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Dead Prez at Rock the Bells


August 05, 2008 | Tags: dead prez

I thought I was going to be done with the brief recaps of the Maryland Rock the Bells stop, but why not continue, right? I mean shit, I need to start getting myself hyped up and feeling ready to brave at least twelve hours straight in the desert after spending at least half that time cramped up in a plane and lugging bags around an airport.

Actually, I don’t think there really is a good way to prep for that. Working out and pre-emptive hydrating, perhaps, but just my luck – the gym I go to is closed this week for construction or something.

So I suppose I may at least be able to build a little excitement back up by revisiting what I considered one of the highlights of my last trip to one of the tour’s stops: Dead Prez’s performance. I’m not sure if I ever said it on here, but I’m a huge Dead Prez fan. That probably won’t come as a surprise to many of you, considering I stay on that political ranting tip rather frequently around here and all. Dead Prez has consistently come through with that intelligent, intuitive, thought-provoking music that I happen to thrive off of. And even better than the fact that they talk about some shit worth talking about? They actually have pretty decent lyrical skills. Plus they don’t mess with those jubilant-sounding beats that just ooze sunshine, smiles, and booty shaking - I really do enjoy my music raw, rugged, and ruthless.

Anyway, I knew that the Sunday of the Maryland show was going to be a great day when the first recognizable faces I saw in the whole venue (before anybody from DX or anybody from school, even) were those of stic.man and M-1. It was a sign from above! Even better? This was my first time seeing them live. And I must say, I wasn’t disappointed. By them, at least. They had a consistent energy going on stage, they came through with a female DJ (props to the women holding it down on the turntables!), and they played some of my favorite tracks. Unfortunately it felt like the rest of the DMV may not have felt the same way I did about the Dead Prez set, and it seemed like Dead Prez sensed it. Especially when they started playing one of their songs (I think it was “Walk Like a Warrior”) and straight stopped in the middle complaining about how the crowd must not know it and wasn’t feeling it enough and just jumped right in to a different track. Granted, they went on fairly early in the day, but damn. Either way, they got right back into it and that minor bump in the road soon became insignificant.

 Maybe Cali will show Dead Prez a little more love and I’ll be able to see an even better performance from them. Only time will tell.


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