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| Sunday, February 3, 2008 |
| Lupe-Mania: 2/2/2008 |
I apologize for my long absent from this blog. I really write more in my Xanga but no excuse regardless. Anyway, quick update before I write about the most exciting day in my life. Um that girl I wrote about before...I slightly pursued her and got to know her a lil' more..and found out althought she was beautiful on the inside, she was nothing but another "emo" hidden in the darkness, so I immediate got turned off. We conversed alot, especially late night, but I quickly realized it was because she had no else to talk to because we haven't talked since I started school again. Speaking of school, I did well last semester. I got a A in English, a B- in Anthropology and Biology and a C+ in paint. Pretty good. The C+ threw me off but nothing I could really do about it. This semester, I'm taking Business, Chemistry, Modern History and African American Music. We'll see how this goes...anyway...on to the main topic of the evening...
Yesterday was quite possibly the best day/night that will have ever occurred in my meager existence on this Earth..... Nothing...NOTHING will EVER compare to it. Yesterday was officially marked as Lupe Fiasco Day in my eyes. Me & my best friend Dylan went to go see Lupe Fiasco in concert at the Nokia Theater in NY..and it was the best experience. We left our houses at around 11:30, 12 and took the 2 train to my school and the whole time, he and I could not stop babbling about how the experience would turn out and our expectations of the concert. We get to my school only to find out that I couldn't purchase my Metrocard due to some misunderstanding or whatnot. It didn't matter to me because my focus was strictly on Lupe. So from my school, we decided to head over to J&R Music World because Lupe was there signing copies of his album "The Cool" (which is by far the best hip hop album to have been released in 2007) and we decided to see how long the line was and if it was too long, we'd just head over to the concert. So coincidentally, J&R Music World was only about 3-4 blocks away from my school, so it was highly convenient. We arrived and the line was reasonable so we joined it. We stood online for about an hour and a 1/2 to about 2 when his tour bus pulled up and after about 3 minutes of waiting, Lupe appeared and walked into the store. We were really excited and we had realized by the time Lupe had arrived, the line had doubled in capacity and was now rounding a tall Manhattan building and continuing down another street. So we were in good shape in meeting Lupe. About 20 minutes, we found ourselves in the store and just 2 minutes away from meeting him. Dylan didn't have his copy of "The Cool" and that was the only thing he was signing, so he was forced to buy 1 right before we had reached the end of the line. Finally...the J&R employee rush me forward and Lupe was right in front of my face, conversing with me like any old average person in the street!! He was so humble and down to Earth, unlike most celebrities. I told him that I was going to see him tonight and he was like "That's good to hear. It should be a really good show. I'm gonna try to make it interesting for ya. Thanks alot." The moment went by way too quick for my liking, but I was so grateful for the opportunity. I gave him a handshake and greeted one of the other rappers in his entourage named Gemstones and went along my away. I waited for Dylan outside and den walked to the train. We rode the 2 back uptown to 42nd St and headed to the Nokia Theater. We got online and once again, it was reasonable. It was long, but not nearly as long as it got around show time at 7. For the time being, I headed to McDonald's for some sustenance (lol) while Dylan waited online. When I got back, the line had moved up a bit and Dylan greeted with a Lupe poster that they were handing out. Finally, around 7, 8, Lupe arrived and the line started to move forward noticeably. We got mildly searched, got our tickets scanned and sped-walked to the the theater. The luck that had been blessing us ALL DAY did not stop. We got standing spots directly in front of the right side of the stage. Me & Dylan were SOOOOO hype. We stood waiting for those curtains to open for about 45 mins. to an hour when finally, the warm-up music stopped and they swung up. We were greeted by Cypha Sounds, a DJ from the local radio station Hot 97. He made a brief intro and the 1st opening act, Amanda Diva, jumped on stage. Alot of the people in the audience were being rambunctious and rude, but I enjoyed the music the best I could. After another intermission, the 2nd opening act, Optimus, performed. They did like a 30 minute set and off they were....After ANOTHER (I was so impatient but i kept my "cool"..hahaha corny i know) intermission, Cypha Sounds came back out and we knew it was time. After hyping the crowd up, Lupe majestically entered the stage and began with "Real" from his debut album "Food & Liquor" and from there, it was just amazing! I'm not going to go into the minor details, but the 2 moments that stood out during his performances was during the song "The Cool", he had parts of the audience filling in the blanks of the song and on the 2nd verse.......................he came over to where Dylan & I were standing and had us reciting the lyrics with him!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so caught off-guard but after it happened, I was just....astonished for lack of better words. I was disappointed that I didn't catch record it on camera but Dylan & remember what happened. The 2nd moment was the last song he performed. He wisely chose to close out with "Superstar" and for the complete 1st verse, he came over to our side of the stage and rapped the verse to us. Like a imbecile, I recorded it but I ran low on memory and deleted it under the impression it was a picture (because of course, the wonderful people at Sony can make high quality camera but can't make pictures and videos distinguishable). However, the day/night was just too perfect to let that bring me down. At the end of "Superstar", he had his band have their separate moments of fame and then walked off stage...but before he did, he took off his gold watch and FLUNG IT OFF THE STAGE. I was so mad that I was standing in the middle of the audience, but again, I didn't wanna seem inappreciative, so I didn't let that get the best of me either. We left the theater and we were just SOOOO high (lol a natural high...nothing illicit) from the atmosphere we had just left. It was surreal in our eyes and we couldn't stop chattering over it identical to school girl over some new gossip. When I got home, I prayed to God (and i don't even pray like that, mind u) and I thanked him for blessing me with such a stupendous night. I have to separate the good pics from the atrocious 1s, but I'm gonna upload the two best pics I found so far. Anyway I think datz a good description for the time being. If anything comes up, I will definitely update...until lata...peace!! *2/2/2008*
 Labels: album signing, concert, lupe fiasco |
posted by Dr. Objective, Mr. Subjective @ 6:35 PM  |
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