Perfect party, song, not so much

Naughty By Nature “FLAGS” featuring Balewa “Bilal” Muhammad & Jaheim -
Starring: Treach, Ice-T, Marc John Jefferies and Dennis Johnson

Produced by Naughty By Nature for Illtown Films
Written by Treach & Directed by Jay Rodriguez & Rock Davis for Itchy House Films

And find it right next to Michael Jackson’s. Latifah’s acceptance speech at the end.

SUNDAY NOV 15 DOORS 7PM SHOW 8PM
ADMISSION $25 in adv/$30 day of
$10.00 off with Zulu Nation or Moorish Nationality Card)

Nubian Productions Presents:
35th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop Culture/36th Anniversary Of The Universal Zulu Nation

Naughty By: Nature -Headliner
Positive K
Grand Master Melle Mel
Chill Rob G
Large Professor
Craig G
Shaheim
Dana Dane

DJ DP One
DJ Chuck Chillout

SOBS
204 Varick Street
New York, NY 10014

link

Only four weeks after the first Hip-Hop Legends show, here’s another one featuring another crazy lineup. I’m going to buy my ticket quick fast so I don’t miss out again. link

HIP-HOP LEGENDS CONCERT SERIES
Featuring: NAUGHTY BY NATURE, NICE & SMOOTH, BLACK MOON, SMIF-N-WESSON, MC LYTE, RAEKWON, SHOW BIZ & AG, LORD FINESSE AND DAS EFX

Music By
FUNKMASTER FLEX
CHUCK CHILLOUT

2009-06-17
11:00PM
Doors @ 10:30PM
$30.00 Advance

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42 St.
New York, NY 10036

When dozens of scantily clad girls start frolicking near the water fountain in the local park, it can only mean one thing. Another summer of free Hip-Hop shows around NYC. Get your mind out of the gutter. The two shows I’m looking forward to the most is going down in Queensbridge Park: Sugar Hill Gang and Lovebug Starski & Friends. Raekwon performing in Staten Island should be a great one too. Big ups to City Parks Foundation. Peep the original emcee DJ Hollywood getting down last summer @ Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. link

Bronx
St. Mary’s Park
146 St. & St. Ann’s Ave.
Tuesday, July 7th: Hector Tricoche y Su Orquesta
Tuesday, July 14th: Paquito Guzman y Su Orquestra
Tuesday, July 21st: N’Klabe

Crotona Park
173 St. & Crotona Park East
Wednesday, July 8th: Soulsonic Force
Wednesday, July 15th: George Lamond / Judy Torres
Wednesday, July 22nd: KRS-One

Brooklyn
Red Hook
Bay St. btwn. Henry St. & Clinton St.
Tuesday, August 4th: Frankie Negron
Tuesday, August 11th: Lisa Lisa
Tuesday, August 18th: DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock hosted by Danny Castro of Lyricist Lounge

Von King Park
Tompkins Ave. btwn. Lafayette Ave. & Greene Ave.
Thursday, July 2nd: Kiki Sheard / Keith Wonderboy Johnson
Thursday, July 9th: MC Lyte
Thursday, July 16th: Chico DeBarge

Brower Park
Brooklyn Ave. & Prospect Park Pl.
Wednesday, July 29th: Wayne Wonder
Wednesday, August 5th: CaRiMi
Wednesday, August 12th: Tribute to the Classics: Black Moon and Smif n Wessun w/ Live Band

Manhattan
East River Park
At the Band Shell along the East River
Between Grand & Jackson Sts.
Thursday, July 16th: Man Man
Thursday, July 23rd: Slick Rick
Thursday, July 30th: Ismael Miranda

Highbridge Park
174 St. & Amsterdam Ave.
Tuesday, August 11th: Andy Andy
Tuesday, August 18th: Xtreme
Tuesday, August 25th: Bachata Heightz / Watata

Marcus Garvey Park
124 St. & Mt. Morris Park
Thursday, August 6th: Jon B
Thursday, August 13th: Joe
Thursday, August 20th: Hezekiah Walker

Queens
Queensbridge Park
41 Ave., Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River
Tuesday, July 14th: Sugar Hill Gang
July 21st: Lovebug Starski & Friends
Tuesday, July 28th: Rhythm Review with Felix Hernandez

Springfield Park
184 St. & 147 Ave.
Thursday, July 30th: Chrisette Michele
Thursday, August 6th: Heather Headley
Thursday, August 13th: James Fortune & Trin-i-tree 57 hosted by Hezekiah Walker

Rochdale Park
Guy R. Brewer Blvd. at 134th Ave.
Thursday, August 20th: The Persuasions

Staten Island
Mahoney Playground
Beechwood Ave., Crescent Ave., Cleveland St. & Jersey St.
Wednesday, August 12th: Raekwon
Wednesday, August 19th: Naughty by Nature

Tappen Park
106 Water St. between Bay St. and Wright St.
Wednesday, August 26th: Rhythm Review with Felix Hernandez

“Smoke it right” – Biggie @ 2:35

Wed. 3/18

NAUGHTY BY NATURE
DJ’s D-NICE and CASSIDY

18+
$25
8 pm doors/9 pm show
A WOMAN’S WORK- BENEFIT SHOW FOR WOMEN’S PRISON ASSOCIATION

Southpaw
125 Fifth Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Head on over to DanteRoss.com to see video (Chubb Rock, Dante Ross, Kool Herc, Milk Dee, Naughty by Nature, Nice & Smooth, Special Ed) from this historic event. Surprisingly it seems this is barely getting talked about. Wtf? Hopefully it’s just the weekend delay. Peace to Dante Ross for the look! Link

previously:
Grandmaster Caz Performs with Sugar Hill Gang, Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Show Is A Night To Remember

The Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Show was a historic event. The artists either performing or in attendance was a virtual who’s who of Hip-Hop aristocracy (partial list below). The whole concert lasted about three hours with 10-15 minute sets for each act, which meant a steady stream of classic material. If you couldn’t make it to the show and want to get a sense of what tracks were performed, just throw on your best of 80s and 90s hip-hop mixtapes.

I gotta give props to Ralph McDaniels and crew for a few things that added to the show’s success. One is keeping the event so organized. Even with the hustle and bustle of artists continuously going on and off stage, everything ran smoothly. Also, the set lengths. There was always enough entertainment throughout the night to keep the crowd involved and on their toes. Of course, major props are due for the line up. Honestly, when was the last time you heard Spoonie Gee, Schoolly D or Milk Dee rock the mic? Let alone at the same free event! Throw on the fact that none of the artists who hit the stage got paid a cent. They all did it out of love and respect for Uncle Ralph and Video Music Box. Hip-Hop unity at its finest.

Obviously, there are plenty of highlights I could run through like Ralph showing off his DJ Clark Kent designed Air Force One’s made specifically for the anniversary. Or July 18th being officially declared Video Music Box Day by Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson. However, the livest part of the whole show was when the Sugar Hill Gang hit the stage to the tune of Rapper’s Delight. By now, most of us should know the back story behind Big Hank’s verse. After Wonder Mike finished up, I wondered how the crowd would react to Hank’s part of the song. The answer was that they didn’t get a chance to because Grandmaster Caz suddenly ran onto the stage and started spitting the rhymes! The icing on the cake was when Rahiem and Mele Mel of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five joined everybody up there. Amazing.

Big ups to Ralph for being the first and putting in 25 years of hard work. And here’s to another 25+! I got video footage for most of the sets but until those are edited and uploaded onto our youtube channel, check out some pictures I snapped in between recordings (after the jump).

Sugar Hill Gang
Grandmaster Caz
Rahiem
Mele Mel
Lovebug Starski
Crash Crew
Chubb Rock
Naughty By Nature
Nice & Smooth
Special Ed
Milk Dee
Spoonie Gee
Schoolly D
Dana Dane
DJ Jazzy Joyce
O.C.
A.G.
Fab 5 Freddy
Kool Herc
Awesome 2
Mr. Cheeks
Kool DJ Red Alert
Large Professor
Dres
Hakim (of Channel Live)

Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Caz, Rahiem and Mele Mel

Special K

Smooth B

Ralph McDaniels and Kool Herc

Ralph McDaniels

Rahiem

Naughty By Nature

Mele Mel

Kool DJ Red Alert

Greg Nice

Greg Nice

Grandmaster Caz and Rahiem

DJ Jazzy Joyce

Dana Dane

Chubb Rock

New from Naughty By Nature (Treach, Vin Rock and Kay Gee), a remake of The Game’s Pain.

Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop’s Pain

Always been a huge fan of CityParks Foundation and these shows. Where else can you see legendary Hip-Hop acts like KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Naughty By Nature, Jungle Brothers and Brand Nubian perform for free? Be sure to come out and support. Link

All concerts begin at 7:00 PM

Bronx
St. Mary’s Park, 146 St. & St. Ann’s Avenue
Tuesday, July 8th: Orquestra Broadway/DJ Louie JR
Tuesday, July 15th: Ray Castro Y Su Cojunto Classico/DJ Louie JR
Tuesday, July 22nd: Frankie Morales & His Mambo Of The Times Orchestra/DJ Louie JR

Crotona Park, 173 St. & Crotona Park East
Wednesday, July 9th: Johnny Pacheco Y Su Tumboa/DJ Louie JR
Wednesday, July 16th: Lovebug Starski & Friends
Wednesday, July 23rd: Tony Touch & Brenda K Starr

Brooklyn
Red Hook, Bay St. btwn. Henry St. & Clinton Street
Tuesday, August 5th: Jungle Brothers
Tuesday, August 12th: BT Express
Tuesday, August 19th: Michael Stuart

Von King Park, Tompkins Ave. btwn. Lafayette Ave. & Greene Avenue
Thursday, July 3rd: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review
Thursday, July 10th: Whodini
Thursday, July 17th: 21:03 / Kurt Carr

Brower Park, Brooklyn Ave. & Prospect Park Place
Wednesday, July 9th: Brand Nubian
Wednesday, July 16th: Richie Spice
Wednesday, July 23rd: Bahamadia

Manhattan
East River Park, At the Band Shell along the East River btwn. Grand & Jackson Sts.
Thursday, July 17th: The Fiery Furnaces
Thursday, July 24th: KRS-ONE
Thursday, July 31st: Willie Colón

Highbridge Park, 174 St. & Amsterdam Avenue
Tuesday, August 12th: Toby Love
Tuesday, August 19th: Shino Aguakate
Tuesday, August 26th: Tulile

Jackie Robinson Park, 147 St. & Bradhurst Avenue
Wednesday, August 6th: The Chi-Lites
Wednesday, August 13th: Slick Rick
Wednesday, August 20th: Donald Lawrence / DeWayne Woods / The Murrills

Marcus Garvey Park, 124 St. & Mt. Morris Park
Thursday, August 7th: Eclectic Ride presented a live musical tribute to the originators Stevie Wonder & Prince
Thursday, August 14th: Big Daddy Kane
Thursday, August 21st: Rashaan Patterson and Lizz Fields

Queens
Queensbridge Park, 41 Ave., Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River
Tuesday, July 15th: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review
Tuesday, July 22nd: Naughty by Nature
Tuesday, July 29th: The Delfonics

Springfield Park, 184 St. & 147 Avenue
Thursday, July 31st: Marvin Sapp
Thursday, August 7th: The Chi-Lites
Thursday, August 14th: Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding, Sr.

Staten Island
Mahoney Playground, Beechwood Ave., Crescent Ave., Cleveland St. & Jersey St.
Wednesday, July 30th: The Delfonics
Wednesday, August 1st: Barbara Mason
Wednesday, August 6th: Chubb Rock

If my first and second post wasn’t enough, here are more videos from that classic EPMD, Naughty by Nature, Lords of the Underground & D.I.T.C. show. After the jump, Naughty by Nature performing Everything’s Gonna Be Alright and Hip Hop Hooray.

youtube.com/grandgood

see also:
EPMD, Naughty by Nature, Lords of the Underground & D.I.T.C. Live in NYC [video]
DJ Scratch Set Live in NYC [video]

Naughty By Nature – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright Live

Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray Live

Some videos from the classic show at Nokia Theatre last Friday. One of the funniest moments from the night was when Treach ripped off his shirt Hulk Hogan style in the middle of a verse for no apparent reason. Hilarious. Still editing the rest of the footage so check our youtube channel for that. As always, if you’re liking the videos, subscribe to the channel and get regular email updates. Enjoy. More videos after the jump.

youtube.com/grandgood

Lords Of The Underground – Chief Rocka Live

EPMD – So Wat Cha Sayin’ Live

D.I.T.C. – Day One Live

Plus I hear Chubb Rock will be in the house as well. Tickets are still available so be sure to come and support. Link

Nokia Theatre Times Square
1515 Broadway (44th & Broadway)
New York, NY 10036

Wow, what an incredible lineup! Tickets aren’t on sale yet but let’s hope the show doesn’t get cancelled for some reason. Also, with a star-studded event like this, you’re almost guaranteed to have plenty of special surprise guests making an appearance. Props to the good people over at LiveNDirect for putting this together. more info

Nokia Theatre Times Square
1515 Broadway (44th & Broadway)
New York, NY 10036

UPDATE: I guess the earlier flyer had the date wrong. The show is now scheduled for the previous day, Friday, April 25th. Mark your calendars accordingly.