A while back I went into Glasgow to see Roots Manuva. It was in this crazy as location too. Old railway tunnels that were converted into a bar and stage. The acoustics were great and as my friend Gary says it looks like the sort of place they stored alien bodies or something.
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The actual concert was good. It's funny hearing the opening act trying to hype up the Glaswegian crowd when they were having none of it. I can't remember what his name was but he wasn't too bad. You gotta feel for them because more often than not everyone there wants nothing more for the opening act to just bog off and let the REAL artist turn up.
Roots was really really good. Again I can't remember his name but his supporting singer was really good. There were times where Roots just chilled out in the corner for a while and let the guy go at it and no-one really cared because he was really good.
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He played the usual stuff, finishing up with Dreamy Days.. where he taught the audience how to sing it properly.. NO NO NO!!! it's not NAH NAH NAH at the end it's NAH NAHHHHHHHHH. Took us like 3 tries to get it right. Haha.
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My only complaint would be that he wasn't on for that long, but then he was probably off his face so fair game to him.
Fun fact about the crowds in Scotland, they don't chant the artists name at the end of the concert they chant.. ONE MORE TOOON . Funny thing was Roots came on and then did only play ONE MORE TOON. Weird, most of the other encores i've seen are usually at least 2 or 3 songs.
Here are a few pics.
So the other gig I went to (after missing out on Tv on the Radio) was De La Soul in Edinburgh. I was a bit gutted when I got there because the opening act was still on and he was soooo shit. I mean the mc was okay but his dj was soo soo so shit. I'm not going to claim to be this hip hop guru or anything but would all the british up and coming hip hop artists quit trying to be Dizzee Rascal and carve out your own sound. Please.
But then De La came on and killed it. They had the whole crowd (who were dead with the opening act) jumping. The kings of working the crowd, they had the center, left and right all fighting for who was more in love with Hip hop. According to Dave, our side was Married to HipHop. To which the other members of De La hassled the shit out of him for.. they even stopped a song halfway to say... “married to hip hop??? really?!!??”. It seems like even though it's been like twenty years we dont need to worry about De La breaking up soon, they still get along really well.
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Rock Co Kane Flow live was my highlight, as was Saturday.. oh and The magic number.. oh man all of it was awesome. They announced a new album next year called “You're Welcome” and an accompanying tour to celebrate 20 years since the release of 3 feet high and rising.
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Not sure how these pics came out but I tried my best in the dark.. my phone's flash is still broken and I can't be bothered getting it fixed.
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