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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