Editor’s note: The pic above was sent to us from the intrepid BK journalist Willis Still Sunsweet, from WhoWalkInBrooklyn, who attended the DJ Premier x DJ Scratch performance hosted by CityParks in Red Hook. Willis was with us at the BlackMoon Boot Camp show in Crown Heights as well. The scene in Red Hook looks a lot different from the outset. Folding chairs at a Hip-Hop show? Brooklyn, no actually Red Hook, stand the fuck up! I’ma let Willis Still Sunsweet tell it…
Peep Evil Dee at left getting his photo taken with mad Asian crate diggers… The scene was okay, mix of ‘hood, Asians, white beat kids and curiosity seekers but you know how these things are– not the most compelling musical experience.
Danny Castro brought up some cat from Detroit, Niles Davis (?!) before who did a L-O-N-G “Phantom of the Opera” rap over symphonic bluster. It was ok but hard to get hold of tho’ he did take off his fisherman hat a lot.
Danny Castro had his history mixed up a bit, saying we’d all get shot 10 years ago, which ain’t true at all. 20 years ago Red Hook was a rough place but mostly on ladies of the night who didn’t make enough paper for their pimps…
Best part of night is stopping at Fairway for crab meats…
Fairway fun fact: that used to be a police impound yard in mid-late ’90s. Do you remember when ODB was all in the news here with his alleged shoot-outs, traffic accidents, etc? That was also last visible gasp of mafia killings– an “associate” thrown out bleeding from car by Grand Army Plaza, BODY FOUND IN TRUNK of car at impound yard, etc.
Brooklyn, MAKE SOME NOISE!
xxlmag.com reported SH shipped 18k the first week which was my guess. I believe I win but I wish them dudes did move 50 cent numbers them dudes spit hard…………Pause
… Pause is right, King. And I like 50 a lot more than Slaughterhouse because hard spitting isn’t songwriting. Congrats on the guees; see you at Family Day? In today’s environment, I don’t think 18,000 is a bad number for an album that’s not satisfying to anyone except the hardcore battle rap fans. Now if OBCL42 sells that little… that would be depressing.
Also, I was at Red Hook last night too and while Willis is right about the crab meats, I did laugh when Premo said “EPMD ain’t shit without DJ Scratch” or something to that effect.
Anyone remember what that last EPMD sold?
S(ll)SP
King Blair,
Your were close, but in the drop that will run in a few you will see who actually won the watch