Wednesday 10 July 2013

Concrete Grind Review by Thandikhaya Mzozoyana

 
On 7 of July, 469 Bar Lounge was the place to be for PE hip hop heads. The Grassroots Arts Festival presenting the Concrete Grind show for the third time this year. The last two show brought us Projektah from east rand and Naked Eye from the Vaal. With this one i guess Yahkeem and his team figured they should go big or go home. The BeatOven and Yourlokalhead inclusion on the line-up promised to be a memorable show.
With Adon Geel stuck in Grahamstown, Yahav was left to make lyrical marathon for the Sons of Law set. He delivered and did not disapoint but Geel was missed. When is the album dropping? The BeatOven mixed a head banger set after Yahav's food for thought lyrics. The combination of the Two Headed Monster and X-LYRICIST was lethal. X-LYRICIST is a lyrical genius and cats must watch out 'cause "it's the rise of the LYRICIST". Storm got on stage and pleased the crowd and what is a Storm set without the 'THUNDER STORM PLATFORM'. During the i...nterval Dj Sebs of KQ fm dropped a soulful mix on the decks. Highlight of the day was when Kubl5senses gave his students, Nyikima and Pythagorhymes, the mic. Nyikima and Pythagorhymes ripped the mic to shreds and suprised the shit out of me and everybody else. Kubla felt the heat of being outdone by his own proteges, so he took the last leg and killed. The Grand Finale remix put a lid on an epic perfomance. Can Yourlokalhead and The BeatOven top that? That was the question.

The BeatOven is not any ordinary deejay, he's a live perfoming deejay. Yourlokalhead's command and manipulation of the crowd was amazing. Yahkeem was under pressure but delivered as always.
"The success of a show is not the quantity of the audience but the quality of the sound" those are the words of the Mastabilda. The sound was crisp, the mics were perfect. The bouncer minus the three piece suite was Ohayv a.k.a the love writer himself. The only disapointment was when we was told, 'IPHELILE'. ‪#‎PEACE

2 comments:

  1. Wish i was there sounds like it was an experiencs

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  2. Wish I was present cause it sounds dope.

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