http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Common-Friends-Benefit-Concert-9-26.html

i can't go. baby will be born right around that time and there will be in escaping.

coachella

i'd pay twice that.

the roots by themselves are inching ever closer to that ticket price, and good for them

So who's all rollin to this? I'm trying to figure out what time to cruise, anyone have an idea of set times? I usually get to shows late but I don't want to miss anything.

>http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Common-Friends-Benefit-Concert-9-26.html

Prices are low, but appear to be sold out.

I was thinking about being in LA tomorrow to see the Michael Moore film at the Arclight.

Serious? Hmmm... thats strange.

- garth trinidad comes out to do quick intro
- de la: buddy, ooh, rock co kane flow w/ mf doom
- the roots (bt & ?): first half of web, next movement, act too w/ common
- common: that shitty single from "finding forever"
- common seems to be stalling. does some freestyles, calls out BT who seems uncomfortable
- common does "come close" over "lady"
- common does weird rendition of "dynamite"
- ludacris: southern hospitality, move, and something else
- joined by nas, who does one mic, the world is yours and common comes out to do ny state of mind with him as a hypeman (super dope, actually)
- nas goes to introduce heavy d, but heavy d cannot be found. nas looks pissed
- heavy d comes out and does 3 songs (don't know the names)
- common comes back out
- intro "respiration" starts up. mos and kweli come out
- mos can't follow the band's cues. they start the song over
- mos does umi says, talib does get by for a very long time
- black star onstage together and do mini-dilla tribute
- common comes out again
- says kanye would come but hes tired of people giving him shit -- "you can't condone the man for what he does"
- common says some very stupid things
- beat for get em high starts playing
- kanye rushes the stage
- crowd explodes
- kanye then does pokerface, followed by verse from run this city, good life & flashing lights
- amber rose standing stage right, right next to...
- queen latifah, who sings backup on flashing lights
- then the queen does two songs, ending with u.n.i.t.y. with mos, com, kwe and kanye as her hypemen

the end

but the way you wrote it led me to believe you felt it was wack....?

didn't mean to make it sound wack, because it was great. the sound could've been better and there were some lulls (the aforementioned part where common seemed to be stalling) but all in all, an amazing show, esp for the $45 i paid (instead of the original $100)

>- garth trinidad comes out to do quick intro
>- de la: buddy, ooh, rock co kane flow w/ mf doom
>- the roots (bt & ?): first half of web, next movement, act
>too w/ common
>- common: the people
>- common seems to be stalling. does some freestyles, calls out
>BT who seems uncomfortable
>- common does "come close" over "lady"
>- common does weird rendition of "dynamite"
>- ludacris: southern hospitality, move, and i do it for hip hop with nas
>- joined by nas, who does one mic, the world is yours and
>common comes out to do ny state of mind with him as a hypeman
>(super dope, actually)
>- nas goes to introduce heavy d, but heavy d cannot be found.
>nas looks pissed
>- heavy d comes out and does overweight lover, i got nothing but love, now that we found love
>- common comes back out
>- intro "respiration" starts up. mos and kweli come out
>- mos can't follow the band's cues (I think it was the bands fault...DJ Dumi seemed to be guiding them). they start the song over
>- mos does umi says, talib does get by for a very long time
>- black star onstage together and do mini-dilla tribute
>- common comes out again
>- says kanye would come but hes tired of people giving him
>shit -- "you can't condone the man for what he does"
>- common says some very stupid things
>- beat for get em high starts playing
>- kanye rushes the stage
>- crowd explodes
>- kanye then does pokerface, followed by verse from run this
>town, good life & flashing lights
>- amber rose standing stage right, right next to...
>- queen latifah, who sings backup on flashing lights
>- then the queen does two songs, ending with u.n.i.t.y. with
>mos, com, kwe and kanye as her hypemen
>
>the end
>

F

for those of you that were there, be thankful.

http://www.itsallthewaylive.net/2009/09/common-and-friends-hollywood-palladium-9-26-09/

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