The Beastie Boys had not yet released their first Lp. They opened the show with "Slow And Low" followed by "Hold It Now" which was their first big hit. They came out jumping around and slinging beer all over the stage. Dr. Dre (the one from MTV) was their tour Dj. It was crazy!
I remember Grandmaster Dee scratching with his sneaker. Ecstasy (pictured above) and Jalil had to pull him off of the turntables.
E-Love was the man back then. I wonder what ever happened to him.
LL would yell,"WHAT'S MY DJ's NAME?!!!" 15,000 Fans would respond, "CUT CREATOR!!!"
No rap group at the time was bigger then Run-Dmc and Run-Dmc was bigger then life. If you have never seen them live you missed what was possibly the greatest rap performances ever.
Dj Hurricane and the rest of the Hollis Crew were also in the house.
I remember this like yesterday. This would have been my first rap concert, but there wasn't enough room in the car for me. Imagine that! Talk about heart break... I was crushed! Thanks for sharing your personal pictures. Kind of make me feel like i made it to the show after all.
ReplyDeleteit was indeed a great show. also, just wanted to let you know how much i dig your art!
DeleteCan you drop me a line to chat about this gig for beastiemania.com ?
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Daaaamn you got photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat yr. Was this? I went to Fresh Fest but the line up was RUN-DMC, Salt n Pepa, Heavy D./Boyz, Whodini, LL, Kool Moe Dee, Fresh Prince/DJ Jazzy Jeff, EPMD, and Doug E. Fresh/Get Fresh Crew. Talk about a SHOW! INCREDIBLE!!
ReplyDeleteI can't thank you enough for sharing!!! This was also my first concert and I will never forget it. I still have the concert book and ticket framed.
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