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Sunday, February 8, 2015
All Star Weekend New York City Party Guide; Featuring Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Fabolous, Young Jeezy, The Lox & MANY More!
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Exclusive Video: Manolo Rose and Sonny Digital Take Over SOBs on MLK Day
Article by: Twitter; @lauderdale11
It was a showcase of up and comers on MLK Day, as the Diem Assembly rolled into SOBs in NYC, and HipHopShortstop was in the house to document the evening.
The night was a showcase of hungry young rappers looking to claim their spot, but the show was stolen (once again) by NY's own Manolo Rose, who rolled out a set punctuated by the high energy performance of his breakout hit "Run Ricky Run." Flogged by his Fameschool crew, Manolo took shit to the next level as the familiar sound effect of gunshots and sirens rang thru SOB's. The groundbreaking track is already hard when you listen thru your headphones or the speakers on your car, but seeing it live is a completely different animal.
Manolo delivers the lyrics with a passion, hitting each line like its his last and making sure that everyone in attendance gets there moneys worth. Even as a reporter there to document the evening, it was hard not to find myself drifting toward the center of the stage towards the ensuing mayhem, of which there was plenty. By the 2nd round of "RUN," Rose had already surfed his way through the crowd, and then handed off the mic in favor of joining the action in the crowd which at times resembled more of a heavy metal moshpit than a rap concert.
You can tell Manolo is enjoying every minute of the spotlight, and based on his performance of some of his other tracks, he intends on sticking around for the forseeable future.
Manolo was followed by southern hip hop producer Sonny Digital, who is an up and comer in his own right with an already impressive portfolio of hits he created for stars like Drake, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, ILoveMakonnen, Future and more. Sonny played a set laced with some of his well known hits, and some of his personal favorites from other artists, which he talks about in our exclusive interview, which you can view here on HipHopShortStop.com. Sonny is on the verge of superstardom, and those in attendance at SOB's that night got to see why.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Hip Hop IS Dead! Summer Jam recap:: Nas, 50 Cent, Drake, Nicki Minaj, & more.
Sevyn Streeter opened up the main show following the "festival stage" pre show. I really like her, & maybe it's because she's never really performed in front of that many people in the NYC area, but I found her performance to be slightly boring.
Things got even worse as Rosenberg got on stage & hyped up Action Bronson, who was a complete mess. Not sure what kinda drugs he was on, or how much he had to drink, but his ego appeared to be bigger then his gut. He was all over the place, between slurring, looking & sounding like shit, rocking a pair of sandles to later on, take them off and hop off stage to perform in the crowd. This guy literally wouldn't stop his performance, until he was told to stop. It seems as if he was trying to take over the show, and it appears as if he thought he was some kind of "big star." Absolutely horrific.
I'm really not sure who exactly was next, either Troy Ave or Wiz Khalifa. Not really much of a fan of either 2, but Troy started out with what appeared to be, taking shots at Trinidad James, via a video of the jumbotron before he performed. Troy Ave did bring out T.I. as a surprise guest. Wiz Khalifa topped off his set with a surprise appearance from none other then the legendary SNOOP DOGG! Snoop surprised the crowd & performed "The Next Episode," followed by "Young, Wild and Free" with Wiz.
The Roots followed up after Khalifa's set, if I'm not mistaken. First, they brought out none other then one of my personal favorite hip hop groups EVER, The Lox! The show in my opinion was majority pretty bad, until they came out & performed some of their classic joints. M.O.P. and Black Sheep were amongst The Roots other surprise guests. The crowd, however, didn't really seem to be interested much. But I'll get back to THAT part later.....
Trey Songs was up next, & as usual, drove the girls crazy. He ended his set with his surprise guest, Ty Dolla Sign & performed "Paranoid" together, following Trey shouting out his incarcerated friend, Chris Brown, & performed Brown's new hit song, "Loyal."
HIP HOP IS DEAD!
Nas came out next, and again, the crowd wasn't in it at all. He performed mostly songs from Illmatic. No energy what so ever. To make matters even worse, Nas brought out Meek Mill, followed by French Montana to completely take over his set. The crowd LOVED every minute of it & seemed to have livened up quite a bit. Very, very sad day for hip hop. Complete smack in the face & a HUGE amount of disrespect to Nas. I'm not sure who's idea this was, but Nas seemed to have no problems with it, as he was really into Meeks "lyrics," by singing along. Maybe it was all the Hennessey Nasir drank throughout the night, but never could I see this man,(who is the TRUE DEFINITION of REAL HIP HOP) actually respect and allow these guys ON STAGE WITH HIM. This literally hurt me. It was very sad to watch, however it made me very happy once again, that I didn't spend money to be there & actually witness this in person.
After Meek & French finished their set, Nas brought out 50 Cent. 50 performed a couple classics as well as some new joints from his new album that dropped yesterday, Animal Ambition. He reunited G-Unit ON STAGE, bringing out Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks and even Young Buck. He later on brought out Fabolous & performed their new remix to Fabs hit song, Cuffin Season. As this was happening, a little rowdiness appeared to be going on. It turns out there was some sort of a fight, which later was reported that Slowbucks, of SBOE, was robbed of his chain. A member of 50's security reportedly snuffed Slow, ripped off his chain, and 50 WORE IT the rest of the night! It seems as if 50 was trying to prolong his set, as he mentioned on the mic that Ebro (Hot97's executive producer) was "yelling at" him, only for 50 to reply saying that HE'S the boss when he's here! Whole lotta drama.
Video footage of what went down can be seen here: http://youtu.be/lXwZy1VH4DM
This is where the show should've ended....
DJ Mustard followed Young Money's set & brought out a few guests. YG, Ty Dolla Sign & surprise guest, none other then YOUNG JEEZY performed their hit, "My Ni**a."
At this point, I began to lose a little bit of interest, as I feel the show ran way too long, & was a bit all over the place. The show could've been put together a little bit better. Also, the sound system seemed to be an issue throughout the night, which pissed off a couple of the performers.
You can find some YouTube videos from the concert, here; http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/summer-jam-2014-performances
Summer Jam has always been one of my favorite concerts to attend. You don't really seem to get much from other concerts put on by other radio stations. I think Hot97 has the MOST respect from a lot of artists, & others involved in the hip hop industry, and this is why Summer Jam is always a SPECIAL SHOW to me! It's always hard to top each year. This year was GOOD but it didn't beat last years SJ, that's for sure.
By:: Dana P. (Blog Owner/Editor in Chief
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