Re: Fugees/The Roots in SF

Tyler Askew (tyler@america.net)
Mon, 08 Apr 1996 13:28:07 -0700


I was at that shit too, but I was much more impressed...Except for
little things like the absence of Razhell and the fact that Lauryn's
voice was sorta fucked up, the shit was dope...Freestyles by Common
Sense, Dice Raw, Ras Kass....Bahamadia also did her new single with the
Roots doing the beats...The Fugees dj was something else, cirlcing around
his dj booth, and taking his shirt off while creating melodies with the
slick rick sample "i can't be yer lover"...I thought the Goodie Mob, on
the other hand were the weakest, trying push their evil southern shit on
everyone...it was cool though, check it out...

tyler
>
> I checked the Fugees/Roots/Goody Mob concert. I attended the in Atl. last
> night. It was pretty good, but Ive seen better from The Roots and the
> Fugees. Goody Mob, put on the best performance I thought, with all
> acoustics, and ended with a conscious and dope poetry reading to close
> their set.
>
> When I saw the roots for the first time, in 94, they put on a mind-blowin
> show. The best I'd seen in a LONG time! Last night was cool too, but in
> addition to doin little new material, and some hits from the album, again
> they did remakes of classic and popular hip-hop tunes to keep the crowd
> amped, and it worked! I was dancin around like everybody else--still not
> very original though. The highlight of their set, was (1) their
> band--always on point, and (2) Bahamadia's appearance. She rocked a couple
> of rhymes from the new album and she really came off. They ended with a
> freestyle set by a bunch of guys representin "Illadel"...
>
> When the Fugees finally came on it was after 2am. I was hoping to see a
> different show from them, as they'd just been to Atl. a couple of months
> back when doing the Sony college tour with Groove Theory, George Clinton and
> Maxwell. Anyway, they let the DJ get his props in first, then like the
> Roots , they started playin the old-school hip-hop too! Is this somethin
> new? It was OK until they started playin some of the same things the Roots
> did...They did the 2 major cuts from the 1st album, and we all enjoyed the
> stuff from The Score, L Boogie is almost always hoarse from what Ive heard,
> but still she came off on "Killing me Softly". Though, I dont understand the
> purpose of the dancehall set to end things, (w/The Godfather and that other
> cat) It did keep my attention and my groove goin. They (The Fugees) couldnt
> end with big blow out finish, cuz a lot of the audience was leaving on their
> own...the show ended after 3:30am....(yawn)
> Dane's rating: B
>
> peace.

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