IT WAS THE FRESHEST

  It was a blue moon last night so the Oldhead was out. I went to the Lady B Basement Party at the Robin Hood Dell East. (Philadelphia, Pa) There were performances by Sweet Tee, Kool G Rap, Brand Nubian,Kurtis Blow, SWV,Kool Moe Dee and the Treacherous Three with the finally handled by Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick.  There were special appearances by Icons from Hip Hop's early days. The show was hosted by Lady B "queen of this rap citeee" and by an annoying Perry P and Evette Money.  I wanted to give my thoughts on the show,performances (all are not in performing order) and give each a Keep It Oldskool Rating.



 The show was opened by Sweet Tee. I guess her not having a large catalog mandated that she would have to go first. Still very beautiful she did her classics. "It's My Beat", "I Got Da Feeling",and "It's Like That Yall". She also did her 95 single "What's Up Star" that some in the crowd knew but not all. The crowd that was  not yet to it's sold out capacity still gave her love for that reason and the performance I will give her 3 Jawns out of 5




Next up was Kool G Rap whom we at K.O.S rank as #6 all time in Hip Hop (That's right number 6) I have never seen G Rap perform live so if this is his normal way of performing I apologize. I did not understand how when doing an OLDSKOOL show you come out to "new" music. His first song was one that I have never heard. If I NEVER HEARD it. I know some of my lesser Hip Hop inclined people in attendance had no clue. He did finally settle in and do what we came to see "Road to the Riches", Ill Street Blues and even a cringe worthy rendition of "Talk Like Sex" He then brought out a homie who no one knew to do a song. (?) With that he was gone.  Although we love Kool G Rap we have to give his performance 2 Jawns out of 5



Brand Nubian took to the stage and let everyone know that their set would not be as long as they normally perform.Then jumped right into the hits. From "One for All,Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down","Love me or Leave Me alone,"Whats the 411 (Puba verse) "What Goes Around" to close the set out with "Slow Down" Through it all the crowd was very into the performance and the trio did not disappoint. We gave Brand Nubian 3 Jawns out of 5



SWV hit the stage with the backing track blasting the "Right Here" Human Nature Remix. Their set seemed to be the shortest of all. With the catalog of hit the Sisters With Voices have you would have thought they would have gone long with their set. They made sure to add little dance steps to the lively performances of "Im So Into You,You're the One, Anything" and closed the way to short set with "Rain". Of course the women in attendance loved the performance and sung right along with the girls. We Gave SWV 4 Jawns out of 5




Kool Moe, La Sunshine and Special K hit the stage and "older old heads" were ready. Kool Moe not the slim frame rapper that we all remember from the 70s and 80s,but was still able to hit some steps.Kool Moe Dee belted out "I go to Work,Wild Wild West, and even "Go See the Doctor". The Treacherous 3 also gave the younger crowd in attendance a little snippet of how they used to do it out in the park. In what was the first surprise cameo of the night Spooonie G was brought out. Many do not know that Spoonie was an original member of the group. Spoonie did "Im the Godfather (of Rap) We gave Kool Moe Dee/Treacherous Three 4 Jawns out of 5



Kurtis Blow came to the stage and provided that this is 42nd year in Hip Hop.  As the first Rapper to sign with a "major" label Kurtis Blow has been around for a long time. Along with Kurtis was a crew of B-Boys who were there to lend support to the 55 year icon. Kurtis performed "If I ruled the World", The Breaks, AJ Scratch and also had to show that he could still "break" a little. The second special guest was Kangol Kid from UTFO. Kangol was only to happy to do his verse from Hip Hop classic "Roxanne Roxanne" We gave Kurtis Blow 3.5 Jawns out of 5



Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick were last to come to the stage. As the "Worlds Greatest Entertainer" Doug did not disappoint. There is no wonder why that in most Oldskool show with Doug on the bill he is the last to perform. Slick Rick seemed to have missed his initial cue to come out (maybe was still polishing the "truck jewelry) The minor setback behind them the got right into "The Show" the crowd was on it's feet and had no qualms to jumping in to finish a verse while Doug and Slick caught their breath. Doug E Fresh beat boxing is an art itself. "La Di Da Di" was of course performed. As is the usual with a Doug E Fresh performance Lil Viscious was brought out to do "Freaks" Slick Rick did "Teenage Love" and as always the 2 put on a great show. 
We Gave Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick  
5 Jawns out 5


It was a great event. There was no drama
In addition to the classic songs there were classic outfits such as a guy wearing Cazals.(oh that was me) There was a couple wearing matching Gucci sneakers and sweatsuits etc. Lady B Basement Party 2014 was the Freshest