Friday, April 9, 2010

Rappin 4 Tay in Renton

As soon as I heard about this show I knew I was gonna go. I didnt care how wack/unknown the venue was or where the show was. I remember the very first time I ever heard Rappin 4 Tay. My homie Brad came over and had Doug and I come outside to listen to this new cd he had just bought...he was with one of our older homies in his car that had a system it had to be 94. He had just bought "Dont fight the feeling" I sat in the back seat and we scanned through the cd until it hit "Playaz Club" fast forward to 2010 and i finally got to see 4 Tay perform it live...Now IM not gonna sit here lie and say it was a super dope show...No as a matter of fact it was pretty damn wack...the venue was cool but it didnt have a stage...so he turned the situation around he performed in the bar area while the crowd stood where the stage should of been. He rapped over his vocals on every song and messed up a lot. Honestly i wasnt expecting a dope ass show from him just wanted to hear/see him do the classic as 4 Tay songs and as you can see from the videos he did ONLY those songs. So with all that being said this still was an epic night in the life of Ryan(On A Mission) Oh yeah and punk ass Krue did sock Kountry (security at that spot) in the face!...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Blue Scholars/Macklemore/Bambu/Grynch Eugene & Portland

Here are some video's and pictures of our weekend trip in Oregon...I am VERY disappointed I did not get any video footage of Bambu dude is very dope...puts on a great show also...If you get a chance to check the dude out please do. Both shows ended up selling out before the doors even opened. Blue Scholars fans love these guys like they are Justin Beiber and the fans are 15 y/o girls. What's crazy is there are 15 y/o girls packed in at the shows and along with all the other age ranges race's and different types of people they all know every single lyric too every single song...and they support (buy merch) like crazy...It was a very awesome experience being able to finally witness Blue Scholars perform outside of Seattle. Macklemore also tore the roof off each venue that man knows how to put on a show. Happy-ness Sadness Ups and Downs a Macklemore set is and electric rollercoster of emotions. Bambu is a mix between a street bred rapper and a conscious rapper. Just from the 3 show's I've seen him perform I can tell he's had/has one foot in the streets and his eyes in a book (meaning he knows what's going on out here in the world and projects it through his music and still puts on a super dope show in the meantime. With songs like "My Volvo" and "Chemistry" Grynch was the perfect person to warm up the crowd for the rest of the show. More and more people are hearing about not only Grynch but everything we are all doing up here in Seattle. Its a great time to be a part of this hip hop scene of ours...