I feel like I have taken a fucking beating. my body feels all numb and shit. but i'm happy.
got there around 6:00pm, they were setting up then. got to talk to craze and chikaboo, very nice and down to earth people. they were all excited and shit for playing in such a big arena.
party started around 10:00pm, circle research were on first. I can't remember their names, but it was 3 djs on 3 pairs of decks. threw done some nice hiphop, just to chill and start of the night.
next up were double soul. didn't really feel them too much. they were on for about 15-20 mins.
next up on decks medicine muffin. hadn't heard this guy in ages, felt really good to hear some ragga. threw down a sweet set, made me dance like crazy.
big league chu was up next. enjoyed his track selection. the b-boys and b-girls were going of very nice at the back. some very talented kids there. finally heard that groove is in the heart track.
jro flo and m-rock (funky teknicianz) were up next. FUCKING BLEW ME AWAY. definitely one of my fav sets of the night. just crazy ass beat juggling. mad respect to jro flo, one of the fastest beat jugglers around. t dot, is blessed with some sick ass turntablists.
kinetic was next, I have been wanting to hear him spin at a party for a while now. I liked the beginning of his set, but he tended to play a lot of the tech step, darker shit (more hiphop needed), which I don't feel too much. none the less fun set, again I danced my ass off.
next up on decks was js1 with rahzel. js1 actually turned out to be a nice surprise. didn't really impress with his early scratching, but the beat juggling more than made up for it.
Rahzel was the crowd favorite. solid set. I was kinda getting annoyed with it cause I really wanted to see craze. but none the less I was very impressed by the beatbox. I got hyper when js1 threw down 'ante up' (M.O.P) but only to have rahzel mc over it. I have mad respect for his beatbox, but he is please don't mc. he should stick to the beatbox. all in all the crowd enjoyed it, and I was impressed.
finally around 3:45 craze came up on decks. and for the first time EVER, js1 and craze were on the decks together. rahzel and craze batteled it out pretty well. with rahzel trying to do, "everything better". I personally thought js1 and craze kicked rahzels ass, but that is a strictly personal opinion. I know the crowd doesn't agree with me.
next up craze threw down a dj set. JUST FUCKING AMAZING. I had waited long enough for that shit. and was NOT disappointed at all. the man has mad mad mad mad, skills. damn. going all out, body scratches, elbows using everything to scratch the damn record. fuck. I think the high point of the night was he started juggling and scratching and making jungle beats. never seen that done. I was pissed off that he didn't get nearly as much respect as he should have.
last set of the nite was about an hour of jungle spun by craze, with mc chickaboo on the mic. she is certainly a talented woman. her voice was really muffeled though. still I enjoyed the set. to get me to dance, that late into the night really took an effort from the dj and mc.
nice crowd, everyone was pretty much chilling.
I liked the graf. some nice pieces.
oh yea the venue worked out really nice. haven't been to the warehouse in a year and a half, nice to see it all renovated.
so all in all a kick ass party.
also really nice to meet people from the board. chuck(kickit), dave(stormshadow), aphrodite and janiecakes.
