New York

I had loads of fun in New York. I'm going to write all about it and post some pictures later. A few annoying things happened but overall it was cool. I spent a stupid amount shopping. I had to give half of the clothes I took with me to a homeless shelter because I didn't have any room to take them home. It's all good though.

Next up is Lil Wayne in London. I can't wait.

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Redman Moonwalking in his Boxers

Redman is my crush, I admit it. He's so funny and cute. He'd really appreaciate my feet, because I do infact have a pinky toenail.



I'm waiting for Blackout! 2 to be delivered, hurry up Mr. Postman!
I've already heard it though and it's a banger. Hopefully this means they'll be touring the UK again soon (please!).

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Ghostface Killah - Glasgow/Manchester

Wu Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah hit the UK as part of his European tour a couple of weeks ago.





He played shows in London, Bristol, Glasgow and Manchester. I didn’t mean to go to both the Manchester and Glasgow shows but somehow I did. The dates were announced at different times and me, being a bit simple, got confused.

The Glasgow and Manchester shows were almost polar opposites of one another, so I’ll give a rundown of them both.

Glasgow.

I left way too early for the show and ended up standing outside for ages. I didn’t realise he was playing the Academy 2, I thought it was just the Academy, so I thought the queue would be huge. As usual I ended up buying a CD outside (I really need to learn how to say no!). It was pretty chilly and my feet were in agony because I decided to wear my highest heels (urgh... blisters, yuck). The doors opened around 7:30pm, if I remember rightly. I had never been to the Academy 2 before so I never realised how tiny it was, it was really small. I’d say the capacity was around 200-300 people. I had a few vodkas and chilled out for a bit. There were a few support acts, including DJ Vadim and Cheeba who performed an AV show, which was pretty unique. After the DJs had played I decided to go up to the barrier – BIG MISTAKE!

I had couple more vodkas and then Pretty Toney came out, the moment he came out – sporting a wine coloured Sean John velour tracksuit and a bright yellow t-shirt – the crowd seemed to go, and pardon my language, fucking crazy. Even if I had wanted to escape I couldn’t. I was stuck between hundreds of sweaty, drunk men. At one point I thought my bones would be crushed. One complete twat spilt his lager on my head too, which is not a good look. To be honest, it was too hot and I was too crushed to really enjoy the show. He was supported by some of his Theodore Unit cronies, Shawn Wigs, Du Lilz and J-Love on the decks. The show was good, of course except for the fact I could not breathe. He played some tracks from 36 Chambers, some of his own material and asked the crowd what they’d like to hear. Randomly “You Know I’m No Good” came on, it wasn’t that random, but I just didn’t think he’d play that live, especially to a crowd like that. I was chuffed because I really like the song but it was just a mistake by the DJ.

After a good half an hour Ghostface called out to the crowd “who in here can rhyme?” or something like that. I initially thought he said “who in here likes to rob?”, so I was confused. A few locals jumped on the stage and Wigs gave me a bottle of water which was nice. If I remember right the first “MC” was a bit shit and got boo’d off stage within a few seconds, the rest were okay. I couldn’t really understand what they were saying to be honest. They seemed to be happy with their five minutes on stage with Ghost though. After that a couple more songs played and then they invited some ladies on stage to dance. I was offered but I couldn’t get past and didn’t really want to bring attention to my lager drenched hair. The girls who went on stage couldn’t really dance, one was okay and the other two were awful and gave us white girls an even worse rep for dancing like a dad at a disco. Nevermind.

The show ended around 11:30pm. The entourage went to sell some t-shirts and CDs. Ghost’s manger gave me a free t-shirt and made sure I got it signed first, which was nice. I’d spent all my money on drink basically anyway (oops). I was still sober though. I can’t even remember how many people touched the back of my neck that night (I have a Wu tattoo there). Some creepy ginger dude was planning on raping me I think. He told me there was an after party at this “club” and when I asked where it is he gave me dodgy directions to a back alley. So yeah, I didn’t go there! I asked if there was an after party and they said to go to their hotel because I wanted to go back to mine first and shower, I completely forgot the room number though so I just stayed at my own hotel, the Jury’s Inn. It’s basically a more expensive, slightly glorified Travelodge.


Manchester

I got a train down there from Aberdeen, I considered “megabussing” it to save money but weighed it up and realised that I should spend a bit extra and get a train. The journey was pretty relaxing. The internet only worked on one of the 3 connecting trains I got so I played solitaire and listened to music for the majority of the 6 or so hours.

We stayed at the Jury’s Inn down there too. Well, I ditched my stuff there anyway. I may as well have ordered a locker to store my stuff because I spent like half an hour there. We got a taxi to the show because we had no idea where we were going. We left a bit later so we weren’t queuing up or anything I love Manchester, the people are really friendly. About five people asked if they could buy a ticket. My sister pulled me away quickly because knowing me I’d feel bad for them and end up giving it away. Another reason I like Manchester is because there are so many hot people there, no joke, back to the seriousness though. Du Lils and Shawn recognised us as we went in and one of them shouted “the twins!” or something. Anyway, I went to get a vodka (man, I’m really sounding like I have an alcohol problem with all these vodkas, huh?) and we went in and stood about. The place was much bigger than the Academy 2 in Glasgow, there must have been a couple thousand in there.

Broke-N-£nglish were supporting them. I have seen them before when they supported Method Man and Redman in Glasgow last year. They were pretty good and their DJ played some good old skool tunes which I appreciated very much. I could tell the dynamic at this show was going to be totally different. I actually had breathing room (I’m really milking this crushed thing, right? My knees were really bruised though and I’m weak and female!). I was pretty disappointed though because the crowd didn’t really have much energy, like they couldn’t really be bothered or something.
Ghostface came out around 9pm if I remember, I noticed he had a lot more energy at this show. It was pretty much the same rundown as the Glasgow show, pretty much the same songs and same routine. The MCs that he got on stage were a bit better though, a local promoter called Chunky won the battle. I ended up going on stage to dance which I hate doing, I always feel like a complete idiot. I was confused because the girls who went on stage were pretty much standing at the side and refusing to dance, if you don’t wanna dance why go on the fucking stage? Eh, hello?! I was dancing with one of the entourage guys and he gave me a guest pass. The show pretty much finished after that and I chilled at the bar and had a couple more drinks – I really shouldn’t have though because I was starting to feel tipsy, I did anyway though. We chilled backstage for a bit, I had another drink back there and like 2 hits of a blunt and I was a mess. Okay, I wasn’t that bad, I could stand (in 5 inch heels) but I was still a bit drunk. Anyway, both shows were good and the guys were really nice.

Here's a video of some of the show, I had to cut a lot because YouTube kept saying it was too long.

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My new shoes are hot

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D12 - Glasgow 01/04/09

I stayed up all night the day before because I know how awful I am at getting organised, even though my bus didn't leave until 09:30 (well, I had to pack and choose what to wear at night). So anyway, got the bus to Aberdeen with my sister. I slept all the way for 2 hours, then got the bus from Aberdeen to Glasgow, a further 3 hours of sleeping. So I was pretty good as far as sleep was concerned.

We went shopping for a bit, I got some "twisted" grey skinny jeans, and some purple ones in the same colour (they're dark purple, pretty sweet) and some tops for tonight. My sister was having a carry on because she didn't know what to buy. Yeah, so anyway, dropped our stuff off at the hotel, chilled for a minute then got ready. So I wore my new grey jeans, a longish black tank, my leather jacket and my gladiator heels (they're pretty nice). We walked to the venue, got there around, hmm... 17:30. There were quite a few people in front of us. It's strange because for some reason half of the people in the queue had awful teeth, I guess I just notice things more when I have to stand around. I was pretty surprised that there wasn't any guys selling those mixtapes and handing out flyers like they usually do. This was pretty good for me though, I always end up buying some shit CD, I'm easily led I guess.

Anyway, oh yes, back to the queue. Around half an hour before the thing opened a taxi stopped and two god awful girls literally fell out. There was one really fat blonde bird wearing an extremely short black dress and, sadly for me and the other sober people with eyes there, some lacey see-through pants. I felt really pretty disgusted at this point then the other one fell out - she was wearing a tiny tartan mini skirt, some black and silver sandles and a crop top. It maybe doesn't sound that bad but believe me, it was. She kept strutting up and down, I think she liked the attention. I heard she passed out before the concert even started and didn't get in, well that's what ya get for being a ho on drugs I guess.

We got in pretty sharpish, I was annoyed at myself again because I brought a bag, I always bring a bag and I always regret it because it has to get searched and all these people get in front of me. It was cool though because I still got in the front row. I bought a hoody for £30. It was pretty cool, I would have rather spent less and just got a t-shirt but they were black and I wanted something that could get signed. So we waited around for a minute then the DJ came out, YoungMase. He was pretty hyper, seemed like a cool guy and a good DJ, got the crowd real hyped up. I was chuffed 'cause he played some Nas. Hah.

Then the Glaswegian emcee guy came on. I can't remember his name but he was cool. It wasn't necessarily my cup of tea, maybe because I'm just not used to hearing someone rap in a Scottish accent, but kudos to him for doing his thing. Some people in the crowd were being pretty shit and booing him, which I always hate. It's always some idiot who couldn't do nearly as good who acts like that.

After he was done YoungMase came out again and hyped us up a bit. Some chick next to me decided to roll up her top so she could let her muffintop hang out and was dancing like she was at Woodstock or something, ah well, good for her. Then Classified's DJ came out. He was a big white Canadian guy with an Obama shirt on. I enjoyed Classified, I have heard his name loads but never actually listened to him before. He did a good job. He had a few people on stage with him, two other guys rapping and one guy who was singing and pretty good I might add.



After Class was done a few CDs were thrown into the crowd. One hut me in the head, ow and the guy with the man crush on Swifty got it, I then got handed one when they came walking out the front though.



Royce Da fucking 5'9 then came out! I was so hyped for him, I'd been listening to Boom on repeat for ages before we left. He came with Kid Vishis. I was actually really disappointed though. I'd expected Royce to be on at least as long as Class was, but no, he was on for around 10 minutes in total. I wanted to hear a few of his new singles but no. Nevermind. They rocked it though, I liked it at the end where they posed for a photoshoot to MIA's sample in Swagga Like Us. The crowd really disappointed me with Royce though, some idiot thought it was a good idea to start throwing stuff at them, I really can't stand that, have some damn respect!



Finally, after YoungMase came back out telling us that "D12 WERE IN THE FUCKING BUILDING!" about 30 times they actually came out. It was more like d3 though, as the only actual d12 member who were there were Swifty, Kuniva and Bizarre. They brought Maestro Williams out instead of Kon Artis. I think he was a pretty good replacement. He was pretty cute, wearing a little bow tie and Kanye shades. I can't remember the song order but they did pretty good. I was a little disgusted when Bizarre took his shirt off but hey, I should have expected it. Besides, it was pretty hot in there. Fight Music or Purple Pills was probably their best songs because the crowd got really into them. I was pretty chuffed that there wasn't too much pushing when they came out. I remember last year Method Man & Redman the crowd was so fucking annoying, pushing me right up against the barrier, I was covered in bruises.



Swifty handed me a towel, or just threw it in my direction, although it looked more like a handing than a throwing and the guy behind me (the Swift fanboy/Stan) was gutted! He tried to get it but I didn't let go. Not sure why I really want a sweaty towel anyway, but I have a mini collection of them from concerts in a box at home. Quite disgusting actually, nevermind, anyway, so they finished off and told all the ladies to go to the afterparty at Classrooms and that if we hang around they'll come sign out things. So I waited around and some idiots started pushing like crazy, seriously, I think rappers have bodyguards to protect them against their male stans rather than female fans. So I finally got through to get them to sign my hoody, I even brough my own Sharpie with me! I didn't need it though. Kuniva said he liked my lip piercing, that it was very original which made me smile, then said something about being sexy and gave me a hug, I got the rest of them to sign it then I went back to the hotel.



I really wanted to go to the afterparty but I had to leave REALLY early to go back to Aberdeen, so I was smart and sensible and went back and watched some dodgy movie and fell asleep.



So yeah, I'd give the show a B, lack of Obie and the really short set of Royce lower it for me. Overall it was a fun night though.

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