gookie 7 August 2007 Parties & Events 143 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

seriously, hot as fuck, in every sense. It rains alllll week and that day, the Hip Hop Gods blessed us with dope performances & sunshine (too much though…for reals. everyone was stank & wet 5 minutes after arriving). So yea, I got hooked up with VIP tickets. yays. but unfortunately, the security people working the VIP area in front of the stage were dumb asses and didn’t know how to do their job. So for the first 2 hours i was there, i was on the phone and texting my contacts to get my VIP thing straightened out. Everything eventually worked out and i got access to that exclusive area.

..Saw Jedi Mind Tricks perform. They were dope..definitely rocked it. After them, Immortal Technique came on. His set was pretty entertaining b/c he was just talkin a lot of shit. After Immortal Tech, Pharoahe Monch performed. His set had a lot of energy. Had a live band and 2 chicks that could sang..near the end of his set, one of his singer’s boob popped out. I dunno if anyone else caught that. but yea. it happened. no pic tho. =/ haha and there was this crazy guy off to the side that was dancing his ass off. I was watching him, really entertained. Then i look past him and i see a couple of Miami Cops cracking the fuck up. And luckily, someone video taped him and posted it on youtube. awesome.

Then Talib came up, rocked shit like usual..Mos Def joins him on stage…insanity.then Common pops up outta no where! Everyone went crazy…Mos’s set seemed to drag on a lil bit but i think he was just trying to make up for David Banner & UGK not being there. Once Mos’s marathon set ended, i went over to the VIP area and said hi to a few people and happened to be lucky enough to get there at the right time and chill with the right person. People were standing in line for the Wu Tang meet & greet..and I’m with my girl, Roz & her friends. And we scheme to get close to the front…we bartered with some guys to let us get in front of them in exchange for an insane amount of drink tickets. Yes, it worked. My Rock the Bells experience just got more dope because a group of guys who have an affinity for alcohol….so met em, snapped flix..then caught the last part of Nas’s set. Me & my people were right in the front middle of the stage and right after Nas got off, these 2 chicks standing in front of me decided to leave so me & my girl swooped in. So for Wu’s performance, we were right there. It was us, the fence, then the moat of trash and nasty water, then the stage. I’m mad tiny so it was perfect for me. no big guys blocking my view. no stank armpits all in my face. no risk of getting a black eye from the vigorous arm movements from the guy next to me. And i got some fresh pics out of it too. I can’t even capture the essence of the performance with words because it was just pure madness. All i can say, if you haven’t seen them before, you seriously need to put that on your “To Do” list.

Miami definitely needs shows and events like this more often. Fuck the South Beach scene. Fuck the techno shit. The real hip hop scene in Miami is far from dead. We just need to step up and support. And maybe next year, they’ll come back…..and bring Doom with ‘em.

Check out the pics from the event by clicking below:

-Gookie-