Caught Casey Veggies, Schoolboy Q, and Kendrick Lamar at The Music Box last Friday — second time I’ve got to see him but first time solo w/o the rest of Black Hippy. What a night. Dream Urban should’ve given Kendrick a trojan before he fucked our minds. A historic night for hip-hop and the West Coast. The Music Box has the best sound system I’ve heard from a venue that size, I literally was knocked back at every bass kick. I kinda want to catch even average artists in the future there just for the system. Kendrick played all the hits, brought out Snoop, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Game, and Big Sean came out and played “I Do It.” The crowd kept murmuring as they looked up to see Snoop and Dre sitting up on the balcony next to each other. The show ended with an emotional moment between everyone on stage and a metaphorical passing of the torch from Game and Snoop (who the fuck gave Game the torch ?) and some moisture from Kendrick… that went straight into Hii PoWeR. I’m struggling to put how crazy this show was into words, watch this video to understand what I’m trying to say:
To top it off I turned 21 at midnight and afterwards got to say whatup to Ab-Soul, Talib, and got in a pic with Kendrick. Yes.