Mos Def @ Nokia Theatre

March 30th is a very special date for Culture and I. It is the anniversary of our first encounter. It was a year ago from that date that I first met up with Culture right outside of the Barnes and Nobles in Union Square. He took me to Zen Palate, a really great Vegetarian spot fyi - but they closed down the one in Union Square- and then he took me to record stores to listen to music. While Wes Montgomery was singing in my ears I looked up at Culture as he was bobbing his head to the music and holding his head-piece with one hand and making his "that's a tight-ass beat" face..I fell in love.

Anyways..I digress. So this March 30th Culture surprised me with tickets to see Mos Def at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. It was admittedly, my first real hip-hop show (with The Roots being an exception since I saw them opening for another band). Since I am quite a newbie in the hip-hop game I had no other show to compare it to. But Mos Def was the shit! He had such a great aura and energy on stage and I was happy with the set he decided to play. With Culture's arms around me I was feeling the music all night.

Unfortunately tho, I couldn't say the same for Jay Electronica. He was the opening act. Culture had put me on to him prior to the show and I was feeling this one track called Dimethyltriptamine. But his live performance bombed! He could hardly retain the crowd's attention and he was babbling way too much. He was trying to tell little anecdotes that nobody was trying to hear. The only highlight of his performance was Erykah Badu coming out to do a song with him and then bending over to show her ass. Lol. Apparently Erykah is dating Jay. This video of Dimethyltriptamine is hot tho. Check it..



And here's Mos Def doing his thing...



Taken from miss.info's youtube channel.

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