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45522, RE: ok.
Posted by temps2020, Tue Sep-20-05 10:16 PM
>the best sounding show ever-brighton england. the night we
>were really born. they provided us with turbo speakers and it
>was 5 times the system we asked for. no one knew us. but was
>forced to dance cause the bass forced em to.
>
>
>the best small spot outside US (grime)-Hull,UK. venue held
>like 400. nice speakers. rahzel did a weed brownie one night
>and did stand up for his solo. we became legends in that
>area.
>
>
>favorite city-LA --house of blues. i love visiting la. i love
>driving 100mph on the freeway. and the thought of our peers
>watching us and taking notes....priceless
>
>HOTTTTEST VENUE!-gypsy tea room (dallas tx), and st andrews
>hall (the D)--no air, so hot i would take my shirt off had we
>did an extra 3 mins on stage
>
>smallest venue-this frathouse in princeton i think there were
>70 people in living room
>
>nightmare venue- the big ass spot in milwaukee it is the worst
>echo chamber EVER!

HAHA, that's the RAVE. True, worst echo chamber. I saw ya'll with Common and dead prez in '99, and I couldn't hear shit. So I just got high and watched ya'll. So many hip hop shows are there, but the sound is awful.


>
>personal favorite for dumb reason-HOB in chicago cause right
>after the show you take secret elevator to bottom floor and
>tunnel leads you right into heaven (cue simpsons "ahhhhhh"
>intro theme) the bowling joint right in the hotel!!!!! yes!
>
>city for tech shit-tokyo
>
>city for records-portland or. got a SCILLION used spots.
>
>city just to walk around and chill-san fran
>
>city i frown on-houston....sorry we have not played a proper
>venue in our 10 year history here. first time there i got
>mased, second time was in a makeshift gas station with jeru
>(no bullshit), 3rd time with the fugees wasn't all ....um that
>bad...(venue was a makeshift strip club) i shouldnt
>complain---at the summit in 95 mike d. took me used drum
>shopping and pretty much most of the shit you heard me one is
>from these drums.
>
>thank god they got a friggin venue, after 43 years!!!-cinn,
>ohio (hob)
>
>love but dread it-paris. love the love i get. dread the cig
>smoke i have to endure.
>
>act we will fuck up if we on the same bill again-f quaye
>
>oops!-charging room service in our poor days to bootsy collins
>crew in amsterdamn in 96
>
>motherfuck two times-austria
>
>most encore city-3 henglo holland
>
>bust an emcees ass night-chicago (fugees tour in 96--we
>invited a crew of 4 to freestyle and this dude took it upon
>himself to make himself a star by dissing) henglo holland-back
>in 95 as we were getting used to the idea that white people
>will indeed be our bread and butter rahzel (for what reason i
>dont know) decided to diss the opening act mc by calling him
>dougie houser---it was an 8mile battle--but hillarious. box
>set time im including this one.
>
>bust a fan night-buffalo new york. last night of smokin
>grooves. kamal kicks a fans wrist who keeps grabbin for his
>balls. young fan's dad presses charges but drops em if "kid
>can get an autograph"....mal signs....kid gets shirt back and
>is like "who is this?" pops was like "you pay us with a
>nobody?!?!!??!" they want to press charges again cause kamal's
>celebrity aint big enough.---thank god B Real walked
>by.....the kid knew him and all was well again.
>
>dumb shit-we get an upstate NY show canceled becasue of a
>brawl that went down at a digable show between DPs and fans
>once they heard mecca claim she was "98 million miles above
>these devils"
>
>keith murray award-the gorge in washington.
>
>jaw dropping moment done by headline act: watching zack
>perform with his middle finger up "fuck the police" in front
>of a slew of protesting cops at a rage show at the gorge. they
>couldn't touch him....so they harrased his fans instead doing
>random crowd searches.
>
>i can go on....but damn....yall wouldn't cop the book!


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