Record Bar show 3-20-06

Judging by the crowd last night at the POS/Mac Lethal/SIMS/Dessa
show at the Record Bar, there are some mid-20s guys out there on
the hip hop circuit who remember what it was like to be 17, all full of
rage and impatience, with moods swinging from despair to elation. Thank
God the folks at the Record Bar were able to make it an 18+
show...there were more Xs on hands than at a straightedge convention. POS,
who was reppin' DoomTree and Rhymesayers, came packing all his crossover appeal,
with his emo-tinged vocals and super-fast lyricism. A little pool of
high school kids swarmed the base of the stage, singing along, hands in
the air, occasionally getting busted by Toon for trying to mosh.

We gotta admit, it went a little over our heads, or maybe we've lost
all that edge now that we're old enough to drink.

In this crowd, Mac Lethal fit right in, and not just because he's home
(with only four more shows left on a tour that began in January).
Watching Mac woo all those lil fresh-faced girls with his comic torment,
strings of rhymes like jewels in a box, we had to wonder if Mac is really
still 16 at heart, writing feverishly in a diary and
trying on different expressions in the bathroom mirror...