The A3C in ATL
I was in ATL the 1st weekend of April for the A3C EVENT.
It was good to be in ATL for more than just the time it takes to pass through on the interstate heading to West Palm Beach.
The A3C event put together by ARCH THE FINGER records lasted three days and featured a whole grab bag of hip-hop acts.
The majority of the groups that i saw perform on Thursday and Friday didn't stick in my memory for some reason. Maybe i've seen too much indie hip-hop and it all blends together after seeing all those acts together. Maybe i'm burnt out. Maybe i'm too superficial. When I see guys with surfer hair cuts (the kind that flips up at the ends...eeew.) and half-time drum-and-bass beats, I just have to wonder if having a mile-a-minute flow with twenty 6-syllable words is each line is really going to make you dope on stage. I just couldn't get into it. The crowd was right there with me, too. Sure, people were in front of the stage, having conversations about the after-parties, or swaying back and forth in a drunken state. But no one really seemed to be rockin' out what this dude was puttin' down. The few groups that I saw who captured the crowd (that I remember) were:
Collective Efforts. And Simple Complexity had a crowd of girls front and center screaming at Mas Appeal and Junkie. Check it out.
Rob Roy was another performer that held some interest for sure. Jumping on speakers and whatnot. Of course Asamov was dope. That giant boom box is a sight to see. Binkis Reks had a hot set where they rocked over classic breaks from hip-hop's funk history library. My favorite was the Perceptionists. Yeah I know...I’m just a fan. But I had yet to see Mr. Lif and Akrobatic live, so I was hype to hear what they had to say. After a bit of microphone cord difficulty, Mr. Lif came off really solid. He's not as monotone in person as he is on record and you could hear every word. Excellent diction. ( haha ) The crowd who stuck around until 2am to see them was feelin' it too. Akrobatik rocked a couple of verses that I’ve been waitin' to hear and I hope you can hear the video audio okay.... check it out.
One of the most memorable moments in ATL was this cat we ran into in an area they called Little Five Points. I don't know really where we were so I’ll have to take my guide's word for it. This guy was wild. I thought that we was part of a local hip-hop duo out slangin' CDs to the shoppers passin' by. But when homie with the CD player left and didn't return I realized we were dealing with a different type of street urchin. This guy was from all over the east coast, New York, Fort Myers FL. and anywhere in between. He rambled on about the difference between MCs and Rappers for a while and I was glad when Junkie let him know that he was preaching to the choir and could spare us the lesson. Check out this exchange we had.
It was good to be in ATL for more than just the time it takes to pass through on the interstate heading to West Palm Beach.
The A3C event put together by ARCH THE FINGER records lasted three days and featured a whole grab bag of hip-hop acts.
The majority of the groups that i saw perform on Thursday and Friday didn't stick in my memory for some reason. Maybe i've seen too much indie hip-hop and it all blends together after seeing all those acts together. Maybe i'm burnt out. Maybe i'm too superficial. When I see guys with surfer hair cuts (the kind that flips up at the ends...eeew.) and half-time drum-and-bass beats, I just have to wonder if having a mile-a-minute flow with twenty 6-syllable words is each line is really going to make you dope on stage. I just couldn't get into it. The crowd was right there with me, too. Sure, people were in front of the stage, having conversations about the after-parties, or swaying back and forth in a drunken state. But no one really seemed to be rockin' out what this dude was puttin' down. The few groups that I saw who captured the crowd (that I remember) were:
Collective Efforts. And Simple Complexity had a crowd of girls front and center screaming at Mas Appeal and Junkie. Check it out.
Rob Roy was another performer that held some interest for sure. Jumping on speakers and whatnot. Of course Asamov was dope. That giant boom box is a sight to see. Binkis Reks had a hot set where they rocked over classic breaks from hip-hop's funk history library. My favorite was the Perceptionists. Yeah I know...I’m just a fan. But I had yet to see Mr. Lif and Akrobatic live, so I was hype to hear what they had to say. After a bit of microphone cord difficulty, Mr. Lif came off really solid. He's not as monotone in person as he is on record and you could hear every word. Excellent diction. ( haha ) The crowd who stuck around until 2am to see them was feelin' it too. Akrobatik rocked a couple of verses that I’ve been waitin' to hear and I hope you can hear the video audio okay.... check it out.
One of the most memorable moments in ATL was this cat we ran into in an area they called Little Five Points. I don't know really where we were so I’ll have to take my guide's word for it. This guy was wild. I thought that we was part of a local hip-hop duo out slangin' CDs to the shoppers passin' by. But when homie with the CD player left and didn't return I realized we were dealing with a different type of street urchin. This guy was from all over the east coast, New York, Fort Myers FL. and anywhere in between. He rambled on about the difference between MCs and Rappers for a while and I was glad when Junkie let him know that he was preaching to the choir and could spare us the lesson. Check out this exchange we had.
posted by WTFITKC!? at Friday, April 07, 2006
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