What a day off yesterday was!!!!
I mean aside from getting back to my condo at 6am and working at 10am I really cant complain. I drove up to Staten Island to visit some friends who were holding their CD release party in Manhattan. The Higher Concept can throw down with the best of 'em. It's great to put this group on stage at a hip hop venue and let them do their thing, the love and respect is in the air as they step on stage. Always pouring their heart and souls into the music its easy to see why once you hear them you instantly become a fan, if for nothing else then to just appreciate what these guys bring to Hip-Hop.
Bringing up guests on stage every other song keep it interesting. Tekst, IB, and Matty J...stars individually, but a constellation on stage that sets them apart from many other acts in my humble opinion. Great production by J.Glaze and lyrics full of wit, acronyms, synonyms, autonyms, homonyms and church hymns. It's not your average "hip-hop" group by any means.
Guest appearences by Jack Brown of Sophistafunk (who just opened for Fergie and Sean Kingston in Syracuse) and Christina La Rocca of The Heavy Weather Band (funk) based out of Cleveland. My favorite guest appearence had to be by none other then the one and only Joy Luv...a mere 5'3 maybe and 105 lbs soaking wet, yet able to bellow out sounds that you would think was coming from a woman easily twice her size. Her vocals over "House of Dreams" made it easy to see why I expect big things from this young lady (teamed up with J.Glaze) in the near future!!
On a side note, I did get 2.5 hours of sleep...and the trip was worth every bit of pain and headache I am dealing with during this shift. Can't wait to see them down here in Baltimore next weekend at The Black Hole. 2 weeks until the Chili Cook Off!!!!
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