Tuesday has always been an important day in the music industry. Well this past Tuesday (6/1) was especially great. I was in attendance at the Homeboy Sandman and Spec Boogie Album release party/show at S.O.B.’s and it was EPIC!!! First of all I want to applaud Anarch Eighty for putting together such an event. I had no idea what was on the agenda and I was pleasantly surprised as the evening unfolded. The hosts TastyKeish of WBAI and Peter Rosenberg from Hot 97, real people who know Hip-Hop, did an awesome job. The evening celebrated “REAL HIP-HOP” and the artists that stay true to the game. Performers included Ciph Diggy, Elucid, Core Rhythm, Rabbi Darkside, J-Live, Che Grand, Peter Hadar, Donwill and Von Pea, and the men of the hour, Spec Boogie and Homeboy Sandman.
If you missed this show I am here to rub it in your face and tell you that you missed a great show. This one is definitely going down as one of the best shows I’ve seen. You missed J-Live spittin’ bars and mixing simultaneously, Core Rhythm getting’ busy to the Rabbi Darkside beatbox, (Shout Out to Rabbi Darkside for his Nurse Jackie appearance), Chaz Kangas and Kosha Dillz Freestyle, Fresh Daily on the mic with Homeboy Sandman, Peter Hadar and Spec Boogie duet and Don Will and Von Pea moving the crowd.
Spec Boogie came out and his energy was crazy. His introduction rhyme is insane as every word in the verses either start with an S or a B. Who does that?? And it was on point. He then went into his album material and continued with his collaboration tunes with most of the artists on the bill.
Homeboy Sandman tore the stage up. That’s the best way to describe it. He came out and let the crowd direct him by starting the show with “Verbal Soul Clap” and it went from there. He performed songs from “The Good Sun” and took us back to “Lightning Bolt Lightning Rod” “Airwave Air Raid” and “Not Pop”. There were a myriad of on-stage collabos including “Freestyle of Mine” (GNR “Sweet Child of Mine”) with Kosha Dillz, Homeboy Sandman and Chaz Kangas.
This Hip Hop game is making a turn for the better. On a Tuesday night, it was amazing to see a packed S.O.B.’s in the name of Real Hip Hop. We need to keep supporting our independent and underground artists and let these industry cats know that this is what we want to hear!! I applaud artists who do it for the love of the game and the people. Keep bringin’ us the stuff we want to hear.
Here is Homeboy Sandman starting off his set with “Verbal Soul Clap”
Pics courtesy of TechieNYC and Ernest Estime
www.homeboysandman.com
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