We had so many people in town this weekend it was absolutely ridiculous. There were a gang of parties, concerts and celebrity sightings. First we have to shout out to Tony Neal, the president of the Core DJs for bringing his Core DJ Retreat to the STL. There were more than 300 deejays in town mixing and mingling all weekend. Derrty ENT’s event Thursday at Plush and Flow Ink’s Mos Def concert at Toxic kicked off the weekend. Both were phat joints. Nelly and the entire Derrty ENT family slid through. Sir Thurl from 100.3 The Beat put it down and gave love to all of the local St. Louis artists. Hey, Sir Thurl …Can I get a copy of that “Like Woe” from the All Stars? That was piping hot.
Nelly thanked Core DJs and talked about the upcoming project with Ali and Big Gipp. Although they had a nice crowd, there was a little competition down the street with Mos Def ripping Toxic the same night. Mos Def, giving justice to poets everywhere, has a huge following of his own. I dug it deeply. Just Black and China Black opened the night with a reggae tune called “Someone to Love.” Gangsta rap met reggae. They hit it off. But the crowd was there to see Mos Def, who rocked for about 90 minutes.
The next night was the Massacre Tour. The concert was okay, but I was a bit disappointed that Lil John did not show up. I understand about scheduling conflicts, but the STL loves CRUNK and Lil John. After the concert, folks flocked to the afterset at Toxic. When I pulled up the line was wrapped around the corner. I had to hit my girl Alice Prince up to get in because her security had it locked up. When she came out, I was not the only person trying to beat the line and go VIP: The TrackStarz, a couple of Rams players, Derrty Ent, and Disturbing Tha Peace were pushing their status around. When I finally got in, the party was tight. The entire G-Unit family came through. They came about 100 deep. G-Unit, that was a bit much. We could’ve shut them down, but we showed a little Lou love.
The performances were great. The All Stars performed new songs. To be for real, Dub, D-Mac and Guccio stole the show. That’s right, Guccio, the CEO of Black on Black/Quit Playing Entertainment, is a rapper too! Another highlight was the performance by DTP; I-20, Playaz Skillz, and Tidy Boy put it down out of love. DJ AJ and DJ Shock put it down. Saturday night Black Mafia Family did it big again at Toxic. I was looking forward to Bun B, but Bun said he did not know he was slated to come. Anyway, the party was still a lot of fun.