mp3 Intonation, Day One: Ghostface Killah, Lady Sovereign, The Streets,
bonus MP3
Ok, I had to run a bunch of errands and ended up missing Jose
Gonzalez, The Stills, and The Boredoms. I also found out on the
website (and it's on the ticket) that they don't allow re-entry. Can
anyone confirm that this is enforced? I'm not hanging around all
afternoon tomorrow to wait for Bloc Party.
Anyhoo, the crowd was fantastic. I can't estimate how many people
there were; maybe 5000-10000. I am one of those who always loses the
"guess how many marbles in a jar" game. There were lots of college
kids and Y-ers, a few X-ers, and some jailbait too.
Btw, I apologize for my crappy 2-megapixel camera. I swear it was
latest gear 5 years ago.
The first act I saw was Ghostface. He seemed quite amused that the
predominantly white crowd could rap along and knew all the old school
sh*t. He spat rhymes from 'Fishscale', of course, but also dug into
the extensive backcatalog of Wu-Tang, including Triumph, and old 36
Chambers stuff. The ODB tribute was a fitting rap elegy.
ghostface music
ghostface music
He asked some random girls to come up on stage and "Shake Dat Ass".
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Wu-Tang is here forever. Muthaf*cka!
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The crowd paces over to the Virtue stage for the S-O-Veeeeee.
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Lady Sovereign had her ponytail tied loosely on the left side of her
head and spat foul lyrics that would make George Carlin blush. Was
Chi-Town ready for grime? Well, sort of. Unfortunately, she missed out
on the opportunity to really excite the crowd since she paced around
only in the middle of the stage (and some to her left).
Make way for the S-O-Veeeeeee.
Walk to your right on the stage pl-eeeeeeze.
lady sovereign music
lady sovereign music
Thankfully, the crowd did get into "Hoodie" and "Random".
Random DJ shot.
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Finally, Mike Skinner (aka The Streets) took the stage. I was
skeptical of how effective he would be to close day one. Well, I was
pleasantly surprised. It turned out to be the strongest performance of
the night, thanks to the terrific backing band and vocalist.
Can you see him?
the streets music
the streets music
Ah, there he is.
the streets music
the streets music
the streets music
the streets music
Mike tried really hard to get the crowd to jump, to no avail. Sorry
Mike, the only way to get the tired, lead-footed, reefered-out crowd
to jump would be to play House of Pain's 'Jump Around' (and relocate
the crowd to a sh*tty dive bar).
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In anticipation of Bloc Party tomorrow, I leave you this: The Streets
cribbing Bloc Party's Banquet and rapping about stealing BBC Radio 1
DJ Jo Whiley's microphone to record his second album. Funny stuff.
the streets bloc party banquet Bloc Party vs. The Streets - Banquet
(remix)
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