Big ups 2 de organisers of the event, twas tight....n gud 2 know dat at de end of de day, mission was accomplished...
Its just a pity dat tym was nt on our side, as sum of de performances had 2 b cut short....
The artists who did it 4 me: Smurf, Hills, The Federation, RAS n de silver briefcase(WHY), Anvils, Reason nd de wifey sista, Obita, Beat-oven, The hymphatic, Spaceman and Ondaground.... amongst others.... plus de dance crews holding it down real gud!!
Now for the sore point: one of the main reasons i went 2 de gig nd popped out my R50 was 2 c Tumi and de Crack Boys perform, I havent seen Tumi perform in a long while and he's like favourite MC and had 2 c de new young boys in de game do they thing on stage...but didnt get 2 c any of de 2 happen...
To de organisers: couldnt u hav informed de boys b4 hand dat dey cant perform dat song or atleast stopped dem wen de dj started playing de beat....It was a shame seein the hosts takin de mics from de crack boys, y couldn't dey let em perform their ada songs, it was lyk dey were being told dat they dont belong der but noone was complaining bout de track before Tumi's intervention...Everybody was just treating it as just HipHop, didn't hear any1 complaining...de djs even played the beat afta Tumi's apology.....All de acts were performing they main songs, u guys shud hav known dat dey will perform dat song as it's 1 of their main songs...
To Tumi: I'm very dissappointed in the way u handled the situation and using the F-word lyk dat, dat was violent.... We got your apology, but i believe u shud hav apologised to the Crack Boys 2 in the way that u treated them, they young boys in this culture of ours and they need guidance...and as a matured artist in de industry u could hav handled it better, but it happens -at times we react before ruling (i'm sure if we could rewind de clock, u wud address it differently) ... and then u didnt perform, that part really killed me, i was der till dat late cause I wanted 2 c u perform....bt we still love u though!!!
To Crack Boys: Big ups for nt causing a scene and leaving it at that on de nyt - keeping de peace (heads against violence)... some might c it as u guys nt holding yo own down, but in such situations wen 1 party is heated like Tumi was, de best ting is 2 leave de whole ting and let ppl cool down....I'm also glad to hear u guys are nt taking it personal and are treating it as just a misunderstanding... Hope de's stil luv between u guys and Tumi....Keep it cracking- we waiting for that new stuff...
We all make mistakes........Lets all unite against violence and all the crime....Lets keep Africa shining with love....
On de lighter note, it was really nyc on de day - we need more united shows like dat, our music is improving everyday and artist are working real hard...much luv 2 de hiphop community....Peace