I was over the moon at Atomic Cowboy after experiencing Rap Fan. The show with Track Star & Friends, featuring some of my favorite local veteran rappers, was so packed I could barely breathe Friday night. Normally I’m fussy and irritable when the crowd is too much for TV. However, the folks who took the stage have been grinding for our city in the name of hip-hop and it warmed my heart almost as much as the body heat that was in the room to see them get the support they deserve. It was lit – and I’m talking Hi-Pointe on steroids lit. I got a chance to check out some folks who emerged from hip-hop witness protection just to hit the stage with some straight up hotness. I would need a whole Partyline to name drop the crowd, but I’ll point out a few of the folks who blessed the mic on the lovely night. Blvck Spvde and his lumberjack shirt/kimono/grandfather bathrobe managed to give me some “I woke up like this” life. And I’m sorry Biko, but I’m calling you Needles because of the nostalgia I’m feeling from how the folks threw down throwback style. Needles got it in on the tables to segue between the nonstop heat folks brought to the microphone. And I can’t be the only one convinced that Finsta, who hosted the show, is a vampire. He hasn’t aged since the day we met – and there have people who have been born and got grown in between that frame of time! But back to the show. It was life! I love when we love us and show STL solidarity!
