Me and dad were running a little late so we missed
Cool Kids, Wale, and Kid Sister
But as important they are
They were minor today
MF Doom was finishing his set as me and dad were finding our seats
By the time we got situated
And said our hellos, and dropped a special one to our homie Phil
Phil does the sound for Tribe and used to do sound for Common
Personally I think he has one of the coolest jobs around
But we find our seats and Murs is getting into his set
His DJ was messing him up and Murs had to do his whole performance off one turntable
Kidz In The Hall came out during his set and performed "Drivin down the Block"
Murs did alright even though his DJ basically sabotaged him
In between acts guess who was hosting?
Supernatural
Along with him Scratch who is ridiculous
Supernatural who holds the record for longest freestyle
Proceeded with a crowd requested freestyle
He asked for a topic
The crowd chanted "Chicago Love"
And without question or hesitation
He started to rip it
People were throwing stuff on stage
He used that stuff like props seamlessly incorporating them into his rhyme
Dude was shortly put amazing
Not a bad host either
Next Dead Prez came and educated son
It was mind blowing to see them in person
And to hear them speak
It didn't feel like they were rapping but teaching
And I mean that in a good way
The way this gargantuan crowd of all people reacted was leaving me in aw
So many people with love for Hip Hop
Keeping it political Immortal Technique came on next
I've heard people put him in high praises
But now I have the utmost respect for dude
He can straight spit and just the way he commanded the stage was ridiculous
Also his DJ killed a little 5 minute set of scratching, I was in aw once again
After that and the smoke cleared
Kid Capri crept up onto the 1's and 2's
And proceeded to show why he is one of if not the best DJ's around
Rakim's set may have been short
But it was dope
He even showcased some new stuff
And I'm biting my nails till the release date
Next Oh My God son
Method Man and Redman
Unbelievable
First off, they're are one of hip-hop best pairings of MC's
Then the way the perform
We got Red throwing water on people
Mef climbing on stuff throwing water, beer, and peoples hats
Just the way they gave energy
Like they said to us "The energy yall give us, we'll give you"
And we must've out of control
Method Man walked on the peoples hands
They were like rock stars
Crowd surfing
Amazing
Next was Mos Def
And me and my dad are still mad about this
His set was short
Yet for the time he was on stage
The Boogie Man aka Black Dante
Tore down the roof off
I'm on my feet going nuts
Looking at my dad
He looks back
Without a word we both nod
This is Hip-Hop
We both yell
BROOKLYN SON!
Mos begged the guy in charge to let him do one more song
And guess what he closes with
Umi Says
That was a perfect segway for the next group
De La Soul
The way they gave energy that was so, and yes pun intended, "soulful"
Was incredible
The vibes from the stage was amazing
I'm really running out of synonyms for "great"
When they dropped the beat for "Potholes in my Lawn"
Crowd went bananas
Next I was able to witness history
Pharcyde
Performing for the first time in eleven years
I'll be short on this
Because the whole time I was at a loss for words
Just to let you know
When they broke into "What's up Fatlip"
And started playing "Passing me by"
I was slack jawed
Nas
Nas
NaS
I had to type it three times
Man to see my favorite rapper
Touch the mic blew my mind
He dropped some new stuff
Off the Nigger Album (Yeah it's titled that)
But when he broke into a Illmatic set I lost it for real
His set was brief but it was satisfying
Lastly when The Abstract came on
Ridiculousness
He performed some of his personal work outside of Tribe
And performed some new stuff
Instant classic moment
Then he finished a song and ran off to the side
Lights went out
I'm turning to my dad like
WTF
Then in like a minute the lights came back on
And along with Q-Tip was Phife
I'm so overwhelmed with this moment I couldn't speak
They ripped it something amazing
The show was finished the way it was supposed to
Wow I'm just now cleaning my ears out
Plus me and dad had GREAT SEATS
Like right next to the VIP section where Method Man was walking on people and throwing water on them
Alright here's some more things
Look it's me and my pops
And just look at the mere number off people
You lucky we didn't turn around
By like Mos Def set you couldn't see a person sitting down
Oh my goodness
This truly was a historic day for my most favorite thing in the world
HIP-HOP
I wanna thank all the artist that were out there
And my pops for hooking this up
This was the best father son thing we've done in a while
I love him a lot
Not just for this concert
But in general
He is the best
It was one of the best days of my life
The Brain's bells were ROCKED
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