Now it seems that things are really getting better
In my life
Is it just today or things are really getting better
We’ll see tonight
BOY BOY BOY…doesn’t that song hit close to home in anyone’s soul?
I’ve been to a few shows in my short days on Earth that I can vividly remember…Kanye at the Murat Egyptian Ballroom (pre-Jesus Walks), Little Brother at House of Blues Chicago (BIG ROME!), Kanye at the Indianapolis Fairgrounds (when Addiction was more than a song and had someone attached to it), Common/Talib Kweli at University of Cincinnati outdoors (even with a few raindrops raindrops raindrops raindrops still an awesome show), De La Soul at Butler on the Mall (…………..if you missed it then you MISSED IT), The Roots at Clowes (cracked concrete in the terraces from bass levels), Beyonce/Robin Thicke at United Center in the Chi (Thinking I was in love, but really in chains…not quite sure yet but thanks Phonte for the idea)…….
Anyway……since there are no coincidences in life, it falls in place that Big Rome didn’t go to the show but I went and I promised I’d detail him. HOWEVER, I had no idea the show would be too much to tell to somebody. Energy from the top to bottom. Top instrumentation. Top rhyming, saaaaaaanging, and just some good natured foolishness by Pharrrrrreal, Shay, and that boy Chad (hoppin around in the back playin the Moog! Soul Sincere!!!)
The band ran thru all the joints you would (or should) know and some newness as well….but with two drummassssss, a brotha on the keys who looked like my Uncle Yang, big fella on the bass, and a brotha on the Fender Strat goin Ernie Isley on that there thang!
Bottom line it was jammin like Smuckers grape. Again……if you missed it then well you missed it but catch em when you can……I’ll let you know how they do on the Glow In The Dark Tour in Chicago at United Center May 23.
Until then,
RIP Matthew Marino passed on 3/21/04…LOL when you were alive Katt Williams was just a “micro-mini pimp” but I think about you everytime I hear his name cuz you thought he was hilarious in Friday After Next…Until we meet again!
