AFA '08 - Black Sheep, Rhymefest, and Brand Nubian

The final night of the 2008 festival included Black Sheep, Rhymefest, and Brand Nubian. Once again, we'll do this one step at a time:

Brand Nubian - These guys did a great show and the crowd had clearly forgotten how whack their last album was. The didn't do the entire first album, but they did enough of it to make it fun. The crowd was full of old heads that knew all the words to every song (I wasn't one of them - except for Slow Down). Lord Jamal gained energy as the night went on. Sadat X had that familiar voice, but ran outta gas and even SAT DOWN at one point. Grand Puba was good, but I always preferred Sadat X.

Rhymefest put on a decent show, but the kids on stage was not a good thing. See the captions for more info. It was my first time hearing or seeing him, and I'd watch him again (for free) and listen to him again (without buying his album).

Black Sheep was a group of one. Mr. Lawnge is no longer in the group. A "group" of ONE kinda feels the same as an althete going "3rd person" during an interview. In any case, like Special Ed a few days earlier, Dres plugged his MySpace page. Unfortunately, he did so much new stuff the crowd was just standing there wondering what the hell he was saying. Of all the old school artists that have come over the years, he was the one that sounded the least like he did back in the day. He didn't even do "Strobelite Honey" - that's a crime!