Ok, first off. This might be a long as post, simply because what happened lastnight was the dopest Hip Hop event I've ever experienced! Dream come true. Also, BIGGEST UPS to the FGBz & BRIDGE BOYS for coming & supporting Oui Groove. Appreciated hard! Now, let the story begin...........
Big fuckin ups, downs, sideways angles, streetfighter caps & respect to Home Brew Crew & their event team for doing the hard yards making this night one for the history books!...and all the musicians that put it down, couldn't of done it without you.
THE EVENT
What went down lastnight relit the hip hop flame on the homefront! Downstairs had bands/DJs & Rooftop had emcee acts with DJs, both filled with fuckin hearty as crowds buying out the bar, having a mean time & was a place where J Boog (who made an appearance) meant nothing. It was (to me) a hip hop heaven.
You had Home Brew, Usual Suspects, Money Mike, Koru Licks, Oui Groove & too many other dope NZ musicians just rollin' round like they were apart of the crowd, kickin it and joining in the vibe not being too cool dryball guys. There was no status...only this girl who had a BEEP BEEP, nice ass, Nek Lev bruv. Cheap liquor, good people, beautiful bartender with a smile so dope I got high & fuckin good music. It represented NZ Hip Hop to the fullest.
Hip Hop gigs were starting to get same old, same ol, but lastnight just fuckin inspired the musical souls of everyone that rocked up. Start of something awesome & it's nek lev stuff from here on. If you went Bacio or other commercial clubs, go jump off the balcony...you missed out!
THE CROWD
The crowd played the meanest role of the night & a fuckin mean one they were. Shot to all the support who came, feels mean playing for people (FGBz/Bridge Boys)! There was a solid mix of a crowd. Your usual white homies/chicks who get horsed and have heaps of money and just go crazy, foreign looking half-cast chicks that floss themselves, yung shottaz & their supporters, the Pacific Islands were well represented too, so were the stoners & just heaps of other good cunts. But everyone I saw was getting live whether it was nodding your head or full on MC Zumba moves, no one being dryballs or trying to prove points (well way less than K Rd) and people giving it up hard when people were performing & when that happens, the band or emcee performing feeds off the solid energy and puts more confidence into their performance. So being a good crowd helps & lastnight was a good fuckin crowd. Respect.
THE MUSICIANS/GREENROOM
What can I say. A dream come true. Always told people at school I was going to be in a band with my bros and to play on the bill of musicians that I love, was pretty fuckin amazing!
It was an endless night of good music, one after another. You never wanted to sit down or else you'd get told to get the fuck up from the crazyhorses to get in the groove. The rooftop was illest for emcees. It was pretty intimate & gave off a feel like you were in the hood just having the homies off the ave setting up on the street & getting live. Not to mention the crowd, they helped as said before. Interactive as, good shit! The atmosphere just seemed like the perfect comfort zone to rip it. When emcees ripped out acapellaz, it was the dopest shit, it's all about you when you do that & for those who did, carved it.
Downstairs where the band & bar was, ended up on point. The place wasn't packed like a Khuja gig where you feel the sweat of other hardcore fans but there was plenty of room to move, groove & conversate. All the bands were dope. Full of energy, full of feel & you could feel the heart in that shit! Jennifer Zea is insanely hot (killer vocals too). The bar was full like a fiend on crack, people were on that shit, helps when $20bux gets you a good deal! Watching different musicians and how they make love to their instruments is dope and just the level of enthusiasm was nek lev. Just on nek lev, I think it was the word most used in the whole night!
Then there was the greenroom. My first time, & I soaked it up, gotta say. I "drank like a kings" and probably annoyed the fuck outta every other musician just talking music for fuckin ages, my bad, I was living for right now. Drinking, just chillin & then you say wassup to the guy next to you & find out it's oh fuck..Scratch 22, oh fuck, Legal Money Mike...oh shit, Mt Eden Dubsteb! The night was full of them moments & it all just added to the reason why this night was Top Notch! If theres a greenroom, Koru Licks will reside there for the night haha but with all the brews, good cunts & random hot chicks that rocked through, you couldn't help but soaking up the atmosphere. FYI - I cleaned up because that's just what we do at home. Help make the mess, help clean up. It's just how it is. Big ups to the Greenroom, goooooood tiiimes!
The underground musicians on the homefront are dope. Kick back, chill, keep it real kinda dudes.
OTHER GOOD SHIT
I met this guy who had a stein-fro and a top hat. Truent I think. This guy is a top notch nek lev toast maker. How the toastmaking start, I don't know, but this guy had toast talent. He knew the routine of how to keep the toast rollin to minimise waiting time, knew the setting in which toast comes out crunchy but not too hard & knew all the good shit that could go on toast. I think hes in the wrong industry.Ever heard of Red Shoe Diaries? That's gonna be his next project name, or Sky1 lol
The beers in the greenroom were nek lev. Who has a beer that you can close & take away to consume at a later time? WTF. But I ain't complaining, it made me happy. Shot to all the people who kicked it in the greenroom for ages just chillin, it helped the tired dude that I was, out.
You're always gonna get some people who go against the flow, but lastnight it was about 5% if that. 5% don't have nothing on 95% down for the cause, in the groove gettin live good dudes.
To that chick in the kitchen, shot for that. It was mean hard. lol
Shot Chris Graham! He was in there haha Being Paparazzi & kicking it in the crowd like he's just some random dude. Solid
Lastly, to my band of brothers, Tonga & Rescue. Shot for the jam, I thought we were fuckin tight! If we played later, we would've got the crowd live! Shot brothers & homies.
Fuckin mean night bro, shoulda been there....and that night right there, was the best night of Hip Hop ever.
PS: Maybe I'm a bit bias because I love the underground more than commercial music but I could easily school you on why it was without a doubt (from what others & I experienced) the dopest night of hip hop ever. (excluding old school shit, they were pretty dope back then but that's what lastnight was...) Underneath The Shade Video Clip, coming soon......& we all chipped in.
To Be Continued........
