Monday, August 13, 2007

Rock the Bells '07



saturday i ran across some free tix (well there was a $6 charge for sumthin but thas relatively free) for rock the bells, the san diego version, which was minus headliners rage against the machine, nas and public enemy. the show still had some good acts tho. wu tang, cypress hill, mos def & talib kweli, pharaoh monch and immortal technique were the ones i got to see.


reviews

wu tang: good show, good energy. they were all about a party, gettin high and claiming to be real hip hop, which i can only handle so much of, especially the first two. the fact that there's 8 (rip odb) of them on stage at the same time is good and bad.

cypress hill: good show musically, they sound great in concert. was feelin the latin infusion. b real played the drums and sen dog did some spanglish spittin. again, too much about smokin weed but overall pretty good show.

mos def & talib kweli: talib came on first and was great. brought on sd underground legend mitchly slick which was real cool. mos then came on. talent and energy was amazing but it wore off cuz he sings and does his own thing a lil too much. overall real good tho.

pharaoh monch: pretty good show. soulful. singers were amazing. overall good live show.

immortal technique: highlight of the show came at the beginning for me. flow is murderous. message is real. lacks any kinda rhythm other than military and his moves look a lil funny, but the music is real. between every song he speaks on some real political shit. i loved the statement that if ur dealin drugs in this country ur dealin for the government, callin out muthafuckers. real knowledgable about history. paid homage to hip hop by acknowledging the DJ as what got it all started, called the MC "the bastard child of hip hop." ended show by screamin "viva la revolucion." what else i need to say? plus my girl got a pic w/ homeboy.



the corporate sponsorships, the price of the show (that i escaped), the obsession with weed, all kinda bothered me but the show was real good, about as good as ur gonna get for a big show like that. $6 was worth it but $60 wouldn't have been. good show for what it was.

another disappointment was how little immortal technique's message got thru to the people, but thats to be expected. when r we gonna be ready to face reality? hope it comes soon.

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