EPMD @ B.B. King’s
Yessir. I wasn’t missing this no way no how.
Me and my boy got there about 5 minutes past the time the doors were supposed to open at 11:00 and the line was halfway down the block. After standing out there for something like 45 minutes, the line started moving and we got inside relatively quickly. We’d been there for like 5 minutes when a quick little brawl broke out right next to us. Mr. Cee warmed up the room with a string of NY staples and eventually brought out Keith Murray. Keith tore it down like nobodys business, his energy is crazy and he brought it all on stage with him last night.
After a couple of false starts EPMD finally took the stage at like quarter to 2:00 or some ridiculous shit. By then I was feeling nice and I was amped up off the Keith performance, so I wasn’t even mad. They launched right into their classics in pretty much the same sequence as they appear on the Greatest Hits joint I’ve been riding around to all week in anticipation of this show: It’s My Thing, You Gots To Chill, Strictly Business. They were straight up EPMD, decked out in all black and controlling the stage like they never broke up. Good shit.
After maybe 5 or 6 songs, they brought out none other than Das EFX, which caused the entire venue to erupt as you can probably imagine it would. They did They Want Efx and Mic Checka and surprised the shit out of me by remembering all of their lyrics. After they were done Erick and Parrish took back over and rocked some of their second generation of hits. They also both spit a couple of brand new freestyles that were pretty hot.
You have to understand that alot of this shit is foggy to me because I was drunk and enjoying myself and not really worrying about relaying this shit on a blog the next day. So, at some point my boy Reggie Noble takes the stage and does what he does. He did Tonight’s Da Night and Time 4 Sum Aksion and topped it off with this fucking crazy stage dive before jumping back on stage and walking off somewhat abruptly. Did I mention Keith jumped in the crowd a couple of times?
At some point they let DJ Scratch rock on the turntables, which was something I was looking forward to, and he absolutely killed it. Erick and Parrish eventually closed out the official part of the show with Headbanger which the crowd had been screaming for all night. Redman held it down with them and tore the whole building down when he spit his verse. At that point Red and Keith started doing Def Squad Delight, and a bunch of people started leaving thinking the show was over. I had actually started walking to the door too, but I turned back. Those people who left should kill themselves, because they missed a crazy Redman freestyle plus a couple of songs.
(Please excuse the hastiness of this rundown, I originally planned on just rattling off the highlights next to bullet points, but I decided to show some initiative.)
October 15th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
:)
October 15th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
whatup shanti.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
yessur
October 15th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
whatup. i think. not even sure which 456 i’m talkin to. are u the nahright vet 456?
October 15th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
yeah, who’s the imposter that’s been using my name?
October 15th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
i didn’t know there was an imposter until u said something about it in the last post. whatup though homie. its been a minute.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
sunday night posts = crack
October 15th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Redman = needs to get his album out, plus needs a new label.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
i wish i was at that epmd show. but i can’t complain really: i just came back from seeing jay in accra, ghana. the show was off the hook.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
what up nation.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
@ 456
damnnnn. i’m jealous.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
>> and Kieth started doing
typo, but it doesnt even matter
October 15th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
456 kill yourself
October 15th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
@shanti
yo. ghana gave jay so much love it was crazy. green lantern said it was the best show on the tour. it was my first time in ghana and i went around to some of the shanty towns -one was called ‘Brooklyn’, another one was called ‘Sodom and Gommorah’. cats is living hard.
sidenote: beyonce was with him – she didn’t perform – but i seen her up close and chick is the truth. no make-up and fine as hell.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:08 pm
nation of moderation Says:
October 15th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
456 kill yourself
^??
October 15th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
for the jay concert
October 15th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
@ 456
when i was in ghana i remember going to “sodom and gomorrah.” i went to a couple of other shanty towns too but i can’t remember any of the names. sodom and gomorrah sticks out in my memory. it was hard seeing some of the people live so hard. i remember i was eating ice cream and i basically only had the cone left and this lil kid came up and asked me if he could have it. broke my heart.
i LOVE ghana though. i need to get back over there.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
nation you don’t know the half. i saw him again in capetown, south africa and he had 20,000 people -white, black, whatever -throwing up the diamond screaming ‘Hova’. Ten years ago Jay-Z wouldn’t have been allowed on the stage. his moms was there singing every lyric.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
@shanti
i was feeling ghana too. it is so much more laid back than nigeria. it actually feels like the carribbean in a way.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
i hope he pick deelishis
October 15th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
so i’m not the only one watchin FOL i see
October 15th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
haha he still didn’t pick new york
October 15th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
he picked deelishis aww shit he shitted on new york
October 15th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
he a petty bastard
October 15th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
They both ugly…but that shit is funny
October 15th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
deelishis’ grill > paul wall’s grill
October 15th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
man the reunion special is gonna be off the chain vh1 milk flav for everything he worth
October 15th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
thats dope…
October 15th, 2006 at 11:50 pm
damn man flav shitted on her again.. that reunion shit looks crazy too, looks like some bitch jumps new york at the end.. haa.
yo i heard new york got her own reality show outta that mess.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
yo i heard new york got her own reality show outta that mess.
>>she should, i dont even like ha ass but… DAMN you cant help but feel like a joke gettin dumped by flav twice
October 15th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
This post is lovely!! Epmd, best duo chemistry ever! I have Business Never Personal in the car right now. Salute Esk!! Audi five thousand!!
October 15th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
dam
October 15th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
new york izs on that whitney houston diet
October 16th, 2006 at 12:12 am
i remember when eric sermon tried to kill himself. Said he got hit a a car. Bullshit. Glad to see him back.
October 16th, 2006 at 12:25 am
reggie noble? isnt he a rapper or something..whatever happened to him
October 16th, 2006 at 12:32 am
Britsh Wack dudes talkin ish to the game……thesew dudes are lame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCVM0Ig88FQ
October 16th, 2006 at 12:33 am
^^^^^^^^^^^^
lmao, thats Redman
Whats really good Nahrighters?
October 16th, 2006 at 12:40 am
What up Stacker?
That show looked class Eskay you little fucker. I bet that Redman freestyle tore the joint down, now get that nigga Hov to release a fuckin Funk Doc album.
Copped another Lifestyles of the Poor and Dangerous Big L joint again at the weekend, my ex chiefed my copy, thievin little hoe. That nigga = 5x > Jay Z
October 16th, 2006 at 1:01 am
Nothing much nigga, shit good round here b. Yeah but real talk Big L is a beast on the mic, nigga is most def better than hov lyrically.
October 16th, 2006 at 1:13 am
Yeah mayne, that was some real Hip-Hop shit going on up in there that night complete with the mini-brawl that didn’t even need security to squash. Niggas was grapplin’ and scrappin’ they seperated themselves and just walked away.
Keith Murray be talkin’ that weed shiite but that nigga is so amped I think he have a little mescaline or acid in him. He is that nigga to open a show because he just get wild from the gate. Red was off the meter too. You see how dude jumped up after he went bodysurfing in the crowd?
All in all it was some real Hip-Hop shiite. I’m trying to see Redman and Raekwon at the show they are doing there in November.
October 16th, 2006 at 1:34 am
Redman and Raekwon doin a joint together is whats really good. I’d sell niggas back into slavery to go see that joint.
Raekwon + Redman concert most probably > Roc the Block concert
October 16th, 2006 at 4:38 am
nice
October 16th, 2006 at 5:42 am
zoop zoop!! morning pee-o-ple
yo nation what was this about? —>>> sequoiacap.com/
woulda prefered the bulletpoints – easier to skim through, sound like epmd still can rock a show tho
i hate mondays (c) garfield
October 16th, 2006 at 8:23 am
damn, sounds like an ill show. and to think, i was blasting “mic cheka” on friday for some random reason… looks like you enjoyed yourself. holla.
October 16th, 2006 at 8:45 am
rough enuff to take new york from long island!
October 16th, 2006 at 9:02 am
tinyurl.com/ykoa9x
October 16th, 2006 at 9:31 am
Damn. The brothers from Brentwood and Ra gettin’ very little love up in here. To be at either one of those shows would have been off the meat rack!! DeafJam free Reggie you clueless fcuks!!!!!!!
October 16th, 2006 at 9:36 am
thats whats really good right there.
October 16th, 2006 at 9:58 am
… what y’all know about Brentwood ?… asks the landLORD, graduate of Brentwood High (Ross Building)…
“… Do you remember me from Noble St. chief ?…” (c) Biz Markie – The Vapors….
October 16th, 2006 at 10:11 am
yo, i was there, that show was fuckin bananas…i loved the chemistry between e and parrish, it looked like they havent lost it since breaking up, i did not like the fact that i got spat on by das efx tho, i kno this is hip hop, but shit, dat was just some ol other shit, but it was a great show, definately what hip hop needs right now…..
October 16th, 2006 at 10:21 am
landLORD Says:
October 16th, 2006 at 9:58 am
… what y’all know about Brentwood ?… asks the landLORD, graduate of Brentwood High (Ross Building)…
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I don’t know anything bout Brentwood except for the fact that E&P are from there. That’s the one song I don’t have from them…”Brothers from Brentwood L.I.” It’s damn near impossible to find.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:27 am
sounds like fun times
October 16th, 2006 at 10:31 am
Hit Squad was running tings in the early 90′s!
“the era of EPMD” (c) Cormega
October 16th, 2006 at 10:33 am
lol @ rakim, keith murray, reggie and epmd poppin up out of nowhere and still sounding fresher than most of you 80s crack babies thats supposed to be on top of your game right now. the new school lost.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:37 am
you have to understand though, they aint never got their starter jackets or converse sneakers jacked how they gonna sound tight on the mic
October 16th, 2006 at 10:39 am
I don’t know anything bout Brentwood except for the fact that E&P are from there. That’s the one song I don’t have from them…â€Brothers from Brentwood L.I.†It’s damn near impossible to find.
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yo g7, that song is the b-side to cross over, gimme ur email address and ill email it to ya, i have it on vinyl….
myspace.com/tbeceo
October 16th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Thanks Tekwun. Yeah, I knew it was b-side for crossover. Hiphopsite used to have it a while back, but not anymore. the address is gdacres@hotmail.com.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:45 am
aite bet
October 16th, 2006 at 11:42 am
Nahright Readers,
Does anyone know where I can a fake “dookie chain” for a halloween party
October 16th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
60th = platinum
October 17th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Awesome, please email a brother when you know such shows are going off in the NYC…..
October 18th, 2006 at 11:31 am
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October 26th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
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October 31st, 2006 at 6:47 am
all the people who have seen the live.
it s the joynt has been played?
thanks mannnn
epmd come on in italy