Rock the Bells DC Presale

15May08

Ok so the mega HIP HIP TOUR OF THE SUMMER featuring EVERYONE is coming to DC. Well sort of, but they will be at the Merryweather Post Pavillion on July 27. Tickets are presale, go on sale official tomorrow.

The line up has errybody hyped: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, NAS, MOS DEF, DE LA SOUL, RAKIM, METHOD MAN & REDMAN, RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, DEAD PREZ, MURS, SPANK ROCK, KID SISTER, JAY ELECTRONICA, WALE, B.O.B., KIDZ IN THE HALL, AMANDA BLANK

I’m keeping the date open but there is part of me that agrees with user #1 The Minister: “too much. too expensive. too far. too old“

UPDATE: Damn, Dave at work just shoulder surfed the post and made me come back and edit so as to further explain why this show is more of a headache for us grown hip hoppers aka The Hip Hop 401K set.

  1. Traffic and Parking (see Radiohead show at Nissan Pavillion)
  2. Expensive Beers and food and ticketses
  3. A massive crowd of 90’s babys now old enough to pile in their mom’s Civic to totally have an awesome time that will define their teenage hip hop experience.
  4. Not so kid friendly for the hip hop parents although Lil Luke would be ruffing cats for their goods
  5. I have a feeling there will be lots of police undercover narcs
  6. Expensive Merch

I guess I have to qualify this all with the following: I will be there if I’m playing and/or get tickets for free.

LOL


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  1. 1 Dave at work on May 15, 2008 said:

    Thank you Mr. Upset the Setup - I feel better about the post. Perhaps we should cash in our 401ks and rent a helicopter to go to the show.

  2. 2 DJStylus on May 15, 2008 said:

    Thanks for making it so that I don’t have to explain my ambivalence about this show anymore.

    I can just respond with a URL.

  3. 3 DJStylus on May 15, 2008 said:

    You forgot the fact that most of the performances will be underwhelming. That’s actually the top factor for me.

  4. 4 ill Mami on May 15, 2008 said:

    Yes, we are old. We’re old because we know what the aforementioned artists stage swagger used to be like back in the day, and, thus, this will not be a defining moment in our lives like the younguns old enough to go to the show without chaperones (like my Mom did me at the Guy/Keith Sweat/Today/MC Hammer extravaganza back in ‘88).

    I would likely only see these kats if they were going to perform at a private event because adolescents get on my nerves because they move around too much for my old, crusty ass LOL. Plus, no one wants to see an overweight Kane or a sickly looking Phife (if he’ll be there) because it reminds us too much of our own mortality. Those younguns still think they’ll live forever.

  5. 5 Peace Justice on May 15, 2008 said:

    last summer some of the crew and I rolled out to see manu chao and thievery play at merriweather. it was cool. we were on a blanket in the back. we drank a few beers, it was nice. the sun set. manu chao rocked. we went home.

    i envision this event being less cool, with shittier sound, more mediocre performances, less space, more teenagers, more fights and more narcs.

    im serious bout that narc shit. they on it out at merriweather

  6. 6 DJStylus on May 15, 2008 said:

    I heard the kids at the Glow in the Dark tour were hitting the botanicals hard at Nissan with nary an authority figure in sight.

    So say my friends who were the only grownups there and caught heavy contact highs.

  7. 7 Pop Cesspool on May 15, 2008 said:

    I’ll be there, selling T-shirts that say, “AND YOU CAN NEW JACK SWING ON MY NUTS.”

    Yeah, the market for those is huge.

  8. 8 Peace Justice on May 15, 2008 said:

    To bad you’ll have to give all the money to IMP.

  9. 9 DJStylus on May 15, 2008 said:

    Tour preview.

  10. 10 Greg on May 17, 2008 said:

    “I heard the kids at the Glow in the Dark tour were hitting the botanicals hard at Nissan with nary an authority figure in sight.”

    I was there. That is 100% true. Jesus Christ there was so much.

  11. 11 SarahG on May 19, 2008 said:

    The show is gonna be ass, but we *have* to go. I thought about not going. But if I’m sitting at home on July 27, doing some grown-up shit like roasting vegetables and watching C-SPAN while Tribe, Rakim and De La (even somewhat diminished versions of Tribe, Rakim and De La) are 30 minutes up the road giving a show, I’m going to be mad at myself. I’ll be more upset with myself for not going to this than for going, if that makes sense. C’mon guys–your first $11 beer is on me!

  12. 12 Pop Cesspool on May 20, 2008 said:

    I wanna meet the one person in the world who looks at that lineup and says, “Screw all y’all, I’m there because of Immortal Technique.”

  13. 13 Damien on May 22, 2008 said:

    Screw all y’all, I’m there because of Immortal Technique. . .You curmudgeons!! Get off yo’ asses and let’s show the kiddies how we get down!! I’ve missed way too many shows in my youth working dot-com hours to build that 401k. I’d rather they be at 9:30 or even RFK (I went for Body Count), but it is what it is. . .Tribe will be hip-hop’s Rolling Stones. Packing them in until they’re 75.

  14. 14 Peace Justice on May 23, 2008 said:

    Ok alright already. God I am jaded…
    The Godfrey and I made a deal, we’re working on our press passes…all yall bammas watch out.

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