Kurtis Blow & The Furious Five
18.09.09 @Jazz Café, London
If there was one thing I've learned that night at the Jazz Café, it was the fact that the real Hip Hop attitude is something native. It's nothing you can pretend to have.
These guys have been in show-business for over 30 years now and they haven't lost none of their power and style.
It could have been one of those gigs where you watch some mid-fifty guys and just feel embarrassed for them whilst they try to bring "the good old days" back. And trust me, I went to see Ice T. a few years ago, I know what I'm talking about.
But Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Scorpio and Rahiem looked and sounded like they have been frozen in the New York Hip Hop era, it was absolutely unbelievable.
"Is Hip Hop still in the building?" They wouldn't have needed the audience to answer that question.
From "The Breaks" to "The Message" and "White Lines" they performed every hit and all you could do was singing along, moving to the beat and waving everything possible in the air.
I used to watch Beat Street, Wild Style and Krush Groove for about a hundred times and I've listened to all that old school stuff over and over again. Always wondering what it was like going to a real block or house party. But unfortunately I was just born, the time they invented Hip Hop.
I'm more than happy that they decided to come back on stage again and gave me an impression what these days must have felt like. The perfect beat with a message. Hip Hop is still in the building, that's for sure.
If there was one thing I've learned that night at the Jazz Café, it was the fact that the real Hip Hop attitude is something native. It's nothing you can pretend to have.
These guys have been in show-business for over 30 years now and they haven't lost none of their power and style.
It could have been one of those gigs where you watch some mid-fifty guys and just feel embarrassed for them whilst they try to bring "the good old days" back. And trust me, I went to see Ice T. a few years ago, I know what I'm talking about.
But Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Scorpio and Rahiem looked and sounded like they have been frozen in the New York Hip Hop era, it was absolutely unbelievable.
"Is Hip Hop still in the building?" They wouldn't have needed the audience to answer that question.
From "The Breaks" to "The Message" and "White Lines" they performed every hit and all you could do was singing along, moving to the beat and waving everything possible in the air.
I used to watch Beat Street, Wild Style and Krush Groove for about a hundred times and I've listened to all that old school stuff over and over again. Always wondering what it was like going to a real block or house party. But unfortunately I was just born, the time they invented Hip Hop.
I'm more than happy that they decided to come back on stage again and gave me an impression what these days must have felt like. The perfect beat with a message. Hip Hop is still in the building, that's for sure.
bangbangrockandroll - 9. Oct, 18:44
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