ghostface

went up to tokyo for the weekend - i was planning to see jazzy jeff and ghostface killah but ended up skipping jazzy jeff (as i've seen him before and i didn't think i had the energy to stay out two nights plus travelling- yes i'm getting old).

before the show- i was looking for a store (most of the stores in tokyo are not on ground level and are hidden amongst a bunch of other stores on the 2-7th floors) at around 7:40 (everything closes at 8pm). in my frenzy i managed to run (i was walking really fast) into a low metal post (the ones that prevent cars from running up on curbs). my thigh is really sore and now my knee hurts too- oddly enough there is no bruise whatsoever, yet it's really painful and i was limping around- but i still went out to the show. the show was at ageha- a club all the way out in shinkiba, southeast tokyo. i ended up having to pay for a 3000yen (~$28) cab ride since i took the JR route and the last train only ran to tokyo portal, four stations away from the end of the line, shinkiba.

it was a pretty dope show- there was an outside bar with a dancehall dj and a pool. actually the dancehall/reggae spot was the highlight of the show- since inside was just one gigantic open space with hiphop djs playing some good but not great tunes. ghostface came on and killed it- but seeing big rappers is kinda eh... they have a bunch of hypemen on stage singing other people's verses (since he did a bunch of wu-tang songs too). but it was kind of funny- cause when he wanted to speak to the crowd, he got one of the promoters to translate for him. so there was big ass ghostface talking and a skinny japanese guy with a high-pitched voice translating american street slang into japanese.

oh there was also a bunch of K1 fighters chilling at the show- including THE kid yamamoto. i didn't want to accidentally make him spill his drink on himself so i kept a good distance in fear of a beatdown of a lifetime. haha.

unfortunately i left the show about 10 minutes before tim- who i met in shanghai- left. he ended up running into ghostface in shibuya and they ended up hanging out for the night. my phone battery died so he couldn't get into contact with me... ah damn, missed my chance to kick it with ghostface...