Fakes, Crepes, and Hip Hop
July 24, 2008 – 9:09 pm
By Sean Deez
- Alright, so hopefully around this time gets up, my review and recap for Rock the Bells will be up, but my first topic is heavily based on what I saw. I saw plenty of fans there who really were there simply for the hype. “The Bald guy from De La Soul talked to me”, “the guy with dreads from the Pharcyde was cool”, “There are two Scratch’s?”. Yeah, it was a lot of that throughout the night that I heard around and well it annoyed me. I’m for new fans, I really am. I think Murs got exposed to a whole new fan base. I actually suggested “3:16″ and “Murray’s Revenge” to 5 dudes throughout the night, and that’s great. But why do these people get front row? Why do these people get the full on experience when they hardly know who some of these cats are? Not only that, they were like logs in water. It was frustrating to witness. It is hard for me to express so much ‘love’ with all of this because I’m a pretty big asshole. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am when it comes to hip hop. I just hate bandwagoners with a passion and I think there were plenty of them at RTB’s. The thing is, I don’t think they walked away with any appreciation or any change of perspective. A lot of talk when Mos sang “Undeniable” was “Wow, Mos jacked the Nas beat!” I know the guys around me could feel my pain, but one of my boys was the same way, but I still gave him the boot later on. It’s because I love hip hop so much that I’m like that. It’s like someone liking this girl that you’ve loved forever, but because she gets a boob job, only now are they digging her. Hip Hop gets the occasional implant…but whatever.
- So seriously, food is my kryptonite. After recently reviewing the Nas “Untitled” album, the track “Fried Chicken’ can be taken on so many levels, one regarding obesity, I can certainly see the symbolic power of one item of food. I believe Canada and the US are both in the top 5 in terms of nations with the highest rates of obesity, which isn’t good. Obesity means an unhealthy surrounding community, and that means bad for you or the people that you love. It really is a chain reaction. This is more on the health conscious tip, but do try to lay off the fast food. My boy and I recently made a deal, no junk food, unless it is our girl feeding it to us. Seriously Nottinghamer’s, stay active and while you are, listen to some hip hop. You find new appreciations for “Ante Up”, “Come Get Me”, and “Simon Says”.
- Well, I lost my voice at Rock the Bells. I put on a better performance and knew more of the lyrics than Nas did. It was really worth everything. I’ve been sick all week and haven’t been able to talk properly since Sunday, but who cares. As I mentioned above, there were the occasional fakers around, but that shouldn’t phase you. It certainly didn’t phase me because I was in a zone. Find that little comfort, not only at a concert, but in your life. Hip Hop has always been that comfort zone for me. I was proud to be a very dedicated and loyal member to the hip hop community at this show… but ask yourself, are you?
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LMAO @ “because she gets a boob job, only now are they digging her”! Good read
word em up Kev
1. “But why do these people get front row?”
- They get the front row because they are there 3 hours before the doors open.
“The thing is, I don’t think they walked away with any appreciation or any change of perspective.”
- Look at it this way at least they came to the show to supported the artist by purchasing a ticket; regardless of their intent on being at the show…they were their and paid money (hopefully). I’m a firm believer in that if you can put someone in a situation that is obviously foreign to them they will take something away from it. **Note** I’m an overly optimistic person by nature.
“A lot of talk when Mos sang “Undeniable” was “Wow, Mos jacked the Nas beat!””
- What are you gonna do?
2. Leaving the fried food/fast food alone and eating salads (leafy), baked fish/chicken, veggies, and drinking plenty of water; along with exercise will improve health quickly. I changed my diet over the last year where I cut out fast food (still indulge sometimes), candy, sugary drinks, and replaced it with fish/chicken, veggies, fruits, and water and I have seen the difference. Those types of foods just make you lazy and clog up your pores.
3. I Love H.E.R.. But also realize we all have a different relationship with H.E.R. even if its superficial (bandwagoners).
I’m rambling again……gone.
Big ups for the response Thomas, and I hope someone else here rambles outside of me… I love the responses.
No doubt, I appreciate the purchase of the ticket, but I remember one such experience at Wrestlemania when they came to Toronto (Remember the Hogan vs. Rock Match up?). Anyways, These high status people with no interest in wrestling at all bought tickets because well, it was the hottest ticket in town and could afford it. I remember standing outside of that long ass line up and almost crying (because I was like 13) because it was sold out. People like that get tickets when die hards (such as myself at the time) couldn’t.
Now, this show there was space for everyone, no doubt, there was plenty of space…but I mean, they are essentially taking up seats that a die hard would want, you know?
Sure, you could say “well if you were such a big fan you would’ve got here before I did” blah blah blah, I would’ve if I didn’t get lost lol
I hear you about H.e.R.. A friend of mine had “H.E.R” up in his name the other day.. he had no idea what it meant
“(Remember the Hogan vs. Rock Match up?).”
- By the time Rock came into wrestling…I lost interest. Now if your talking about the time when Hulk Hogan picked Andre the Giant up and slammed him….I remember that. The debate was did he actually slam him….yes he did. 500 lbs of man. Great stuff.
“they are essentially taking up seats that a die hard would want, you know?”
- I feel you on that one. I’ve always like experiencing a show in smaller venues. Seen Method Man and Redman at the 9:30 club in D.C. around the time Blackout came out and was the best experience I had…plus those guys are crazy. Seen Jay at the Verizon Center (use to be MCI Center in D.C….Wizards/Capitals play there) and worst experience because I was in the nose bleeds and had to watch the screen…they want WAY too much money for floor seats. My pockets were hungry back in them days.