How many people are tired of emcees coming out of Brownsville? I’m Sorry; I’m not trying to sound blunt. Its just that we already have various emcees reppin’ the streets of Brownsville; past and present.
Kosha Dillz was standing on stage introducing the festival’s first act K.Y. and praising him like he’s a big deal. I don’t even FUCKIN know who K.Y is! To me, he’s just another nigga trying to get out of the streets of BROOKLYN! Next up was someone a little more official and it didn’t surprise me that he would be introduced by his favorite media outlet “Video Music Box”. Rusty Jabbz, put your hands together for Bronx’s own Sam Hill. A definite New York Boom Bap hip hop kingpin; if not, then perhaps a prince will suffice. Most definitely the brother is a poet. “Poet Using His Art For Design”. You can catch Sam Hill, every now and then at the art of lyrics, monthly Bronx Underground Hip Hop Showcase. Check them out @http://theartoflyrics.blogspot.com
I thought this was kind of old school. I didn’t think people still spell fat like this: P.H.A.T. I assume that the next artist to perform spelled fat’… P.H.A.T.
Welcome to the stage Phat Tony; I’m sorry I may not have gotten your partner’s name. I want to apologize for that if I missed any names, song titles throughout this entry. Please accept my apologies for not listening clear enough or it could be due to the deafness in my ears. These speakers are blazing; I hope I will be able to survive until the Busta Rhymes performance. Okay I got his partner’s name; its Tom Cruze. He’s another one that I don’t have any idea how he spells his name. I assume its not like the actor “Tom Cruise”. I spelled it the ebonics way. I could feel both, Phat Tony’s & Tom Cruze’s music even though I never heard of neither one of them. They’re 2 Houston, Texas emcees by way of Nigeria, Africa. They pretty much have they’re own swag; but they can take it to their Houston, Texas/ Down South residence shit. I enjoyed their set but of course don’t take my word for it. I have no idea whether they’re talented; all I heard was “BITCHES” & “HOES” and more “BITCHES” & “HOES”. I don’t think if that should be a category that makes an emcee talented. Then again I’m deaf. Hey Phat Tony did you pay the soundman to bump up the decibels a little higher to deafen the crowd. PHAT TONY “DOUBLE DRAGON” IN STORES NOW ON YOUNG BLOOD RECORDS.
After Phat Tony & Tom Cruze, the Festival started to get crunk. I’m sorry but Brooklyn has always been the southerners that make that happen. The last two acts before, Busta Rhymes were Kosha Dillz and all the way from the Westside, Chewy. I like this guy, he was funny and entertaining. He kind of reminded me of one of those old school Cali Emcees like from Oaktown. He has that Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief type swag, but he also has a personality like E40. I particularly like the songs he made dedicated to both weed and unemployment. One song is for those heads like me, who are unable to find weed dealers. The other song is for those heads like me, who are unemployed and having trouble looking for work. Those were songs I can most definitely relate too. There was another song I liked that Chewy did. It was a song influenced by the movie House Party; “I Rock The Party”. There was one more song I enjoyed, “She’s Foxy”. This cat Chewy he had quite a few joints. He wasn’t trying to leave the stage. I could tell he had more for us. He didn’t care if Busta Rhymes was up next. Sun traveled from Cali to B.K., he wanted his spotlight. Dj Handspin and Rusty Jabbz is grateful for having your spotlight live this evening.
This indeed has been a beautiful site; A beautiful site to view and capture the people from high up above, on the sidelines of the highway, just watching the concert. I can imagine the terrific view if I was inside an airplane or helicopter flying by and looking down among the people. As they prepare for our main event of the week. I’m keeping it real because Busta Rhymes and L.O.N.S. reunion this is more than just a one day anticipation of excitement and adrenaline. If there is any DJ who can keep’s its crowd adrenaline pumping; It’s DJ Scratchator. Damn, how many times am I going to see DJ Scratch; I recently attended his live Scratchvision this past Wednesday in Best Buy. It’s bad enough I had a seizure during his live show,which force them to close the stream temporarily. We can’t forget a month ago (June 14, 2012) EPMD & Dj SCRATCH @ Herbert Von King Park. If I keep this up, Dj Scratch going to think I’m stalking him.
This crowd is really on fire for Busta, all over the place, me included. I have it all captured on my camera (I Think?) Woooo! By the way, I hope none of you, bumped into me and cause any damage to my camera. Any type of damage to my camera, you’ll receive that same type of damage back to you; just a little P.S.A, I am not trying to threaten anybody. So far, Busta has been going hard with this Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. This is what everyone came to see; Although at one point the crowd’s adrenaline calm down. That’s when you know, UH OH BUSTA’S PERFORMING HIS J RECORDS YEARS!! C’mon Bus’ no one wants to hear you sing like Barry Manilow. Get back to your Elektra years. I feel like I’m working with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Just from the way I notice the crowd’s behavior changed. C’mon Bus’ don’t do this to us. You got heads up in here that paid $40 to see you. We been out here all day in the hot sun, dirty, stinking and sweating heat. You better bring Zhan’e on stage because we wanna party. Busta eventually liven things up by throwing out a lot of new joints that he got coming out. You could here the Young Money in the music but only Busta could make it sound proper. Much respect to Busta for his J-Dilla tribute, the God has done a lot of work with J-Dilla. Some released and some unreleased. “R.I.P to one of the greatest producers, J-Dilla.
I would like to thank, Brooklyn Bodega for another successful year of the “Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival”. I would like to thank, Busta Rhymes and friends for making this concert, what it is. Truthfully if it wasn’t for Busta’s friends I don’t think I would have paid so much money to attend. Come on, let’s go down Busta’s list of friends for the night: “Spliff Starr”, “Lil’ Fame of M.O.P.”, “Buck Shot”, “Smif N Wessun”, “Reek Da Villian” and come on man these last three “Slick Rick”, “A Tribe Called Quest” and most importantly “LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL”. There you have it, what a roster. Those are some good friends to have. I would extremely like to thank, L.O.N.S. It’s been 21 years, since we’ve seen the likes of Dinco D, Charlie Brown and Busta Rhymes all unite together. I’m glad they were able to do it this evening. I’m also, glad that Brooklyn Bodega were the one’s who made it happen.
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This Article Appeared in The Black Truth News Volume 3 Issue 8 August 2012