from Baltimore on stage to do the Spongebob. One girl in the crowd said she could do it, too, so they brought her on stage and got her to do it. They played some songs from our youth like "Juicy" and "Gin & Juice". Then, they played "Shorty Swing My Way" (I don't remember who sings that shit). All of the girls went nuts, and Mikey Rocks showed us how he got girls in middle school, which was apparently by walking over and thrusting his pelvis at them. The entire show was energetic and well done and I didn't leave disappointed. Now for some pictures.






















And for all of you who absolutely HAD to know what was on their feet: