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MOLA1
02-11-2006, 12:42 PM
12:04 pm [M1]: So I go to this show at Clutch "The Jam Session"
12:04 pm [M1]: We walk up and I start hearing whispers about who's there
12:04 pm [M1]: Kanye West
12:04 pm [M1]: Fugees
12:04 pm [M1]: Slum Village
12:05 pm [M1]: And a supergroup built up with a bunch of different people

12:05 pm [Glennie]: Damn Yankees?

12:05 pm [M1]: The keyboard player for the gap band
12:06 pm [M1]: bassist for destiny's child and beyonce's solo shit
12:06 pm [M1]: usher's producer playing percussion
12:06 pm [M1]: and a fucking sweet local soul/funk/motown group called Hotsauce
12:06 pm [M1]: So they start things off

12:06 pm [Glennie]: sounds like fun

12:06 pm [M1]: I hear whispers about the fugees not performing - they don't

12:06 pm [Glennie]: uh oh

12:06 pm [M1]: then I move towards the front to check this group out
12:06 pm [M1]: AMAZING
12:06 pm [M1]: really!
12:07 pm [M1]: awesome
12:07 pm [M1]: bass solos, drum solos, the whole deal
12:07 pm [M1]: jazzy
12:07 pm [M1]: harmonica solo
12:07 pm [M1]: that was awesome
12:07 pm [M1]: horns section
12:07 pm [M1]: (i think you get the point)
12:07 pm [M1]: lol
12:07 pm [M1]: it was great

12:07 pm [Glennie]: yes, yes I do
12:07 pm [Glennie]: does that mean Damn Yankees weren't there?

12:07 pm [M1]: (no)

12:07 pm [Glennie]: sorry

12:07 pm [M1]: So the emcee who's kind of just getting people excited
12:07 pm [M1]: he says, "Who here could rap?"
12:08 pm [M1]: My friends start pushing me towards the front

12:08 pm [Glennie]: I think I see where this is going

12:08 pm [M1]: I'm like "What did he say????"

12:08 pm [Glennie]: and I like it

12:08 pm [M1]: My friends are like, They want people to rap
12:08 pm [M1]: So i move towards the front and I hear a couple local crappers*
12:08 pm [M1]: lol
12:08 pm [M1]: I walk straight up to the front
12:08 pm [M1]: alot of african american people are giving me super dirty looks
12:09 pm [M1]: I'm just smiling as if to say
12:09 pm [M1]: YOU HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE

12:09 pm [Glennie]: But you like black people, bet they didn't know that

12:09 pm [M1]: and I calmly move towards the mic
12:09 pm [M1]: my man gives me the mic
12:09 pm [M1]: I absolutely kill it
12:09 pm [M1]: I don't just start rappin
12:09 pm [M1]: I turn around and play to the crowd
12:09 pm [M1]: "Where's the superbowl at?"
12:09 pm [M1]: The crowd goes "DEEETROIT"
12:10 pm [M1]: and I respond "BASKETBAAAALLL!!!!"
12:10 pm [M1]: LOL

12:10 pm [Glennie]: yes!

12:10 pm [M1]: everyone goes nuts
12:11 pm [M1]: (and I hadn't even started)

12:11 pm [Glennie]: nice

12:11 pm [M1]: It was a smooth intro
12:11 pm [M1]: I look upstairs at the balcony

12:10 pm [Glennie]: Do you think there were lots of peeps from "the business" in the house?

12:11 pm [M1]: Kanye West, John Legend, Slum Village and Eryka Badu

12:12 pm [Glennie]: yes!

12:12 pm [Glennie]: Was Badu rocking her towel?

12:12 pm [M1]: (yes) Common must have been there too cause Kanye, JL and Badu were there
12:12 pm [M1]: I wasn't nervous at all
12:12 pm [M1]: I pointed up at the balcony and told the crowd
12:12 pm [M1]: "Let's show these outta towners how we do it in motown!"
12:12 pm [M1]: The place EXPLODES!!!!

12:12 pm [Glennie]: very cool

12:12 pm [M1]: The Emcee tells me to get up on stage instead of rapping from the crowd

12:12 pm [M1]: I'm like (YES!!!!!!)

12:13 pm [Glennie]: I'm guessing that you didn't slip into "Anchiello" caharacter

12:13 pm [M1]: I go up there and I ended up having the longest set of the night
12:13 pm [M1]: (no)
12:13 pm [M1]: Everyone's feelin it
12:13 pm [M1]: Ever heard anything by arrested development?
12:13 pm [M1]: Tennessee?
12:13 pm [M1]: Remember it?
12:13 pm [M1]: A game of horseshoes and all that?

12:13 pm [Glennie]: yes, of course
12:13 pm [Glennie]: good tunes

12:13 pm [M1]: Nice
12:14 pm [M1]: So to finish the set I had this verse...
12:14 pm [M1]: it's called Action Packed Rapper
12:14 pm [M1]: the verse goes

12:15 pm [M1]: Try to fathom I'm the phantom at the mansion with two handguns
12:15 pm [M1]: In a disorderly fashion the master with the mask on
12:15 pm [M1]: Backwards on you bastards, double shot johnn woo style
12:15 pm [M1]: and keep shootin, guns clap like canastas
12:15 pm [M1]: Action packed rapper, base jumpin in alaska
12:15 pm [M1]: repel home defrostin by the fire with the plasma
12:16 pm [M1]: 50 inch samsung, alba with her ass up
12:16 pm [M1]: in sin city, kids screamin this is for the rasa
12:16 pm [M1]: Transporter, Grosse Pointe Blank, my Bourne Identity was Mr. Destiny
12:17 pm [M1]: I'm known for Sleeping With the Enemy
12:17 pm [M1]: In High Fidelity, flow heavenly, throw obscenities
12:17 pm [M1]: And I can give it to you but what
12:17 pm [M1]: M.O. Felony
12:17 pm [M1]: Sippin hennessey with Mr Wendel out in Tennessee
12:17 pm [M1]: then the music stopped
12:18 pm [M1]: and I say, "But I am still thirsty"

12:18 pm [Glennie]: very nice, that's a hot verse

12:18 pm [M1]: everyone goes fucking CRAZY!!!!

12:18 pm [Glennie]: did you have goosebumps?

12:18 pm [M1]: Fuck yeah. Check this...Kanye looks down at me and just nods and points
12:18 pm [M1]: so i throw him the rocafella sign

12:18 pm [Glennie]: of course he does
12:18 pm [Glennie]: why wouldn't he?

12:18 pm [M1]: THE ROC (http://www.mkzwo.com/home/images/reviews/JAYZ_TheDynasty.jpg)
12:18 pm [M1]: that's the rocafella hand sign
12:19 pm [M1]: he laughs his ass off, clapping and excited as hell
12:19 pm [M1]: I do the same and salute the crowd before I join them again. I was getting MOBBED!!! It was awesome!

12:19 pm [Glennie]: does anybody have it recorded you think?

12:19 pm [M1]: Yes
12:19 pm [M1]: There were multiple cameras

12:19 pm [Glennie]: do you have it?

12:19 pm [M1]: I played to all of them as well
12:19 pm [M1]: it was fucking BANANAS!!!
12:19 pm [M1]: Not yet
12:19 pm [M1]: Hotsauce is playing in royal oak later this month though
12:19 pm [M1]: I'm going to go and get it hopefully

12:20 pm [Glennie]: great story

12:20 pm [M1]: So I meet Michael Boulware, Marcus Trufant and Marcus Tubbs

12:20 pm [Glennie]: how many people that you know were with you?

12:20 pm [M1]: they're all like, "DAAAAAAMN!!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!!"
12:20 pm [M1]: LOL
12:20 pm [M1]: 10 to 15
12:20 pm [M1]: it was great

12:20 pm [Glennie]: it would be cool to have yoru friends experience that with you

12:20 pm [M1]: Tubbs takes me aside and is like, "That was amazing man, really...you put on a show for all of us!"
12:21 pm [M1]: Trufant's like, "You gotta seize the moment. Great job man!"
12:21 pm [M1]: Classy
12:21 pm [M1]: and then we're leaving

12:21 pm [Glennie]: very nice

12:21 pm [M1]: I see Eryka Badu
12:21 pm [M1]: She comes up to me and says, That was YOU on stage wasn't it???

12:21 pm [Glennie]: I thought maybe there was an impersonator

12:21 pm [M1]: (nope) I'm like, yeah...*shy face*

12:21 pm [Glennie]: shucks

12:22 pm [M1]: She grabs me and gives me a hug

12:22 pm [Glennie]: I bet she smells good

12:22 pm [M1]: LOL
12:22 pm [M1]: She does
12:23 pm [M1]: so hot btw
12:22 pm [M1]: and then pinches my shoulder and says "This ain't a dream baby"

12:22 pm [Glennie]: unreal

12:22 pm [M1]: YEs it was
12:22 pm [M1]: We should save part of this chat so I don't have to retype the story again
12:22 pm [M1]: everl
12:23 pm [M1]: lol

12:23 pm [Glennie]: you'll never forget that shit the rest of yoru life
12:23 pm [Glennie]: you can save it

12:23 pm [M1]: I know
12:23 pm [M1]: Neither will Kanye
12:23 pm [M1]: When I make it, he's gonna make me some fuckin beats

12:23 pm [Glennie]: He respects that you care about black people

12:23 pm [M1]: LOL
12:23 pm [M1]: Yes he does

Matt
02-11-2006, 12:47 PM
great story, man.

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Mikey
02-11-2006, 12:51 PM
MOLA, you think you can get the video of this and post it on here?

MOLA1
02-11-2006, 12:53 PM
MOLA, you think you can get the video of this and post it on here?When I do...I will FOR SURE.

Anthony
02-11-2006, 12:54 PM
DAYUM!

















(i already heard this story)

UncleCliffy
02-11-2006, 02:11 PM
Don't want to brag but I opened up for Kci and Jojo at the michigan state fair.

SKelly
02-11-2006, 02:18 PM
That's incredible! I'm talking about Glenn's Damn Yankees and Kanye jokes, of course.




But seriously, I'm really impressed. I never could have come up with Damn Yankees there, classic!

Alright alright I'll give Mola some huge props for that one. It's one of those things you see on film and get goosebumps. I am really hoping you can ride these waves into stardom. This is how people get their starts.

If not, I know some people in the biz that could hook you up. No I don't. Just ignore me for now.

Anthony
02-11-2006, 02:20 PM
Don't want to brag but I opened up for Kci and Jojo at the michigan state fair.

Cliffy>MOLA

Elektra
02-11-2006, 05:01 PM
Mola that kicks so much ass!!
I am soooo proud of you.

NoQuarter and I were just listening to you today actually..
You have 2 months to lay down some shit for me to shop around, or I will choke you with my bare hands, (and I am strong dammit) ya dig?

Great job!!!!!!!!!
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bigdt87
02-12-2006, 02:52 AM
Thats sweet!!!

Pharaoh
02-12-2006, 05:12 AM
Honestly, this is exactly how you get noticed.

Send West your demo or something along with the video of you rocking the joint.

What's the worst that could happen?

Fuck, send that stuff to every record label in the country and see what happens.

Cross
02-12-2006, 09:41 AM
Does that mean Mola's famous?

That's really fucking cool. [smilie=applause.gi:

Koolaid
02-12-2006, 10:06 AM
Rocking an open mic before the show isn't the same as opening for an artist. That's cool if the crowd was feeling you though, congrats.

Black Dynamite
02-12-2006, 12:17 PM
Rocking an open mic before the show isn't the same as opening for an artist. That's cool if the crowd was feeling you though, congrats.=http://www.djmonkeyboy.com/clothing/haterade-2.jpg

Anthony
02-12-2006, 12:21 PM
beat me to it.

Vinny
02-12-2006, 02:04 PM
Kool-Aid, why are you always such a cock???

Koolaid
02-12-2006, 02:53 PM
Why is it hating?

rocking an open mic isn't the same opening.

I got my hopes up opening the thread, I thought dude got some props from kanye with a spot in the show or something. I was misled and let down though.

Black Dynamite
02-12-2006, 03:29 PM
Why is it hating?-read your last statement

rocking an open mic isn't the same opening.

I got my hopes up opening the thread, I thought dude got some props from kanye with a spot in the show or something. I was misled and let down though. <-this is hating

Koolaid
02-12-2006, 03:35 PM
Why is it hating?-read your last statement

rocking an open mic isn't the same opening.

I got my hopes up opening the thread, I thought dude got some props from kanye with a spot in the show or something. I was misled and let down though. <-this is hating

That's hating?

no, that's wishing the best for someone.

Hating would be 'i don't give a fuck about your show! you're garbage!'.

getting a spot booked on a show to perform your music is what opening is. Rocking open mics is cool but it's not the same.

MOLA1
02-12-2006, 03:49 PM
I may not have gotten paid for it or been on the bill, but shit.
The Fugees were on the bill and didn't perform.
I wasn't and did perform.


It wasn't open mic night. I'm talking about a set concert
where I ended up rockin shit. Enjoy yourselves. Let's just
say I had a great time and rocked the longest set. I had fun.

Yay.

Unibomber
02-12-2006, 05:18 PM
I may not have gotten paid for it or been on the bill, but shit.
The Fugees were on the bill and didn't perform.
I wasn't and did perform.


It wasn't open mic night. I'm talking about a set concert
where I ended up rockin shit. Enjoy yourselves. Let's just
say I had a great time and rocked the longest set. I had fun.

Yay.

[smilie=applause.gi:

FUCKING AWESOME.