Check out these pics... KANE ripped it up.. over 2000 people at this Show in New
York... Gregg Nice of Nice & Smooth and Foxy Brown were surprise guests... also
The Beatnuts performed...Tito from the Fearless Four, Outerspace, Non Phixion
was there... The show was bannanas.... KAne was drinking out of this Huge gold
cup with His name on it...



crazy shit..at the end of the show he Jumped into the crowd... There's pics of
all that... and Foxy's practically see through shit!...what a crazy ho... when
will these female rappers realize that lyrics take you further than sex appeal..
Look at Queen Latifah…she’s an Actress, a model etc… and she was all about the
lyrics….

To check out pics from the concert go to http://www.RiotSound.com

and click on PICS…select Rap & Hip-Hop concerts… it’s the first link right at
the top…



also here’s part of the long ass review of the show… if you got like three
hours… feel free to read it; actually it would be more like fifteen minutes..
but still… Reading is one thing I don’t mess with too much… hope ya’ll enjoy…
aiiight PEACE





KANE IN THE FLESH!


We turned onto 42nd street after another unfortunate detour through Times Square
which took almost twenty minutes as traffic stood still seemingly engulfed in a
sea of Friday night tourists. Creeping around the corner of 7th avenue and 42nd
I noticed a line about four people wide stretching all the way up the block.
This couldn’t be the line for BB King’s though; I went to see Ol’ Dirty Bastard
there last February and walked right in. Now if you know how New York City is
set up, you know that the blocks between the streets are short but the blocks
between avenues are like a quarter mile wide. Being as we were on a block
between avenues, when I first saw the line it was so long there was no way to
tell where exactly it was coming from. For all I knew, it could have been
anything.

As we inched up 42nd street gazing at the sea of lights and billboards it became
apparent that the line was mostly filled with very casually dressed people in
their 20’s and 30’s. This peaked my interest and I rolled down the passenger
side window. “What’s this line for?” I shouted to anyone willing to answer.
Nobody did. “What’s this line for?” I tried again, this time louder. Seizing the
opportunity as a man standing in line momentarily turned towards me, I made eye
contact and yelled out a third time “What’s this line for?” The man shouted back
but not nearly loud enough for me to hear. “You say Big Daddy Kane?” I replied
instinctively having not heard what the man actually said. “Yes” he nodded twice
quickly turning around. And there it was, the entire tone of the night had
suddenly changed.

BB King’s was sold out. By the time we parked and got inside it was after
11:30pm and an opening act was already on stage. Well over two thousand people
filled the venue to capacity; we struggled to bypass the common folk on our way
to the VIP section. Actually, it’s not a real VIP section, all you need to do is
sit down spend a little bit of money on food and drinks and you too can be a
VIP; it sure beats standing in a crowd for four hours, that’s for sure. The
waitress came over with our drinks just as another group was making its way onto
the stage. The main show was scheduled to be Big Daddy Kane and The Beatnuts but
apparently this was to follow.

The next act out would be Outerspace, a gritty Latin rap duo out of North
Philadelphia. With a good amount of energy and solid skills on the microphone
Outerspace managed to keep the crowd engaged; however as expected for any
opening act, drew the greatest amount of applause when MCs Planetary and Crypt
The Warchild asked the fans what they were here for – “Are ya’ll ready for Big
Daddy Kane and The Beatnuts?!” It’s funny; the fans always seem to be ready a
little earlier than the artists actually come out. I guess it’s what we call
anticipation.

Being as The Beatnuts have long represented for Latinos in Hip-Hop, it was very
appropriate that the next man out on stage was none other than The Devastating
Tito from The Fearless Four. Before The Beatnuts, before Fat Joe and Big Pun,
Tito was the original Latin MC puttin’ it down in the early ‘80’s. With a large
entourage standing beside him, Tito made a surprise guest appearance turning
back the clock and spittin’ fire through the mic like it was 1981. “Tito wasn’t
no motherfuckin’ joke then and he ain’t no motherfuckin’ joke now” said the cat
introducing the pioneering Latin MC. Dude was right; Tito was spittin’ hard, a
cappella and everything; laced in fur and gold Tito came out like a star at the
top of his game; a retired old school rapper – never that.

After a brief intermission featuring the legendary DJ Roc Raida on the wheels of
steel, the seminal rap group Non Phixon came out from behind the curtain. As
Sabac established a dialogue with the crowd, Psycho Les of The Beatnuts
inconspicuously made his way behind the turntables and picked up a microphone.
What happened next was a surprise to everyone; at least those of us in the
audience.

As JuJu, one half of The Beatnuts, was apparently missing in action, Psycho Les
would be performing solo. Non Phixon would provide Les with vocal support
filling in for JuJu, although no explanation was offered as to why JuJu was not
present. “I see a lot of confused faces”, conceded Les, “as you can see somebody
is not here tonight”. He did not elaborate. As the saying goes though the show
must go on and the veteran definitely showed his poise. Flawlessly ripping
through several tracks including Do You Believe and Off The Books, Les paused
for a moment to introduce another special guest; “we gonna keep rockin’, we got
another legend in the house for ya’ll tonight”.

With no warning Gregg Nice stormed the stage. Waving his arms in the air the
animated MC set BB King’s ablaze. “I remember The Beatnuts from when me and
Smooth Bee used to rip up shows. These guys would stand outside the show all
night with a boombox”, expounded the Nice & Smooth frontman filling the fans in
on some little known Hip-Hop history. With Psycho Les and Non Phixon still on
stage, Gregg Nice performed his verse off DWYCK followed by an even more
electric rendition of Hip-Hop Junkies. Two thousand people sang along to every
single word as both women and men stood up on tables and chairs to get a better
look.

Following the Gregg Nice cameo, Psycho Les concluded his set with a blazing
rendition of Watch Out Now, yelling “Fuck J Lo! Fuck J Lo!” over the song’s
chorus. Most in the crowd were more than happy to join in. In case you live
under a rock and still don’t know; Jennifer Lopez jacked the beat from Watch Out
Now for her hit single Jenny From The Block. Most people in attendance seemed to
think The Beatnuts’ version was better though. Time for another intermission.

It was 2am when Kane hit the stage. Dude came out in a long white button down
and matching pants – like something you seen Hugh Hefner wear around the Playboy
mansion - shit was serious. Rocking a matching white top hat Kane sipped water
out of a huge gold encrusted glass with his name on it; you could feel his aura
right away. Forget rap, this cat made you feel like you were watching a real
star. Opening up with an energetic rendition of ‘Nuff Respect, the Brooklyn bred
MC thanked the capacity crowd for their support before breaking into some new
previously unheard material. Truth be told, Kane’s new verses sounded so on
point it was scary. How were we ever led to believe that anyone with so much
skill and poise on the mic could have possibly fallen off? Never again.

In true Hip-Hop fashion Kane followed with a lengthy tribute to some of rap’s
fallen soldiers. “Usually when we mourn someone we have a moment of silence.
This is Hip-Hop, fuck that; let's have a moment of noise instead!” Declaring
multiple moments of noise for Jam Master Jay, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Biggie Smalls,
Tupac Shakur, Big Pun and Big L, Kane engaged the fans by giving background on
each artist before revealing their identity. “This was a man who opened the
doors for a lot of people as far as getting endorsement deals and having their
videos on MTV”, he said before declaring a moment of noise for Jam Master Jay.
“Another cat who left us far too early; too early to even see the success of his
album; I see by all the L’s up in the air ya’ll already know who I’m talking
about. Put those L’s in the air and let’s have a Hip-Hop moment of noise for Big
L!” The crowd erupted again.

After performing several more cuts including Smooth Operator, Kane brought
pioneering female rapper Sweet T out onto the stage. “This is the 35 and over
club up here”, joked T before spittin’ a cappella to the delight of the crowd.
But this would not be the only surprise Kane had in store…



To read the rest just got to http://www.RiotSound.com and click on the Kane
feature on the homepage…



Aiiiight Peace, love & Reeezpekt







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