Ali From Cali Reviews Nas’ House Of Blues Concert
After a month of patiently awaking hip hop’s funeral, the event finally appeared on May 1st, 2007. Behind the casket, roses and skulls, there he was, DJ (producer) L.E.S. with the “NaS” banner in the background. The BET 106 & Park freestyle champion, Johnny Cash, came out first and rocked two songs. Following the songs with a vicious sixteen bars of acappella.
As he disappeared in the fog, Nasir “Esco” Jones’ voice cheered the crowd. Nas came out energetic, live, and powerful. He took off his shades within the first song, and the “look in his eyes was wow” He was not drunk, nor was he high, which allowed him to remember his lyrics and input emotion in his art. The performance, aided by his brother Jungle, seemed to have included every song possible. He even started “ether” but after a quick chorus, right before he was going to say “f**k jay-z” Nas cut his throat with his fingers and L.E.S. scratched “Black Republican” Nas told the crowd: “beef is played-out!” From Illmatic to Stillmatic to Hiphop is dead, he seemingly performed every song possible. He also included some of his earlier work that most were really surprised by. Although Nas shook his head when L.E.S mentioned lil wayne and baby kissing and said ”50 cent and Dipset are soft” his whole theme was empowerment of the people, peace and growth.
His performance of “one mic” was the most emotional as he did the whole song on his knees. He was signing cds, t-shirts, posters and cell phones in between songs and even after the show ended. He did not bring out The Game and KRS-1 as he did the night before at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, but he did bring all of him self. He rocked the show and people did not want to leave after it was all over. Hip-hop might be dead, but nights like this remind us of how great hip-hop can be.
by Ali
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May 2nd, 2007 at 12:53 am
great write up, would a video be too much to ask?
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:33 am
Same question^^^
Maybe?:)
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:37 am
“he was not drunk, he was not high” lol….sad, when that has to be one of the things to look out for at a rap concert…
May 2nd, 2007 at 4:10 am
props..great review.
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 am
damn, i wihs it was this good back at his last concert in december 06 at the nokia theater…that show was off the hook with cormega and foxy reuniting n shit, but nas seemed a lil out of it
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:06 am
props to esco
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:34 am
Nas-luva……..thats me too! I luv is real ness! He is fiya!
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:16 am
…thatz my boy Nas…my friend told me the show was off the chain…:D
’sup Ali?…:D
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:23 am
…::lol:: I can’t stop laffing about the comment of our boy Nas not being tipsy right here…I keep getting the flashback of a photo where Mario is helping his dude Nas out…that has 2 be the koolest pic of them
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 am
thank you all for the props…sup j’marie?
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
Sounds like this show was nice… he was good in chicago but only rocked for like and 1 hour 1/2, and was 2 hrs late…. but the tardiness is given… anywho he did an aight show here.. he did the same about dipset 50 and the ether..black repub… but it was overall nice show…
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
i love nas he is the best keep hip hop alive nas
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:59 pm
I was at this concert and NAS KILLED, he absolutely murdered, dismembered it. the best ever doing what the best ever does. spitting true life changing music. one
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I was at the concert. I personally thought it was way too short. For one he came out an hour late and then finished early. He didn’t preform the whole songs just snippets, and for a bunch of songs he would do like only 4 - 8 Bars and then cut it. I was disappointed. I think about all the other Hip Hop shows I’ve been too, and this one was farthest from the best. Maybe Hip Hop is so dead to him he can’t stay out that long.