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October 27, 2005
Now You See Me, Now You Don't
For several hours last night the Cradle was mostly "now you don't" and not so much "now you see me"....but Ghostface finally joined Cappadonna, Trife, and the rest of Theodore Unit onstage at around 1:15 or so. What followed was worth the wait - a set that featured at least as many Supreme Clientele joints as the Ghost/Raekwon gig that I caught in August 2001 at San Francisco's Maritime Hall. We were dealin' with Supreme Clientele, alright..."Ghost Deini", "Nutmeg", "Apollo Kids", "Child's Play", "Cherchez La Ghost" (during an amusing, uh, 'audience-participation' period), "Mighty Healthy", and "One" (a 2:15am closer). If only they'd thrown in "We Made It" or "The Grain"....
Ghostface did some of his newer material, too - "Biscuits", "Holla", and "Run" from last year's Pretty Toney Album, the Queen-quoting "Smith Brothers" from that Theodore Unit album, and "Be Easy", the dope new Pete Rock-produced single from the forthcoming album Fish Scale.
Most memorable "in-between-song" moments:
- Ghost's entertaining tirade about hip-hop getting way too commercial
- A fairly long moment of silence for ODB and the recently-passed Rosa Parks
Hot setlist surprises from back in the 90s:
- "Criminology" to start off the set, followed shortly thereafter by "Ice Cream"
- "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" to break that moment of silence for ODB
- "Triumph" (Forever does seem like a mighty long time...ago)
- "Fish" (perhaps the only Ironman song of the night? That is, if you don't count Cappadonna warming up the crowd with his incredible verse from "Winter Warz"...)
Anyway, that's a quick summary for all my people (where the #*$! you at?) who couldn't make it and/or had to leave early. Maybe Ghostface will come back to NC after Fish Scale comes out. Until then, be easy...
Posted by Tim at October 27, 2005 11:55 PM
Comments
What, no Daytona 500?
Posted by: Stuart at October 28, 2005 11:48 AM
Sadly, no....
Posted by: Tim at October 28, 2005 01:02 PM