i spent the weekend holding down Hov one more gin in Vegas.
get them Kudos ready.
a step by step guide:
-we are rehearsing "The Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)"
to pass the time (boredom setting in) we jam and reinterpret chords (obviously the opening chords are not the ones on the album..we try and figure out every combo we can every every chord option BUT the one we supposed to play)---really? its a "what would dilla have done with these chords"
-:47 trombonist Jeff Bradshaw asks permission to go to the bathroom, i reluctantly say yes in a humorous manner (you better) "RUN (dmc!)". of course we been working like dogs the past 4 days putting in about 14 hours a day. but when the bossman arrives, all that shit is dead. you can tell by his body position that he is getting impatient with waiting. but one of the fuses went out in the room and the amps wern't on so we had to wait and wait and wait.
if you are wondering why there is an awkward silence in the room.....(more on that later)
1:09 of course i didn't need a "countoff" but at these prices you better be on some Bill Cosby in the kitchen making shit up type shit while you add some bar b que sauce to the already cooked Psghetti (brush up on the Cosby reruns). and i see him about to bitch anymoment.
1:40- that "you'll shoot your eye out" theory for my randy watson partner on key's james poyser. james is such an over accomplished keyboard master. like he knows all these intricate options that a REGULAR cat would never come up with.....but sometimes he can't help but want to be in GEN POP. meaning "sound like an beginner". this is why he loves Kanye's music so much because Kanye has made an art out of traditional "church chords". so around 1:40 the "jazz snobs" in the illadelphonics have a good laugh for James has found a way to add a "wrong" church chord.
1:48 of course Hov-o is not amused. (my bitch ass is blaming it on "we waiting for jeff to come back from the bathroom")
1:56 remembering that there is a bowling alley inside our hotel, i suggest to el hov-o that maybe perhaps if we got off early (yeah right), we could go bowling..you know...something fun instead of counting the B parts of "Roc Boys"
he scoffs to tell me im better off going to see what he saw last night: Cirque De Soleil's Beatles/Love production.
...like i got a few thousand to spare on my 10 bandmates
2:11 my response....
2:29- a run through
about 3:00 the real reason why this normal pnut gallery class clown group (hov included) is quiet as a mouse (you'll see someone's head bopping--you really see it 4:43)
5:00 "someone messes up" (no names)
5:39 i remind the guilty party it was their idea to start this "trick" that we messed up.
5:54-once again.
i miss blogging.
but i miss them kudos that got me in top 10 status too.
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Roc Boys
By Jay-Z
Release date: 20 November, 2007 |
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