Review written by Michael Grant, Radio Presenter/Journalist/UK Ambassador for Wu-Worldwide DJ Coalition
BORIS JOHNSON IS NOT ENTITLED TO SAY A WORD TO ME.
Hilary Jones on Good Morning Britain is NOT MY DOCTOR.
The Media is LYING TO YOU.
Some of you already knew that but for those who need convincing, this ‘Covid’ thing? It’s real but it’s a state of mind. People catch viruses every day B. Now I’m not about to write a 4000 word essay as to why I feel this way, but this is a review of two artists from the states performing live. It just so happens that one of them is a close affiliation of Mobb Deep, a duo where at least one of them (Prodigy) tried to warn the world “Illuminati want my mind, soul and my body/Secret Society trying to keep their eye on me…” and the other did something in hip hop never done before – tell people in rhyme form the real significance of things like lesbians, December 25, Thanksgiving with haunting bells in approximately 7 minutes and 44 seconds. Both artists highly intelligent and know what is going on behind the scenes. Any restrictions the government laid out was abolished by the people, especially in The Chip Shop Brixton on November 18, 2021.
Big shout out to the management of the Chip Shop establishment who I had a great catch-up with, and after what he told me of his experiences abroad, maybe I should take it easy on ‘Mr Hopeless’ and his government going forward. We were honoured and privileged to have Big Noyd & Ras Kass, as Mike explained that there are stricter restrictions in parts of Europe which made artists unable to come over and perform more often than not they like to do a UK/European Tour and make the most of their time here.
I felt bad for G Roc (please correct me if I got the name wrong) the opening act who came out of Manchester, he only performed two songs and there were already issues with the microphone… the management may have to take a look at that…Suddenly Ant Live swooped in like a ninja, realised that the mic has to be held a certain way, relayed it to Big Noyd and Ras Kass and really set the party off, finishing with a big tune ting call ‘Heat in the Kitchen’, took the performance into the crowd and took it to the ‘gram…and would have kept going all through the early hours of the morning if he wasn’t told he gotta make way for Ras Kass coming next, not that the crowd would have minded anyway.
THE RED CARPET
Considering the status of both headliners, I would have thought Ras Kass would end the night but it was Big Noyd…but the reason why becomes apparent later.
Ras Kass opened his set with the epic ‘How To Kill God’ and that set off the capacity crowd straight off. This was pleasing to see as it showed true hip hop heads in the building and not trapped in the 90s keyboard warriors. Razzy jumped in each era blessing the Chip Shop with hits including Rassassination, Miami Life, Ghetto Fabolous, Guns n Roses, and Drink Irish where he shouted out Sean Price to which was received with a response ‘P!s’ from the crowd… personal highlight was when the glorious sounds of ‘The Red Carpet’ blazed through the speakers.
It wasn’t long before the capacity crowd started crying out for the track that made Razzy famous….but for some reason the DJ couldn’t time the bell for the Nature of the Threat! Where the DJ epic failed he more than made up for as heads probably didn’t realise that Razzy was performing that over the D’Angelo Devil’s Pie instrumental! Unfortunately time restrictions would not allow for Razz to perform all 7 minutes and 44 seconds of it despite the crowd clamouring for it, which led to the surprise end to the set with a short story behind the DJ Premier remix of ‘Goldyn Child’!
RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE
No waiting around, Big Noyd was called to the stage, and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mobb Deep’s Hell On Earth, Noyd started his set with the skit before the iconic G.O.D. Pt.III and when that Scarface beat hit the capacity crowd was rocking. Noyd didn’t have to rhyme, the crowd rhymed for him. He then goes through a string of classics such as ‘Right Back at You, Shoot Em Up, Get Shot The F’ Up (that got the capacity crowd fired up with many pull ups), The Learning/Burn and my personal favourite – Recognize and Realize..
Now to the reason why I began this review with the Covid theories and the decision to have Big Noyd follow Ras Kass… you can call it a cheat code or whatever, but Noyd finishing with Shook Ones Pt II was the perfect finish. As soon as that beat hit, Noyd channelled himself, Havoc & Prodigy, combined all three and threw himself into the crowd which became a mosh pit for the ages. If the so-called prime minister witnessed the carnage he would have held on to his ticker…
This was my first gig since the plandemic and I feel I couldn’t have picked two better artists to see, had Prodigy still be with us you already know he would have choice words for what’s going on, but rather than ramble on about that – both emcees went in and gave The Chip Shop one hell of a show albeit time restrictions (I was told the party went on til 4am after I’d left, because if I didn’t leave, walking from Brixton to Hackney is not ideal and neither is trying to grab a cab…) But now all we gotta wait for is other European countries to ease up on the restrictions because we just shown the world that a plandemic can not stop the juggernaut that is Hip Hop.
RePPiN 4U 