I'm so angry...
So I went to the Anger Management Tour last night here in Dallas. In case you don't know, Eminem was the headliner preceeded by 50 Cent and the G-unit guys as well as Lil' John, and a bunch of other fuckers who I didn't bother leaving the bar early enough to see.
First off my main complaint. How fucking hard is it to get the sound right at a hip-hop show? All you have to do is balance a pre-recorded track and several microphones. In Eminem's case there were two guys on stage (Em and some dude who I assume to Obie Trice, but what the fuck do I know) and a "DJ" pretending to mix records on a little elevated platform off to the side of the stage. Songs would play and you could'nt hear Em during the verses. How the fuck does this happen? The one guy in the building who should have his mic turned up, and he doesn't. Whatever.
Despite that I had a damn good time. The thing is with rap/hiphop concerts is there really isn't much you can do to make them good. Rarely is the music generated fromm actual live instruments, so you basically end up with any number of people running around the stage rapping and generally fucking around. That's what's so great.
Watching G-unit play it is clear why 50 Cent is the star. He's the only one who seemed like had anything specific to do. The rest of the guys were just running around pouring bottles of water on groupies and waving their towel around. G-unit is made up of a bunch of guys who are really lucky they grew up on the same block as 50. And I suppose they're lucky 50 hasn't gotten himself killed yet.
Its a topic I love talking about: the Entourage, the Posse whatever. I think it's actually better to be a posse member than the head guy. The head guy has to do shit. If you're just some dude in G-unit all you really ahve to do is make sure 50 isn't too far away from wherever you are; the rest is money and bitches.
I'm going to elaborate on this later, but I don't care to be at work anymore this week so I'm leaving. Sobriety's a bitch.
First off my main complaint. How fucking hard is it to get the sound right at a hip-hop show? All you have to do is balance a pre-recorded track and several microphones. In Eminem's case there were two guys on stage (Em and some dude who I assume to Obie Trice, but what the fuck do I know) and a "DJ" pretending to mix records on a little elevated platform off to the side of the stage. Songs would play and you could'nt hear Em during the verses. How the fuck does this happen? The one guy in the building who should have his mic turned up, and he doesn't. Whatever.
Despite that I had a damn good time. The thing is with rap/hiphop concerts is there really isn't much you can do to make them good. Rarely is the music generated fromm actual live instruments, so you basically end up with any number of people running around the stage rapping and generally fucking around. That's what's so great.
Watching G-unit play it is clear why 50 Cent is the star. He's the only one who seemed like had anything specific to do. The rest of the guys were just running around pouring bottles of water on groupies and waving their towel around. G-unit is made up of a bunch of guys who are really lucky they grew up on the same block as 50. And I suppose they're lucky 50 hasn't gotten himself killed yet.
Its a topic I love talking about: the Entourage, the Posse whatever. I think it's actually better to be a posse member than the head guy. The head guy has to do shit. If you're just some dude in G-unit all you really ahve to do is make sure 50 isn't too far away from wherever you are; the rest is money and bitches.
I'm going to elaborate on this later, but I don't care to be at work anymore this week so I'm leaving. Sobriety's a bitch.
posted by Monkeydrunk at 2:59 PM
1 Comments:
Much in the same vein as how I would rather be a bullpen catcher than a star.
What ever happened between 50 and The Game? Are they a'ight, or is there bad blood?
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