“I can now rest.”
Amadeo

I went to Afram (or the African American Heritage Festival) this weekend. Well actually I went on friday and had other adventures the rest of the weekend. Friday was a special day, I’ve mentioned some of the great Hip-Hop moments. Rhyming to a Biz Markie beatbox was great. The Hip-Hop Temple show at Tramps was beautiful. This weekend however may beat them both for the number one spot. Kool Herc, Just Ice, Grandmaster Caz, Whodini, Biz Markie, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, Dougie Fresh, Slick Rick and Lil’ Vicious. Hot damn. That was a hell of a show. The only down side was for some reason people want to break out chairs two hours before the show starts and just sit at the front of the stage. This is a concert not a sewing circle, stand up! The best thing was I didn’t know Kool Herc was going to be there and that was a real treat. To quote BlackThought, ” Emcees never showed loyalty yet Kool Herc ain’t never get a royalty check”. This was the show I wanted all my clients to see. Everyone “performed”. Despite my fondness it wasn’t a Nas show where he’s drunk and forget’s his lyrics. These cats put it down…well. I can now scratch some things off my list. I’d seen some of these cats perform, but to have them all together was a blessing, especially considering the originator was there. Just a side note: whoever brought out the Channel 2 news team to introduce Kool Herc should be beaten with a bag of angry wolverines. I don’t watch them for news purposes, I don’t want to see them right be for the Godfather of Hip-Hop comes on! At a later date I’ll share what the rest of my weekend looked like, suffice it to say I’m at work and I need a nap.