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This weekend marks yet another huge festival for Los Angeles, as Sunset Junction 2008 gets underway. If you're one of the lucky Angelino's like I am, you already know that there is never any shortage of things to do, in our sun baked spot. Every single weekend brings more cool shows that I end up hating myself for missing. Last weekend ended with me, mad at myself for not getting time off and hustling my press passes for Rock The Bells!
I work weekends and have been to almost all of the RTB events here in Cali. I had more than enough time to work the angles and get into the show, or go the media civilian route and actually buy tickets. The ever increasing ticket prices, Africa like heat, and carbon copy performance line-up all worked against my decision to attend. Instead, I stayed local and actually made a few pennies, but I digress.
I love what Chang the GU crew have done with their rap festival/tour. They took the underground Hip-Hop stance and did it when everyone said it couldn't be done. They brought legendary rap performances that will live on, like our version of Woodstock! Moments like the last live performance the entire Wu Tang Clan, the reunion of A Tribe Called Quest, and Guinness World Record breaking rhymes that were spit with fury by Supernatural, are all RTB highlights. THE RTB crew has tons to be proud of. Now if they can just switch that line up a bit and get some acts that have not visited SoCal for the last 4 years straight! DAMN!
Rock The Bells had its usual star power in the house, with A Tribe Called Quest, Method Man & Redman, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon The Chef, Immortal Technique, Mos Def and Nas (did he really bring Jay-Z on stage in NY?) all headlining the show. Their past performances at the b-boy fest were all memorable and worth seeing. Therein lies the problem for me, all of the above names have headlined the show before! On top of that, those of us in Los Angeles have had more than enough opportunities to see these same acts a little closer to home! Ghostface, Nas, De La Soul, and Mos Def are all regular LA party rockers, so the thought of trekking to San Bernadino again this year just wasn't as appealing to me.
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