tactic. Unfortunately for me,
his lin up wasn't that original,
especially ing how he did
the same thing for the grand
opening of a new hip-hop club
a wee before.
Despite many of the New
York youngsters standing
around, watching other people
dance, time went by quickly
because of Flex's juice. Coming
. to the stage first was Notorious
Bl.G., whose single ''Bulls
and Party" has reached mad
succeee.
Notorious brought with him
his forty-plus entourage,
which ranged from 14-year-old
boys to a couple of sisters and
the brothers clad in Black
Bad Boy Entartainm t j
eta.
Notorious really rocked the
house and had as much fun as
his audience. With his entou
rage on the rampage all across
the stage (one even threw a
blunt into the crowd, which
scored many points with the
audience), Notorious left a big
memorable boot print on the
crowd so they could remember
his name. He'll be back.
B.I.G. and his poese fought,
loved, and rocked on the stage
in fifteen minutes and made
. the next halfhour wait for BDP
unbearable. Granted Flex was
to be our entertainment, again,
until BDP came on. But after
Notorious, Flex was in a hard
position to satisfy the crowd
with mere wax.
Finally, after watching peo
ple slowly edge to the stage to
get a good view and endless
glances at my watch (it was
1:30 already), KRS-l made his
appearance.
Not wasting any time, KRS
quickly bonded with the crowd,
taking them back down the
long road of BDP with tunes
like "JIMMY". '
KRS NEVER LO eon-
tact with the crowd, frequently
going from one end of the stage
to the other, giving away
pounds.
BDP's performance set the
stage for their finale, their new
release. KRS rocked the Palla
dium madly with this tune, a
BDP nightmare with KRS
dreaming he's a blunt and he
can't wake up.
In little interlude at the end,
KRS describes himself getting
passed from soulsters like De
La Soul and Redman. Chub
Rock and Shabba passed re
spectfully. The tune is on jam.
Alas, after twenty minutes,
BDP exited the stage. I
couldn't help but feel that . f
BDP had come to Detroit,
brothers and sisters would had
BDP rocking all night long.
I left feeling cheated, BDP
had teased the crowd on their
raw flavor that is now seven
years old, and left us all hang
ing. And the New Yorkers
around me didn't even care.
By TUREKA TURK
Sm.' to ",. Mlchlfl!n Cltlan
New Yorkers are spoiled.
They are used to the frequent
appearances of groupe. like
Leaders of The New School, Di
gable Plants and Boogie Down
Productions. Especially BDP.
Appearing at the Palladium
in New York on September 5,
BDP drew half the crowd it
would have in Detroit, a city
very appreciative of any mad
rap artist(s).
"Detroi t nig--s would be
dancing in the street if BDP
was there. Detroit knows how
to have a good time," my friend
says as we walk up to the short
line to get in.
Of
- if a .BDP concert were �t
another option on the nightly
plan.
OJ Funkmaster Flex spun
the tables for at least an hour
and a half. His line up was
fresh, bringing hipsters back to
The Get Fresh Crew's "The
Show" (come on now, don't
front likeyou don't remember),
passing slowly through all of
Mary J. Blige's releases (re
mixes included) to BDP's new
single "I'm A Blunt Getting
Smoked (And I Can't Wake
Up)".
FLEX IS especially fond 'of
the brothers of the Afrikka
Bambaata tribe, De La Soul
and Jungle Brothers. Flex's
wheels were an energetic delay
THE NOISE
8 millio or e
Haven't
you hard?
KRSrocked
the
'Palladium'
madly with
"['rnA Blunt
Getting
Smoked (Andl
"
Can't Wake Up).
Multi Business Concepts
(MBC), a Detroit based publish
ing company, recently released
their 1994 calendar ries. To
kick-off th campaign, MBC will
hold a reception on Friday, 0cto
ber 29th from 5:30 to 8:30p.m., at
the Brown Bag Eatery, located at
15070 Hamilton at Pitkin, in
Highland Par To RSVP call
874-3030.
The i includ, -This is
Our Year Beautiful African
American People", a colorful wall
calendar with motivational at
firmatio written by entrepre
neur and motivational peaker
Anthony Brogdon; "Positive Por
traits", a wall calendar with cap
tivatingblack/white photos taken
by veteran photographer Jam
Brogdon; and an Afrocentric
pocket calendar. Th wall calen
dars retail for 6.95 and the
pocket calendar for 4.95.
"This is Our Year Beautiful At-
neon-American People" was firs
published for the 1992 calendar
n. Distributed nationally, is
The 1993 ion has changed
with the addition of pi o(
and quotes by 80 historical Af
rican-American leaders. Mr.
Brogdon comments that he ho
peopl are inspired to dream, and
to believe that their dreams can
come true by reading the motiva-
tional in t cal dar.
The Afrocentric pocket calen
dar is a result of the demand by
th some distributo who com
m nted that there no uch
calendar on the market. TIle
cia! feature of this calendar' the
eye-catching rover and m iva
tional affirmation found
throughout.
Each of the calendars will
available at local tail ou
including Hudson' ,Shrine of the
Black Madonna, Alkebulan Arts
and t F llowship Chapel book-
to.
For more information callS7 4-
3030:
dicated busin program out of
Chicago, Illinoi ), in various
newspapers 8C'l"O$S the country,
Jame Brogdon and Anthony Brogdon.
sold over 4,000 copi and
ceived national attention on th
-Minority B in Report- (8yn-
and ith
soring auto
Mr. Brogdon