2006.06.03 - Metro, Chicago - DJ Z-Trip, Jean Grae, Pugslee Atomz, Dynamic Vibrations

[xTHETORNADOx]

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 @ Metro
3730 N. Clark
Chicago, IL

Time: 11 PM
Cost: $19
18+

DJ Z-Trip
Jean Grae
Dynamic Vibrations
Pugslee Atmoz

Flyer link

If you have never seen z-trip live, he's amazing. i will be there. i am going to ask him if this is going to be a DJ set or a live show. either way, it's going to be great. when i saw him in august, he played mostly live. he played a few records here and there, but it was mostly stuff off the 'shifting gears' album.

if you can afford it, i highly recommend going.

[mactheknife]

****, this is the day after something else and I will not be in the state.

[xTHETORNADOx]

intel is from the z-trip board and a real cool guy. seriously, come out to this if you can. i think Z will be doing a DJ set. you will dance harder than you ever have before.

[xTHETORNADOx]

does anyone want to go to this with me?

[jose]

Me

[torturedoritohellride]

I'll be at either this or the coup.

[xTHETORNADOx]

i hope you come to this because as of right now i am going by myself and would rather not.

[Patrick Cosmos]

:(

I am sorry, Steve

If it were cheaper and/or if there was someone on the bill I really wanted to see I would go. Come to El Cid tonight! Food!

[xTHETORNADOx]

it's all good. last time i saw z-trip he was playing "the bridge" and this dude in a popped collar polo shirt taps me on the shoulder to say "DUDE - MC SHAN!!!!" and i was like "yeah, man".

i hope that guy is there again tomorrow.

as for el cid, i have to do work stuff tonight. sorry. i don't want to do it as it is team-building non-sense for all the camp counselors but i have to go.

[jose]

Popper-collar man would totally be repping MC Shan. For about an hour when I lived with Ari, I would try to play MC Shan tracks right into KRS-One tracks exclusively. It was pretty hilarious.

[xTHETORNADOx]

dynamic vibrations were ok. pugslee atomz was great. jean grae killed it. intel and the other DJs (didn't catch there names) were good, too.

z-trip... oh my ****ing god. honest to god, the best thing ever. ever.

highlights:
-'we will rock you'/'dirt off your shoulder'
-BULLS ON PARADE!
-reggae portion of the set
-assorted hip-hop classics including (but not limited to) 'paid in full', 'jump around', 'OPP', 'gin and juice', 'nothin' but a G thang'
-old classics such as: jurassic 5/oasis, janis joplin/dj shadow, blackalicious/hall of the mountain king finale

he even did a section of drum n bass, during which i thought i would die. he dropped 'the funky worm', and i had heard him mix that into the original of 'dopeman', then into aphrodite's remix of it. i knew that was coming, so i had my gun fingers poised and at the ready. so of course, he drops that wobbly aphrodite jump-up. then what do i hear... 'DURR DURR DUH DURR DURR DURR DURR'... ****ing 'TWIST EM OUT' (AKA that synth from the interludes of 'da ali g show')! holy ****, i lost it and was brocking out so hard. i called for the reload. he did not hear me, obviously, but he rewound that **** regardless. then he mixed into 'dubplate killa' and i think i was the only one who knew what was going on, and i'm sure i looked like an idiot screaming the lyrics. i don't care.

after the show, Z was standing in the corridor and like an idiot i decided to go take a whizz before saying hi. when i got out, he was headed back up to the stage to take apart his set-up. :( oh well. next time.

this was so god damn ****ing sweet. holy ****. that is all i can say. holy god damn ****ing ****.

[xTHETORNADOx]

how could i forget the 'wanna be startin' somethin''/'get busy child' mix?