Redman and Akir

The phrase “if these walls could talk” losses its meaning when walking into the lobby of the Fox Theatre. The walls don’t talk, they shout. They are riddled with pictures of shows from Snoop Dogg to String Cheese Incident and Tom Petty to Primus. This venue has lived an amazing life so far. Hundreds of world-renowned artists have played there. Thursday was no different, maximum occupancy was hit at about 10:30 when Akir took the stage. Accompanying him was Hasan Salaam, Payshir, and DJ G.I. Joe. The energy there never ceases to amaze me. With two tiers on both sides of the elongated room it forms a pit of 600+ people, siphoning the energy to the center. If words could only explain when Redman took the stage. Every show I go to I’m constantly reminded why I live for this. The crowd jumps up and down in waves caused by un-synced minds. I only watch from the balcony or back stage, I’m mostly over the shoulder-to-shoulder mayhem. I prefer the birds eye view over anything. The show went till about 1 am and I spent the rest of the night partying with the artists until about 4 am. I’m pleased that hip hop is not dead. .. now if rap could only face that plague. Redman did however give a speech that touched on music downloading. I stopped listening. . If he was asking me to stop, I wouldn’t. And if he was encouraging me to continue. . the speech was impertinent to me. GET OUT AND GO TO SOME SHOWS.

www.myspace.com/foxtheatre

www.myspace.com/akir
www.myspace.com/hasansalaam
www.myspace.com/payshir
www.myspace.com/djgijoe

Soulja Boy huh?

How can someone explain 11,441,392 Myspace hits from a 16-year-old kid in his basement?? Complete ignorance. I vomited in my studio this morning. This ever-growing gangster rap phenomenon never ceases to baffle me. I really wish that I could take my hit back. He owes me my time to research him and his count should return to 11,441,391. Half of this craze is attributed to word of mouth. Unfortunately you can not determine the amount of plays, because if I was to sit with my browser open all day and play the songs continuously, then the play count will rise with it. And as for the 11 million hits, I seriously hope that about 11 million other people were duped into looking him up just as I was. He has absolutely no talent and from his Myspace music previews NO LYRICS!. . Just repeated hooks and bridges. Ahhh, I’m done.