HIP HOP LEGENDS @ BB KINGS 12/23

The Wednesday prior to Christmas, I was able to attend Funkmaster Flex's "Hip Hop Legends" Concert Series Part 4 at BB Kings in NYC. The show included performances from Showbiz & AG, Large Professor, Ed O.G., Masta Ace, Onyx, EPMD with DJ Scratch (reunion), Doug E. Fresh, and Ghostface Killah. Method Man was advertised as the headliner, but not surprisingly, he didn't show up because he was too busy evading taxes and duckin' the IRS!!!

BB Kings was packed to the brim as it should have been. The line up last Wednesday was legendary (as advertised). This was the fourth installment of Funkamster Flex's concert series this year. It was good to see Flex reppin' real hip hop on stage with his Champion jacket on. (On a side note, Champion sweatshirts and hoodies are comin' back hard body, huh?!?!) For anyone who hasn't been to a hip hop concert at BB Kings NYC, you're missing out. The venue is perfect with a capacity of over 1000 people, a 30 foot stage with an incredible sound system, a 40 foot bar, and two 8 foot projection screens on either side of the stage for additional viewing angles.

Amazingly, I had never witnessed Onyx, EPMD or Doug E. Fresh perform live before and all three of them were incredible. As you should imagine, Onyx puts on an extremely high-energy performance and they pull it off without missing a single word on stage. They ran through classics such as: "Onyx Is Here," "Throw Ya Gunz," "Last Dayz," "Shut 'Em Down," and "Slam." They merked it. Check a little snippet of their performance below:



EPMD had yet another reunion at BB Kings last week. The legendary DJ Scratch reunited with them and literally stole the show from everyone with his mash up of "Ante Up" live on stage. It was one of the greatest DJ cutting performances I've ever seen live, and trust me, I've seen hundreds. Also, notice how he does this with no fuckin' head phones on. Be sure to follow DJ Scratch on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/djscratch.

MAKE SURE YOU WATCH THIS WHOLE VIDEO - HE FUCKIN' KILLED IT!!!



Another mind-boggling performance this night came from Doug E. Fresh, the human beat box. What he can do with his voice box and mouth is almost magical (NO HOMO!!!). Peep it:



Ghostface, who headlined the event, was actually the weakest performer of the night. You could tell he was rushing his performance due to time constraints and his hype man Trife Diesel kept rapping over him. This kinda fucked up his performance in my mind. I've seen Ghost at least 10 times in my life and this was definitely his worst live performance. So now that I told y'all he was weak, I'm sure you're all gonna watch his video clip below!!! Hahaha.



Big up to Funkmaster Flex for putting on such a great series of concerts this year. Let's hope he does it again in 2010. Stay in touch with everything Funk Flex is doing on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/funkmasterflex.