Harlem, NYC was poppin' on Tuesday night! There was red carpet, mega lights and tons of fans! The street teams were in effect. I even saw a few vendors with tee shirts printed and ready to be sold...that was comedy. And of course, there were those who had tickets on sale for amounts that would make you cough up a lung! I don't know if I would ever go out to a venue for a conert with no ticket with hopes of buying one from off the street...well maybe for this concert.
The line outside was like the club. Ladies to the right, gents to the left. And to my surprise, there were large groups, well ok maybe 6 or 7 people per group, of guys who came to party to Hov together. Where's the love gents? Your lady friends can't rock to Jigga too? Oh well, I was with my boo( Happy Bday to U), as were a few other cute couples.
So, I'm inside. I am getting hyped. I see the whole Brooklyn (Hi Friends!) I hit the bar, bop a little to the tunes DJ Clue is spinning, laugh a little at Lebron James superman-ing that ho in the balcony, chat with a few peeps, then I'm back to my seat. When the first light dim's, I'm up on my two feet, my diamond in the air! I am so ready to get my 70 bucks plus tax and fees worth of Iceberg Slim!
Opening...intro to american ganster begins to play, the banner with AMERICAN GANGSTER in bold is visible. A fresh pair of high tops begin to emerge......Whoo!!!!! Its Hovi Baby!!!!!
He goes right into his set. Pray blares! The swag, the shades, the chain, its all in tact. He tells the audience, "Ya'll are too cool. I don't know who ya'll came to see but its Hov. Cut all that cool shit out!" My, how I love him!
Every moment that I was able to throw my diamond up, rock out with the Brooklyn boy, spit every word like I wrote it and scream like I was at a MJ concert was a high light for me. But if I break all of that down we would be here for days.
So here we go:
He did(and not in this particular order!) I know( the two step game has to be so serious for this song...pure genius this guy is!), success (Nas comes out with a bottle of bubbly and a cigar...they are really rocking together! Jay Hov and God's Son...OMG I can't believe my eyes...I want to cry! They go into Black Republicans as the crowd screams...hip hop history everytime these two take the stage together. They do the roc boys pound and Nas is out! That was great!) , ignorant shit( Beans has a very big belly! But this was so cute...felt like roc-a-fella around 2001...Hov and Beans even do a little two step), blue magic( this song sounds great live!), no hook (Hov didn't have to rhyme on this one...the audience had him of course, Hov puts his mic out...And I don't need no hook for this shiiiitttt), party life(Now this is one of my fav songs on the album and I really think he did this one...put they had Patron at the bar so...I may be making this one up..lol) He ends with Roc Boys(Tru Life, Bleek, Beans, Freeway, Chris, Neef, Diddy, and Lebron are wildin' on stage. Its a celebration bitches! And when its time for "La Chiam...wow! Hov didn't even have to say it...the crowd held him down. I was dancing my ass off to this!!!) I could have went for fallin' as well, as my boo would say...that joint goes hard in the whip!
Hova has hits: encore with diddy(who by the way was fresh as ever in a fur bomber jacket. He was a great hype man, he even did some of his signature moves), song cry(just a lil bit, matter of fact I think Hov was taking a water break with this one), me him him and her with beans n bleek( I believe this is when the roc boys first hit the stage for the night), what more can I say( I felt like I was watching fade to black..), 99 problems, u don't know( 1 million 2 million 3 million 4!), p.s.a( Bey was cheesin when her part came on!), heart of the city(the audience hand clap was crazy), show me what u got(Hov had everybody going "and wave, wave, wave", give it to me(all I needed was for Dame Dash to emerge...in my dreams I guess)
State property and the Young Gunz hit us with: change the game, what we do, can't stop won't stop! The Roc was definetly in the building! Eaarrrllyyy( Freeway voice)
In between it all, there were a few glimpses of Bey throwing back some drinks...my how the Southern Belle's do! She was supporting her man, chanting Hova and throwing up the Roc! And there was a freestyle that reminded everyone why this dude is THAT dude! He kicked it acappella...spittin true fire about how he's #1 again! This freestyle is full of comedy of course...especially when he's states how he's stepping on Elvis' blue suede shoes(if you have been in a hole this week, Hov has surpassed Elvis in #1 albums, he's only one behind the Beatles...talk about advancement for Blacks in music and for Hip Hop in general! I guess its not dead huh?)
There was lots of chants for Wezzy(sorry guys I think he was only at the Hammerstein because he was in town at the time for court), lots and lots of chants for the thoroughest borough BROOKLYN!!!!!! We were so deep in there...but Brooklyn is always deep!
Overall, I am a bad critic because I adore Hov and he can do no wrong in my eyes. Ok maybe Vol. 3, but there were some joints on there. But I think anyone would agree, he's Hov! You're not going to get back up dancers and no crazy light set ups. You get Jigga man donned in his black sunnies, high tops, and swagger! Other posts say he did a good 25 songs...I believe it because the big Homie has a catalogue!
He deserves to be # 1 on everybody's list...let's see what happens when he no longer exsists!
Peace!
S. Dot....ha ha literally!
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