The Weekender

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Yes, Ms. Weekender is on a concertFEST. I had gone to the Brian McKnight and Mya concert over at the Paramount in Oakland, w/ Awsome, Boucy Balls and Blacksocks, and Ali. We arrived about 7:20pm and the concert starts at 7:30pm. For all of you rookies out there, concerts always start on time, unless they don't have any openers like Prince, then you might be waiting for awhile. I always want to be on time for a concert, especially when i've paid so much money for it. I totally want to get my money's worth. So we just made it in time. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to point out. If you've never been to the Paramount, you'll be surprised at how pimped out everyone gets. You'd swear they were goin to a wedding or a christening. I on the other hand just busted out in my jeans and heels. That's good enough for me.

They're opener was Ms. Rhian Benson. She's another upcoming R&B singer originally from West Africa I believe. Her sound is similar to artists like Sade and India Arie, just to name a few. As for stage presence, not very theatrical or any of that sort. Just swingin her hips as she sings and doin a little of that mambo cha cha action on stage. Very simple which is cool. Too bad there weren't that many peeps when she did her set. She only did 3 songs from her current album. My favorite song that she sang was about her homeland in Ghana, Gold Sky.

15 minutes and Mya was up. Quick stage turnaround huh? This chick is tall. Well maybe from our point of view she was. By the way, did I mention we were in Orchestra Row E!!! WOO HOO!!! Yes, Mya is tall and SKINNY!!! I don't know if I wanna be that skinny, but she still looked good. I just thought it was funny that none of her peeps told her that her bodysuit underwear lable was stickin out of her booty. I soooooooooo wanted to tear that shiet off. Anyways, Mya is a great performer and she gets the crowd goin, especially w/ this one set. It's almost similar to Janet's. She pulls a guy from the crowd and she was singin some sexy slow song. I'm not quite sure what it was, but the guy ended up grabbin the mic and singin along w/ her... OOOOOOOOOOOOH SHIET...THIS WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL! How lucky could she have gotten to pull a guy who can sing w/ her on stage..... Reminded me of Peaches and Herb. ahhahahaha. Anyways, Mya sang a bunch of her singles and new songs from her album Mood Ring. I suggest you pick it up or take a listen to it. She's got a bunch of cool songs besides "My Love is Like Wo."

So we're sittin in our seats and during Mya's set Awsome turns to me and ask " do you smell something?" I respond and say, " I think it's Henessey." I turn around to look behind us and see this young pimped out black guy passed out in his ladies lap. I don't think anything of it, until I feel my heel underneath me slippin. Hmmmm I wonder, this fool behind me tipped his glass. As soon as Mya's set's over, his lady's askin him to wake up while his other homie squeels "DUDE....GET UP..YOU JUST THREW UP ON YOURSELF. GET UP BEFORE THEY SEE ANYTHING." OH HELL NO....I WAS SLIPPIN ON DUDES AFTERMATH... I stand up and turn around to see the dudes white chunks on the floor and before I start to gag I hurry up the aisle and ask the ushers to clean up the mess! OH GOODNESS GRACOUS... CAN YOU BELIEVE THEM YOUNGINS... WHAT IDIOTS... Figures though huh???? We got back to our seats and now it smelled like a wet mop w/ detergent. That's better than frickin throw-up. I felt bad for the dudes friends cause, as soon as the show started up again, there were 6 empty seats. I guess they had to go w/ their homie, but hell..if I were them I would have stayed. When on earth are you goin to get bomb ass seats like this again!!!!

Last but not least you've got Mr. B. Now ladies we all thought he was married right? Well it seems he's back on the prowl and on the A-List, meaning AVAILABLE!!! woo hoo! This guy totally put on a great show. He's a wonderful singer, performer and comedian. His show opened up w/ a screen, focusing on a white suit, you hear the piano playin and then they focus on him..and it's frickin JAMIE FOX!!!! buahahhahah If you've picked up B's new album U-Turn, he's got a couple of peeps doin cameos such as Nelly on one of his tracks. B incorporated this into one of his sets. B had his video playin on the screen and when it was Nelly's turn to sing you'd see him up on the screen rappin his part, instead of the usual edited version where one of the performer's back-up singers takes over and you're just disappointed cause they're not doin a decent job.

I have to admit, watchin Brian McKnight on stage performing his past hits and solos on the piano just made me melt. Sorry peeps you may have to gag at this point. But I got all warm and fuzzy watchin him on stage. I still couldn't believe how close we were. You can see the guys eyeballs!!! But for those single peeps out there, B will make you just as comfortable and you'll totally enjoy his show whether your there w/ your girls, your homies or your significant others or just plain solo.

I've got one more concert to go to for the year and that'll be Jason Mraz at the Warfield on November 8th. For those of you who don't know who he is, he's up there w/ the likes of John Mayer. I know...totally different genre of music huh??? Just tells ya..don't underestimate me. hee hee hee... I may love hip-hop and R&B to groove too, but i'm always open to anything...well...almost anything..hahhahahah I'll tell you folks how this concert goes as soon as I go.

posted by The Weekender @ 8:06 PM

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