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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