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Friday, October 1st is the finale show of the play that.....
DJ DEMO SAYS
IT'S A
MUST
SEE
SHOW
!!!!!
ALL STARS HIP-HOP CABARET 2
ATTENTION LADIES AND GENTLEMEN; BOYS AND GIRLS; DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS; NY TRI-STATE AND VISITORS; AND PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS:
AN ALREADY DECLARED HIT HAS LANDED ON 42nd STREET FOR A SECOND ROUND. IT'S CALLED "ALL STARS HIP HOP CABARET 2", A PRODUCTION OF THE "ALL STARS TALENT SHOW NETWORK" AND "YOUTH ONSTAGE!". AND BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTE THAT THERE ARE ONLY 3 MORE SHOWS LEFT. SO IF YOU HAVE TO, BEFORE READING MY REPORT, HURRY TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS, THEN DO SO NOW BY GOING TO www.allstars.org, or calling any one of the numbers at the bottom of the page. THERE WERE FIVE SHOWS IN TOTAL, WITH THE FINALE BEING THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. HURRY UP!!!
SOME OF YOU MAY BE READING THIS AND WONDERING IF IT IS AS SERIOUS TO CHECK OUT AS I AM MAKING IT TO BE. HELL FRIGGIN' YES!!! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ONE OF THE PERSONS WHO CREATED THE FOUNDATION OF THE IDEA OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE SIMILARITIES OF EARLY 20th CENTURY CABARET AND TODAY'S HIP HOP, AS WELL AS BEING PART OF THE FIRST CAST. AND ALTHOUGH THE FIRST SHOW WAS AN INSTANT HIT, HHC2's DIRECTION, PRODUCTION AND TALENT HAS DEFINITELY SOARED PAST THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACCOLADES OF ITS PREDECESSOR.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
WHETHER YOU ARE HIP HOP'S NUMBER ONE FAN; OR THE VP OF A CORPORATION WITH NO CLUE OF WHAT HIP HOP IS, YOU WILL TRULY APPRECIATE THIS SHOW. THE PRODUCTION SHOWS HOW EARLY 20th CENTURY EUROPEAN CABARET IS SIMILAR TO THE OPEN HIP HOP STAGE THAT WE HAVE TODAY. THE ACTS IN THE SHOW DEMONSTRATE IT ALL. THE JOURNEYS THROUGH SUCH ISSUES AS POVERTY, WAR, THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND LOVE RELATIONSHIPS ARE SUCH TOPICS EXPRESSED. THIS POINT OF VIEW IS VERY UNIQUE AND BRINGS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD THE HIP HOP CULTURE. IN BETTER WORDS, IT BRIDGES THE GAP.
DJ DEMO'S REPORT:
THE DOORS TO THE THEATER OPENS AT 7PM TO THE MOVING AND CATCHY SOUNDS AND BRIEF HISTORY OF HIP HOP BEING MIXED AND NARRATED BY "INTERNATIONAL DJ TOMMY LEE". IN THIS HIP HOP ALBUM COVERS DECORATED INTIMATE ROOM OF ABOUT 100 SEATS, DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT WORKING CLASSES, YOUNG AND ELDER, etc.; THE VIBE OF A CLOSE EARS, FINGER SNAPS, FOOT TAPS, AND OOO's AND YEAH's BEGIN TO SPREAD. AND BY THE TIME YOU ARE FULLY CAPTURED INTO THE ZONE, LIGHTS OUT, MUSIC FADES, AND THE SHOW BEGINS WITH A VERY CHARISMATIC INTRODUCTION BY THE MC, "ANTOINE RL". IT IS FROM THIS POINT ON THAT YOU ARE LOCKED IN AND NOT REALIZING, BY THE SHOWS END, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHOLE HOUR AND 15MINS.
DANCE GROUPS "FULLY LOADED", FROM BROOKLYN, AND "DANCE FACTORY", FROM QUEENS, BOTH GAVE BLAZIN' HOT PERFORMANCES IN A COUPLE OF NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE "CELEBRATION OF DANCE" SEGMENT. "SQUEAK"! WHAT CAN YOU NOT SAY ABOUT HOW FLUENT AND TIGHT HIS LYRICAL SKILLS OF SPOKEN WORD ARE WHEN HE'S DROPPIN' THAT KNOWLEDGE ON YOU LIKE IF YOU WERE A STUDENT IN HIS HIP HOP CLASS. HIS PIECE "CLAP" MAKES YOU DO JUST THAT. WITH ME KNOWING ALL OF THE PERFORMERS NO LESS THAN 4 YEARS OR MORE, 2 OF THEM REALLY SURPRISED ME WITH THEIR EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCES. AARON LEWIS , WHO I KNOW AS A DANCER WITH GROUP "24/7", WOWS THE AUDIENCE WITH TWO VOCAL PIECES. AND "BIG WIL" SHUTS THE THEATER DOWN WITH A MONOLOGUE ENTITLED "THE SIXTIES". IT WAS VERY MOVING. "THE DEAD", AN UP & COMING RAP GROUP FROM BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN GETS EVERYONE WAVING HANDS AND SINGING TO THEIR STREET HIT "PUBLIC HOUSING", AS WELL AS A SPECIALLY WRITTEN RAP CALLED "IRAQI WAR". THERE IS ALSO A SOLO RAP ARTIST BY THE NAME OF "CHARLIE BIGGS". I HAVE SEEN HIM PERFORM MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS AND HE ALWAYS COME THROUGH WITH A VERY BRILLIANT LYRICAL ARRANGEMENT. IT IS TO NO SURPRISE THAT HIS SKILLS SHINE AND CAPTURES THE CROWD. AND OF COURSE, THE DIVAS OF THE SHOW, SYREETA aka BOOBIE; WHO I COMPARE TO AS A LAURYN HILL, AND VERONICA; MORE ALONG THE LIKES OF ASHANTI, BOTH HELPED COMPLETE THE BALANCE OF THE PERFORMANCES IN THE SHOW. THEY WERE DYNAMITE! THE INTERLUDE SOUNDS, CONNECTING THE SHOW MUSICALLY, WAS ON POINT BY MY MAN "INTERNATIONAL DJ TOMMY LEE", ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NEW DEMOLITION CREW. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING ME DOWN. AND, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ANTOINE "RL's" PERFORMANCE WAS SPECTACULAR. WITH HIS CABARET ATTIRE; RED TUXEDO JACKET, BLACK SLACKS, AND FEATHERED HAT, RL'S CHARISMA AND KEEPING THE AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION REALLY KEPT THE SHOW TIGHT.
GREAT JOB TO ALL OF THE CAST MEMBERS. THE SAME GOES FOR ALL THE BACKSTAGE, TECH, AND LIGHTS INDIVIDUALS. AND KUDOS FOR A WELL DIRECTED SMASH TO DAN FRIEDMAN AND ANTOINE "RL" JOYCE.
HIP HOP EXPLODES ON 42nd STREET!!!
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