An evening with the heads

Some of my complaints about the Dallas- Ft Worth area include:

a) No real appreciation for TRUE Hip Hop music here
b) The lack of support the African-American community here shows for concert attendance
c) The blind loyalty of the average Cowboy fan

That being said, last night my favorite rapper alive: Mr. Lonnie R. Lynn (b/k/a Common) came into town, along with De La Soul, Rhazel (from the Legendary Roots crew) & John Legend, so I HAD to check them out (as I said, there's small appreciation for the TRUE Hip Hop here in Dallas). Below are some observations I made while in attendance:

*OKAY!! My people came out to party tonight...on a school night (Monday) nonetheless!

*Why are they making us stand and wait in line if we have tickets?

*Man there's a lot of black folx here

*Why are they making us show ID if we have tickets?

*Damn you mean after all those truth.com ads, KOOL cigarettes are STILL targeting young people??

*What do you mean you don't know who "Rhazel" is?

*I can't believe AG (One of my partner's in crime) and I are the only ones here who know the words to "Lodi Dodi"

*I can't believe AG & I are the only ones here who know the words to "Top Billin'"

*I can't believe AG & I are the only ones here who have somewhere to be at 8 o'clock in the am

*"Yea kid, when Snoop did "Lodi Dodi", he REMADE it"

*I really hope Rhazel doesn't get frustrated b/c these Thundercats don't appreciate his talent...

*WAIT!! RHAZEL!! COME BACK!!!

*"Yes Danny, I'd like to open a tab...please keep the Heineken's flowin' "

*Okay, here comes De La Soul...

*Wow, I never thought these cats could pull of the "Buddy" remix without the Native Tongue family...

*Man there's a lot of black people here...

*I forgot how cold of a beat "Potholes In My Lawn" was

*De La is doing an excellent job of getting the crowd involved with this "Love Ballad" sample by L.T.D...I don't think they're ready for "Much More"

*Good lookin' out on the Heineken Danny

*Here it comes......"and WHAT WE HAVE IS MUCH MORE THAN THEYYYYYY CAN SEE!!!"

*"I play the XBOX while you fuckin' with dykes" LOVE THAT LINE!!

*They have the crowd now...it's time for "Ring Ring Ring"

*Hakim, (another friend of mine) don't worry about what kinda vodka is in your Cape Cod...it's a free drink man!

* "Of the Soul" is definately doin' they thing!

* Why is Maseo constantly looping "Flavor of the month" by Black Sheep?

* Aww damn THAT'S DRES!!!!

*Man did Dres audition for a role as a Hobbit in "Lord of the Rings"?

* Hakim, we may actually get "The Choice is Yours"...LIVE

*What do you mean we aren't ready for it

* uh oh...uh oh... "ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER 9, ON THE New York...."

* ...BACK ON THE SCENE, CRISPY & CLEAN...YOU CAN TRY ALL YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN'T INTERVENE!!!"

*THAT WAS A GOOD SHOW!!! Thank you Danny

*Man, they didn't do "Ooooh" or "Da Bizness". Maybe Com will come out later w/ "Da Bizness"

*"What up Snook?? (another friend of mine)"

*Rhazel is back on stage, I guess he's the host. But nobody is really paying attention to him now..

* "Yea man, holla at "Danny" at the bar, and tell him you're on my tab

* UH-OH...here comes the string Bass to the intro of the BE album..

*Man, there's a lot of black folx here

*Here's Common, and he's commin' in all out sprint

* "...the present is a gift...and I just wanna BE.BE.BE.BE.BE.BE.BE.BE.BE.BE"

*......AND ON THE COUNT OF THREEE GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Mad love to Com to shoutin' out our Lord who makes ALL things possible...yes I'd like another Heinken, D Massey (another friend of mine)

*Dang, I didn't know this many ppl was diggin' "Faithful"

*Once "Faithful" ends, Com gets to talkin' about this chick that did him wrong...I think Badu is about to come out

*Oh SHEEYT he broke into "Testify"...you know, now the placement of this song on the album makes sense...

*AG, is he about to go thru the BE album track by track??

*AG, it's the beat son! This is your cut! That "Thelonious" fool!!

*"...still doin' this shit like dude from Wild Style...." THAT'S A HOT LINE

*wait they are looping that line...hold up Com is now in a T-shirt...OH SHEEYT HE'S BREAKIN'!!!

*...and then ends up in the B-Boy stance..."still doin' this shit like dude from Wild Style"

*Yes danny, I'd like another Heineken please.

*Com wont' stop!! Now's he comin' with his verse from "Respiration" off the Black Star album

*"...asked my guy how he thought travelin' the world sound? Found it hard to imagine he hadn't been past downtown" I personally feel that line speaks for 91% of the American public.

*Man, Com Sense has A BUNCHA energy! This man's "Cardio" program must be similar to Jerry Rice's fool

*Com keeps pumpin' out the hits "I used to Love H.E.R." "Love of My Life", "Come Close" I wonder if he's going to do "Watermelon"?

*Better yet, maybe he'll bring out De La and they'll rock "Da Bizness"

*So wait, did Common just do a 6 minute freestlye off the dome and shouted out "Deep Ellum", "I-35", "Central Expressway", "Michael Finnley & Dirk Nowitski", "Jerry Jones" & the "West End Plaza?"

*Okay "The Corner"...very hot song!

*"...yes Danny, and this time w/ the Heinken let's you and I do a shot bruh...you are on your job!"

*Man, is Com now going thru the crowd??, oh ish here he comes!!!

*Man lookin' @ everybody's energy & vibe, I'm reminded of that deodorant commercial: "When she sweats, it's sexy...when you sweat...YOU STINK"

*DJ Dummy is nice on the 1s & 2s...but he should've got more time

*"Wow what a show! But he didn't do "Da Bizness" nor did he do "Food".

*Jamiz, (another friend) what you drinkin' man??

*Say FP, (yet another friend) why did Common sign your T-shirt "Love, Common"?? He could've at least put a "1" in front of the word love.

*John Legend??? Man, I dig the cat's music and all, but there's no way he's topping what we just saw

*...matter of fact, why do you put a soul cat as the top billing of an hip hop show? The promoter needs a foot in his rectum for that idea

*Man, John Legend could've played Frodo Baggins & Dres could've played Sam Weiss...those cats are small

*"Danny close my tab...RIGHT NOW!"

*"Alright fellas, I can't do too much more...John Legend is getting ready to slow it down, and I'm still high! I'll shout @ you for the next episode...

Shouts out to AG, Hakim, FP, Malcolm J, Malcolm M., Stacey, Ashleigh, AT, Turo, Snook, Jamiz, D, Craig & Lisa...good to see you all out last night reppin' the Dee Eff Dub

Extra shout out to Common & De La Soul. With the exception of not performing "oooh", "Da Bizness" & "The Food"...y'all did not dissapoint

Still curious as to why Mickey D's charges you extra on the "OJ" for the breakfast value meal,
B. Holcomb