By Odeisel As Relayed By Brian Scott
(New York City 3/11/2010) Legendary DJ Red Alert hosted the evening along with Diggin In The Crate’s own Lord Finnesse with Boogie Blind on the wheels of steel. The event was mainly a showcase for new and hungry artists capped off by the veteran performances and a few surprises.
Following the unsigned showcase, with plodding from Red Alert, Lord Finesse blessed the crowd with a freestyle backed by the band of one of the earlier acts. Following the improvisational performance, Dres took the stage, performing two Black Sheep classic jams “The Choice Is Yours” and “Flavor Of The Month” to warm of the crowd. He then went into music from his upcoming work Black Pool Of Genius, bringing more of his trademark delivery and solid production.
At the end of his performance he brought out The Legion to perform their single “Jingle Jangle.”
Chubb Rock took the stage in his typical conversational set. Chubb described a conversation he had with a youngster who held the belief that old school New York rap no longer had a place of relevance in Hip-Hop. After a few rousing hell no’s from the crowd, Chubb went into his own music to put the lie to that statement. He performed his hit single “Just TheTwo Of Us” and club banger emeritus “Treat ‘Em Right.”
To bolster his argument, Chubb brought out a litany of New York vetererans including Sadat X, Milk Dee, Positive K, Das Efx, and Joe Ski Love. They all did their big hits, much to the crowd’s delight and showed at least for one night that at least in New York, they can always find a crowd to appreciate the work they put in.
On a night where young and old came together to celebrate what was and what is to be, for now the former hits harder than the latter. But fear not. Keep eating those Wheaties and wrecking mics and the gap will steadily shrink. We would hope.
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