...ERR'body and there grandma' was there of course and the show was off da' chain and amaaazing like always.  I get backstage with PauL MooNeY and STaCy from "The Apprentice 2" and I'm taking shots and pictures, (make sure u look for me in a few womens' mags by the way), but wondering WHERE the hell's mah' partnah' ToNy right?!! Well uuusually he's at the tents ahead of me every year but I call him and of course after 1 of the usual looong after-after-party morning marathons, he's STILL in bed.  This all of course was hours b4 the BaBy PHaT show was slated to start so I KNOW he should at leeeast make it down in time to meet me for the show so I stay backstage for a bit while KiMoRa'S getting interviewed by throngs of press about her latest collection which starts in a few minutes.

Eventually I go out to the auditorium and I'm seated with my homegirl CHeRyL in the vip seats reserved for RuSSeLL SiMMoNS and KiMoRa'S friends and family still wondering why I haven't seen ToNy yet, (at least I got to reminisce for a minute with RuSS' since ToNe' and I used to dance for his old show back in da' di'day on HBO.) NEway the show still hasn't started so I'm making the quick rounds trying to say whaddup and "ketchup" to ERR'1 while looking to see if I can find ToNy.  FaT JoE comes over and I knooow he's just trying to find an open seat since the place is paaacked to the rafters but he's giving love to former DeF JaM exec' KeViN LiLeS and RuSSeLL who are both seated in front of me.  I give a huuuge hug and kiss to AnGie HaRMoN from Law & Order whom I've loooved for aaages even b4 she married ex-Giant JaSoN SeaHoRN when I spot my boy "FLy Ty" TySoN BecKFoRD! I ask him if he's seen ToNy S and he says he's been doing aiight ever since his accident awhile back but nope, stiiill no ToNy!!!

So I go backstage again and I run n2 my boy Dj CaSSiDy and bag a few more models b4 heading back out through the elevated runway to watch all the commotion, hubbub and excitement.  VIP's are still coming in and STILL no ToNy.  The show hasn't started so I figure I'll go back to running around and saying hi to heads when I look down from the runway and see ChRiSTiNa MiLiaN looking sooo damn gorgeous I decide I'm going over to holla' and show some LoVe.  I kneel down and grab her hands telling her how I just had to come over to see her divine looking self up close and in person and that I saw her on MySpace. lol  Everybody's in her face and trying to shoot her but DAMN she was looking B...A...N...A...N...A...S in that dress she had on so how could they NOT?!! (Wish I had my digital cam' on me shuuucks!!!) At this point reporters and photographers are using all the pre-show time to shoot and interview every celeb who's busy trying to find their seats yet STILL no ToNy.

Mya's getting interviewed on the runway, ALoNZo MouRNiNg's just getting to his seat and there goes seXxXy and delicious MiSS iNFO who's attention I try to get but she's busy doing the same "ketchup" game like all of us.  She was sitting a few seats up from ChRiSTiNa so I shoulda' grabbed her riiight then and there when I was busy hollerin' at Ms. MiLiaN like a groupie in the 1ST place! "Oh well I'll just shout out to that amaaazingly MaXiM'ized Asian when I get back on MySpace", I think to myself. haha  Well I'm seeing girls from "America's Next Top Model", P. DiDDy'S mother who's sitting across the runway from us, I run n2 my boy PeTeR from Complex magazine and writer TouRe who tells me he's got a new book or show coming out soon although I can't remember which it was he said.  I'm running 'round catching up to countless other heads but STILL no ToNy!

I go say whassup' to my boys AnDRe RoYo and MiKe' K. WiLLiaMS from HBO's "The Wire" and ask if my dawg' iDRiS who's also on the show came through with them but he hadn't.  I ask AnDRe if he saw ToNy S but still no dice! (Speaking of which I saw iDRiS' ex who's there covering the event with the press and she's stiiill holding some grudge against ME for sumthin' she says I told iDRiS awhile back yet she refused to tell me what it was!) Of course that's when the rest of the press comes over to do interviews so now ERR1's getting caught up in the melee of attention but whateva' I'm back to making the rounds.  I say hi to MiSa who's been a fashion stylist for a minute now although she's more known for being DiDDy'S babymama to their son JuSTiN.  I'm still walking around  netwoking and seeing ERR'body from the music industry, fashion world and elsewhere yet STILL no ToNy!

Finally we're all being ushered to our seats when the lights go down and the show's getting ready to start.  The clothes and the models were fiiieeerce although I preferred last year's collection a lil' better than this year's and I'm sure I'm not the only one.  (The models might have been a lil' better THIS year though!) wink*  Everything went tight and without a hitch although one of the models did break a heel on one of her boots but managed to keep strutting her stuff to the end.  My girls ALeK WeK and OMaHyRa MoTa the African and Dominican diva darlings of the runway were the two standout models of the show and the crowd roared in shouts and applause when they both came out.  I honestly gotta' say the show was on point and KiMMoRa came out to the kudos and applause she deserved accompanied by her 2 adorable daughters.

So the show finally ends, the lights come on and STILL no ToNy!!! Every1's racing around to find out who's partying and going where and everyone tells me PM and LoTuS should be the 2 poppin' spots which is greeeat since they're both a short walk away from each other.  People are fighting to get backstage to see RuSSeLL and KiMoRa including industry heads, the press and fans but I'm busy running around trying to get every1's new info and numbers...STILL no ToNy! I'm running n2 girls I aint seen in yeeears and hearing all sorts of news and gossip but all the alcohol in my system's got me pretty impatient and tiiired so I'm about to call it a night.  I waited on late azz ToNy all for nuthin' cuz' I didn't see him NOwhere and neither did NE1 else so I take my drunk azz home. 

Now you'd THINK the 1ST thang' I'd do when I got in was check my messages but nope, I just hit the sheets like leaky wet dreams and fall out.  This afternoon I wake up and play my messages and GUESS WHAT?!! I listen to the 1ST message only to hear ToNy'S voice on the line only to find out that he DID show up!!! Apparently he was coming up the steps about to enter the tents to see the show when he fell and dislocated his knee.  Now he's in the hospital and he'll definitely be doing some serious rehab BiGtime! (Gonna' hafta' try and cover his workloads now too and it aint like I aint already caught up and extreeemely busy as well...NE1 out there know a good clone company?!!) Well show him some love when u get a chance k people cuz' he's all holed up and aint going NOwhere!!! It'll lift his spirits and help him heal a lot faster so look him up in my TOP 8 section and give him all your well-wishes but thanks for reading my ramblings and hope this was a good and fun enough read unlike most! wink*

SEE "REAL TALK NY" PHOTOS:

http://www.realtalkny.net/2007/06/topic/topic/concerts/pictures-from-kanye-wests-star-studded-30th-birthday-party/

SHOUT OUT 2 BiG JaY W and my peeps who shot the event & 4warded the pix 2 me so y'all could see 'em! Just added more so check my pics section & ENJOY!!!

...at long last, my ultimate guide to what a woman really means when she says something. Remember to pay CLOSE attention cuz' it's not always WHAT she says but how and why she's sayin' it!

Psst...WHY don't y'all ever just SAY what u ACTUALLY mean instead of making us always play the guessing game eh, (we're not that intuitive or bright to begin with and all of a sudden we're supposed to be mindreading Houdini's???) ha

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...b4 this event occurred, I tried verrry hard to invite as maaany people as possible! I made calls, emails, u name it I did it just cuz' I didn't want NE1 to miss out on this 1-time-only historical industry event! (Even ToNy was LATE meeting up with me and I woulda' left him high and dry if he hadn't arrived way miiinutes later - u wuz' lucky son!) aha  The location of the concert wasn't disclosed even to those of us who were invited.  We all had to meet up under the FDR expressway near Chinatown to board buses which would then take us to DaVe'S private concert location.

You shoulda' seen how many missed out on this event eeeven after waiting in line for the longest.  As a matter of fact, some who even had rsvp's couldn't board the filled buses once they ran out of room AND to make matters worse it started raaaining!!! I had heads coming up to me beggin' me to pull some sorta' Gandalf but alas I had no powers and my staff was broken.  Still, you wouldn't belieeeve how heads remained undaunted and made SURE they weren't missing this show! wink*  Even ToNy and myself didn't make it on the bus cuz' they were all filled to capacity, (this despite there being at leeeast 15-20 buses that made roundtrips to transport all the attendees.)

Apparently I musta' spread the word about the show WAAAY too well cuz' the concert event was overbooked and the planners didn't anticipate the MOBS that arrived to get transportation to the show.  I could get n2 a whole OTHER story regarding the adventurous trek ToNy S and I made to Bklyn just to make it to the show but that would leave far too much to read.  NEway we arrive and you can already see the throngs of heads amassed in front of the stage, (the 1's luuucky enough to have made it on the buses...grrrr!!!) lol  Security was everywhere and we even caught up to a few bouncer friends I aint seen in a minute.

The rain wasn't as bad at first but was starting to pick up and get heavy.  I aint even have an umbrella but I could care LESS cuz' I KNEW tonight was gone' be on and PoPPiN' like a ho' poppin' dat' thang, eating popcorn and suckin' on blowpops! You could see the neighborhood buzzin' with the news as heads who weren't invited kept coming in droves to the area only to be restrained by security and police.  As ToNy and I walked on in to the roped off and baricaded area, I was more XxX'cited than a virgin on prom night, (I think I mighta' been moist and leaking just a lil' too.) jk 

We bumrushed through the crowd so we could get up front and find the VIP all the while not fully comprehending what an amaaazing event was in store for us!!! All during our thug'rush through the concert crowd we kept running n2 heads we aint seen in udeen' years! As always, there I went again networking and making the rounds.  The show wasn't ready yet since they were waiting for more heads to arrive so ToNy and I separated every few minutes to holla' at our peeps' and "ketchup" 2 heads.  I kid u NOT eeerr'body and their gynecologist was there, (I think I even saw Cookie Monster up in dat' piece!)

I'm tellin' y'all the LOVE was in the air, in the rain, in err'body's faces, I mean it was EVERYWHERE!!! You could just smeeell the weed, chronic, haze, purple, strawberry and all other kinds of "LoVe" being spread and passed around too! lol  I swear, it didn't matter where or which spot u moved to, cyphers were everywhere and all ova' the place.  Puff and pass cyphers, hippie cyphers, thug cyphers, clown cyphers and of course our favorite...freestyle cyphers!!! The frenzied anticipation of every1 waiting for DaVe to hit the stage was impalpable!!! People were so excited and happy just to be there that u could feel the electricity and unbridled energy throughout the mixed crowd. 

There were food stands set up outside with the best of authentic Carribbean and African cuisine so u KNOW ToNe' and I got plates son! Haha  I could go on and on but you already heard the rumors, saw it on the news, peeped the commercials and got the "heads-up" from friends who were fortunate enough 2 make this event...but it was craaazy, DAAAMN!!! Killin' and blowin' it up live onstage...KANYE WEST, COMMON, The ROOTS, JILL SCOTT, CODY CHESTNUTT...my baaaby ERYKAH BADU, BIG DADDY KANE, KOOL G. RAP, ANDRE 4000...I'm not 4getting no'body but there's just too much to name, my boy the mighty MOS DEF, TALIB KWELI...(who else didn't I name ToNy???) wink*  JOHN LEGEND, the inimitable DEAD PREZ and of cooourse the MAN of the hour who we ALL came to see:

D A V E - C H A P P E L L E ! ! !

But then...as if the clouds parted from the heavens...the show was compleeetely stolen and taken to ANOTHER UNBELIEVABLE LEVEL!!! Who coulda' thunk it or orchestrated it ANY better, cuz' right then and there just when we thought it couldn't get no betta'...as if a genie popped outta' TyRoNe BiGGuMS crackpipe and granted all our wishes...guess what happens?!! The UNTHINKABLE...who thought it ever would or even COULD happen BUT...after a 7 year hiatus of beef...drama...a breakup...mad rumors and speculation...I kid u NOT people and I'm telling you when I say this...just when you thought the fanatically overhyped crowd couldn't get any MO' CRUNK...(deep breath)

...the FUUUGEEEEEES ! ! !

(I aint eeen' gone' say NO'MO just go see the movie cuz' WHEN u DO...it will ALL be answered...my words, ANY1's words simply can't describe or do fair justice to the moment THEY went on...PERIOD!!! Ask ANY1 and they'll ALL end it with the same two words...THE FUGEES!!! This concert was a historical moment in time that will neeever be hated, replicated or duplicated and I aint playin' when I say the show was classic, immortal, stupenderrific, orgasmic, traumatizing, gigantically tremendous and simply M...O...N...U...M...E...N...T...A...L ! ! ! Go peep' the movie folks if u don't believe me but it's worth every cent of yo' chedda' and IF u were there to witness it 1sthand then u already know...nuff' said...so SPREAD THE WORD!!!)

PSST...FREE audience tickets 4 the new season COMING SOON!!! hint, HINT!