Dane Black
At 03:38 PM 6/4/98 EDT, you wrote:
>i was at the dc roots/goodie mob show too, and i was aware the whole time of
>what was going on, so let me tell you about it...
>as far as i'm concerned, goodie mob is as "southern" as i can stand my music.
>so i couldn't stand witchdoctor and pa, their stuff is just too lazy for me.
>this was the last show on the tour, and you sure could tell when the goodie
>mob came out. energy was the key word for the night. their band started off
>playing some funk, and it sounded nice... then ceelo (is that the chubby
>one?) came out and sang the intro from soul food. they went on to play for
>about an hour or so, honestly one of the best sets i've seen in my life.
>after that, ?uestion spun for about 20 mins while they set up the roots
stuff.
>around that time, i noticed jeru the damaja in the crowd about 10 feet down
>from me (we were up in the balcony) holding a bike seat and a water bottle.
>confirmation that it was him was the big cheesy smile on his face when ?uest
>threw on "my mind spray"...
>roots came out and rocked... as everybody knows malik b isn't touring with
>them, but everyone else picked up the slack... dice raw came out for two
>songs, but the highlight had to be ?'s drum solo... he got up, waled around
>the front of his kit (still playing), played on the mike stands, the speaker
>cabinets, the handrail as he walked down the stairs off the stage... then he
>appeard upstairs and drummed on the wall all the way around the second floor,
>emerged on a balcony overlooking the stage playing on the rail there, back
>downstairs, and out on the stage again... unbelievable... black thought
came
>off, and rhazel sounded nice... they had another guy almost as good as he
was.
>
>if you get the chance, see either of these groups next time you can... you
>won't regret it
>
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