August 17, 2008

Rock the Bells 2008

8 hours of bass heavy medleys. Shiiit.



Highlights:



*Rolling up in the parking lot, 8 heads deep and the first thing I hear after the parking break cracks: "Who wants some medicine?"



*Jay Electronica carrying a staff around the theater promoting "real hip hop" in the early morning to "real hip hop heads."




*Two hours in and I turn to my girl Drea, she's wringing her hands and looking HELLA confused, "I think those brownies had a little too much magic in them."



*Climbing solo to the top of the lawn and soaking in the last of the Summer sun while I could.



*Getting DENIED at the VIP bar. This was the funniest thing I didn't realize I was trying to do.

"You're trying to get into the VIP," the boy says to me.
"I'm just trying to party," I reply, shrugging my shoulders.



*DJ GI Joe looking absolutely chewable while working real turntables ie. NOT a computer screen.



*Method Man and Redman playing the best set of the night. For some reason, everyone had left to go to the bathroom and I had the whole row to dance my ass off. Redman got that swaaaag that I like!



*Mos Def, incognito. But he didn't slow it down long enough to toss my lace underwear on the stage.....



*A TRIBE CALLED QUEST doing a freestyle acapella that segued into Bonita Applebaum.



Honesty? This shit tired me out. We were so close to the speakers and got lost in so many clouds that walking out of the amphitheater was like waking up from a long dream. I woke up this morning and couldn't remember how the hell I got into bed. My body aches in places that have never ached... and I've got this stuck in my head...

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