Hip-Hop Legends Tour - Liquid Room, Edinburgh -
27.04.06
After reading “The Man” Chris Torres alcohol fuelled review on this subject, I thought I’d add my experience of this event, which occurred at the Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh.
I was fairly excited about seeing Big Daddy Kane, and having Biz Markie
on the bill shouldn’t have been a bad thing, but never before
have I been so disappointed by a hip hop gig…..
I’ve been trying to get a grip on this “fashionably late” concept
for a while (previously I have usually turned up to gigs hours early
out of sheer excitement), so after a brief discussion, It was decided
that, with the doors at 7, 9pm would be the optimum “cool” time
for turning up. We based this on the excellent Ugly Duckling gig earlier
that week, where we arrived in Glasgow at 9, The venue at 9:15 and
still saw the beginning of the support set. So myself and JT (hip hop
aficionado and brother since the very beginning) head off around 8:30
and arrive around 9. The bouncer informs us (quite
rudely) that Big Daddy Kane would not be turning up this evening.
While being quite disappointed, we were already there, so I thought
we might as well head in.
Biz Markie was on stage, chopping and “mixing” records on stage, his large, frying-pan like hands being more of a hindrance than a help to his cause. Honestly, It was terrible, but I figured they needed to fill up BDK’s timeslot somehow, and if this was it, then I’d watch.
JT spotted a sneaky place to sit on a deck above the stage, So we grabbed a pew. Then something weird happened… The place began to empty. I will use my intoxication as an excuse for sitting there for 30 minutes and not realising what had happened. Eventually, I went up and asked the lighting guy who was left to play. “Sorry mate, If you just arrived, You’ve missed everything”.
Yes, as I have realised, This whole tour was a poorly organised scam. Obviously the organisers have no idea about how to keep people entertained or how gigs usually work. They have chosen rappers who need to be tucked up in they’re beds by 9:30 pm with a teddy bear and some hot chocolate, hardly like the “gangster” image they all try to portray. The worst thing about it was the financial cost, a grand total of £17 a ticket. I must have been feeling rich when I bought the tickets, because it was overpriced even if the whole bill had decided to show. Overall, It was the worst gig I’ve ever attended, And I certainly wont be attending another gig by its organisers, TripTych or whatever it was.
Review by Vincent Maggio
