Don’t really know much as I wasn’t throwing the party, just there.
This is likely ‘98, maybe early ‘99. Aceyalone was supposed to play a bigger rave outside Eugene 1-2 months back but missed it. Raves were really popular at this point so MC’s would take these bookings ‘cause they paid. I think this was a make-up performance over that.
Springfield *never* had raves. It was either in Eugene or more often, out in the woods somewhere. But this was literally a rave at an empty theater on Main St. Weirdest shyt ever. Anyway, ‘cause I lived in Springfield (grew up there), I went. Not that many there ‘cause no one from Eugene would go near Springfield. Had no idea Aceyalone would be there. But yeah, near the end of the party he showed up and performed. It was literally over drum’n’bass (kinda doubt his original set was intended that way). No stops in the music, pretty sure it was all freestyles. shyt was hype.
That’s wild. Imagine being Aceyalone in 1998 and somehow ending up in Springfield, breh probably thought he was gonna see the Simpsons fr
Reminds me of the time my friends and I went to Seattle to see Freestyle Fellowship. Showed up an hour early and met Mykah 9 out front
Saw P.E.A.C.E walk into the smoke shop next door.
Gift of Gab (Blackalicoous was headlining) was there too, sitting on a stool. Some dumbass white kid came up and asked him what time the show started because he thought he was an usher
Another time, this fat hipster tried getting on stage to lip sync the remix to “Jump Around” Pete Rock stooped the whole show just to tell him off.
$20 to see Slum Village and Pete Rock tho
Saw The Roots at the Oregon zoo this summer, which was cool to see Black Thought do a rendition of “Brooklyn Zoo” like 50 feet away from elephants.
