What up people!!I had a helluva last two days and thought I should hit everybody up about it. . .As part of winning the best hip-hop act category in the Fairfield Weekly, I performed at the 2008 Grand Band Slam at Captain's Cove in bridgeport. The day was loaded with performances from 3pm to 11pm with acts ranging from the funky latin-ness of Cosmic Jibaros to the trippy stylings of Hot Bitch Arsenal to the flaky ass bluegrassy folkishness that was on just before my set out on the pier. . . fucking dope. lol I was joined by my comrades DJ Halo on the one and twos (turntables or record players for the simple minded) and the incredible Seme Rock on the beat box. We took the stage at just about sun down with dark clouds looming over head and a crowd full of hotdog eating former hippies and everyday families with toddlers just dying for some hiphop in front of us. lol The set came off beautifully with superb accentuation throughout from Seme despite me almost killing an audience member with a massive splinter in the middle of "Words and Numbers". I have got to say that it is extremely difficlut to edit the curses out of a multi-syllabic rhyme but it is extremely sweet when you impress 5 year-olds in the crowd. High point: "Virginia Slim" with Halo's beat juggling in the opening and Seme killing the verbal cuts in the close of the song.Immediately after, the whole gang scurried on over to Danbury to take part in the festivities master journalist Adam Bernard put together for Beyond Race magazine at Cousin Larry's. The other acts included the funk singer out of New Jersey Lauren Ianuzzi and her band, recent Source Unsigned Hyper Homeboy Sandman, and Indie-hip-hop mainstay and former Demigod Louis Logic. The crowd was pretty dope and was really supportive and responsive to most of the acts. All of the acts had a focus on performance which hasn't been very common to any of the shows I have rocked recently outside of AFA jawns. My set was a blast man! I was blessed with the opportunity to rock for such a dope crowd. Peace and blessings to my AFA brothers for coming and holding me down. The end of "Revolution. . . " was crazy with like 8 of us freaking it up there. lol High Point: The quartet performance of "I Hate Rappers" with Seme Rock, Sir Cumference, and DJ Warren Waxx on the beat box!! Sorry if you missed it!!After a short rest, I hopped in the Smart mobile today and headed over to Branford for the Branstock Festival. Seme Rock has performed at this joint for the last 5 years or so and he asked if I could join him for some antics. Our opening act was a group of ECW wrestlers which was ummmmmm different to say the least. Seme performed his masterfully crafted vocal percussery for the incredibly diverse peoples in attendance. I had the opportunity to bless his set with a couple verses and added sound effectiness-ing ton. High Point: beatbox version of "Rebel Music"!!So yea, this shit was sooooooo fucking awesome this weekend. Thanks to everybody that came out and supported at any one of the events and/or voted for me in the Weekly. This was incredibly dope for me and the whole AFA as we took the hip-hop category for the second year in the row. There will be a ton of footage from each of these events and pictures and this that and whatever soon so be on the lookout.peace to everybody!!Sketch tha cataclysm.http://www.sketchtc.com
Tags: afa, bluegrassy, cataclysm, folkiness, hip-hop, sketch, tha
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