Jurassic 5 - Bristol Carling Academy
Went to see these guys last night – possibly best gig I’ve ever been to! I had no idea what to expect with the venue – it was perfect – really intimate, but not too crowded, and the accoustics in there were spot on.
Their live performance puts the likes of Eminem and 50cent to shame. They have real raw talent and they are truely what hiphop is and should be all about. Their set spanned all their releases, although they only hit on Concrete Schoolyard for a couple of verses, I think it was sufficient to get the crowd going nuts (you could tell there was a vast contingent of people who were there for that track, put it that way!).
They came on with ‘Work It Out’ as their encore, followed by a 10 min freestyle set which, if it was really off the cuff, was truely impressive. Suprisingly they stayed on the stage area for at least 45 mins after the show to sign stuff for the crowd – they were still there when I left anyways.
I’m still buzzing about it – I can’t wait to see them again! I wish I had taken a proper camera with me. If I knew we were going to be so up close and personal I could have walked away with some brilliant shots. Ah well – my PEBL shots will have to do, they’re not too bad :)
Owain "The Owster Davies" Davies said,
September 27, 2006 @ 10:26 am · Edit
Lets take it back to the concrete streets IMHO one of the worst songs ever made, jurassic 5 to me represent everything thats wrong with hip hop, they put way too much thought into there intelligent respectful lyrics so much so that it makes them boring, the beats are forgetable and they have no edge whatsoever. What’s wrong with murdering hoe’s whilst slinging crack in a lolo?
“You can gift wrap this shit i’m kicking and send it to your moms for christmas, PS tell shorty her shit stinks of dick”
Harry said,
October 11, 2006 @ 2:49 pm · Edit
awsum :D
i went to see them last year in Bristol and it was the best gig i’ve been to also!
nice to see they’re keeping up the tradition :D
keeran said,
October 11, 2006 @ 3:39 pm · Edit
Yeah really wasn’t expecting it to be so much fun – looking forward to seeing them again soon :)