Sup yall,
On Thursday night, April 30th, I hit the
Roxy on Sunset for an insane lineup that continued to grow throughout the course of the day. Initially, the bill was to include
U-N-I,
Adam Tensta,
Mickey Factz,
The 87 Stick Up Kids, and
Shawn Chrystopher. However, as if this lineup wasn't fly enough, by midday Thursday I saw via Twitter that
Diz Gibran,
Bleu Collar, and
Rob Roy had been added, so I was hyped, needless to say... The show was so dope that my FlipCam filled up and I had to manage the footage in real time to make sure I got a song from everyone. I'll post more footage later, but first here are some of the highlights...
Probably the coolest thing of the night, despite the venue dropping the curtains two separate times, was seeing U-N-I with a live band for the first time. I had to miss their performance at USC last week, but I heard that Y-O & Thurz were unreal with a full band! Peep this super musical rendition of Beautiful Day off of their debut Fried Chicken & Watermelon...
Another high point for me was catching the homey Mickey Factz, who is in from NYC... I'd never seen Mickey live and I was telling Thurz how impressed I was by his energy and stage presence. Dude ran through one of my favorites from him called Automatic, which got the stereotypically apathetic LA crowd into the show a bit....
Also in from
out of town fucking Sweden,
Adam Tensta &
Eboi took the stage to represent the notorious Tensta Projects in Stockholm. I love this dude's vibe and style and think his spit is pretty ridiculous, as evidenced by his double-time flow over sped up versions of his tracks. Peep this rendition of
They Wanna Know to see what I'm saying...
Rob Roy came straight to the venue from his day job, and was still wearing his uniform. This cat is super gracious and humble while insanely confident and sure of himself at the same time, and was hilarious when asking the crowd, "You like groceries? I just came from work right down the hill..." Homey performed his smash Fur in My Cap and left the crowd a little stunned - this kid is so charismatic and soulful that I think sometimes he overwhelms audiences a bit... which is absolutely a good thing in my book. I heard people in the crowd exclaiming, "That dude fucking killed it! He's fucking dope..." after Rob finished his set. I'm telling yall, pay attention to this kid!
And, to open the show, the homey Shawn Chrystopher performed his track entitled My House. I noticed a few production changes in the song and Shawn's deliver was much more deliberate than I've seen on this number live before. I dig both of the changes - this sort of growth is what really impresses me about dude... He's always working to improve!
If this night was any indication of where Hip Hop is heading (and I think it was), then we're in for a fun ride! I have more footage from the other acts that performed, and will get that up as soon as possible. Also, stay tuned for footage from some other dope events that went down recently in the City of Angels. Your boy's gotcha covered...
Peace,
-Breeze
