– 7# Performance Artist Review Velvet Jones– An artist that is rarely appreciated was the DJ. At many events related to Catalyst Hip Hop, Velvet Jones seems to br the DJ (the ones I’ve seen). There are other really skilled Dj‘s in the Catalyst residence that probably shut it down before I started writing these reviews. When it comes to a DJ with prodigious talent, I put Velvet in that category, easily. I don’t have much to say about his performance on a technical level because I’m not a sound guy. I can say on a sonic aesthetic level, Velvet was on point. No discernible problems, that is the high praise for those who operate professionally in sound. They are the people in the background. Without them, there can be no show(well, not a very a good show).
– 6# Performance Artist Review Spaz– The last act to grace the stage of Props and Bonds Saturday Mic Live was an artist by the name of Spaz. To be very honest, it might seem like I’m bias when I say the things I am about to say about Spaz. Why, because I happen to know him on some level prior to this event. That being said, this is not that at all, if its one thing I am, its very even handed. Spaz is one of the best emcees I know of period. When I coined the term “Bless The Mic With Bars“, Spaz is one of the emcees I had in mind when I developed that term. He is honestly amazing and the group Zolomon Grunji is like a super team of emcees.
– 5# Performance Artist Review Protege QOQ– Another great performer came to the stage, his name is Protege QOQ. I didn’t know about him before but I do now. Protege is a great artist, great performer and a really cool guy overall. From what I saw that night, Protege is definitely going to get better. Which is scary in a way, if your a competitor. Its talent and drive with this guy, he has a focus that I don’t see often. What made Protege even more spectacular is that he marked the room. What I mean by this, is that the performer prior to him, Tamika J was amazing. She had given a spectacular performance, which vibed differently to anything we had hear prior that night. It was a tough act to follow, if I hosted this event, I would’ve held an intermission so that the stage could cool off. However Protege showed me he doesn’t need intermissions, or any handicaps. He breaks through walls, that’s the type of guy he is, as time goes on raises the value of his performance that night to me.
– 4# Performance Artist Review Tamika J– I am going to have to sincerely thank Props and Bonds Saturday Mic Live for blowing me away with this literally surprising performance. This is the first time I have ever seen Tamika J perform to my memory. I was beyond impressed with I heard and saw that night. I really value the sincere expression of the personhood of the artist. Well, Tamika J has soul, its just that simple, even If I wanted to, I could not reduce it any further.
– 3# Performance Artist Review Young Blesson– Props and Bonds booked Young Blesson, a performer that I really like alot. The most important thing to me when I listen to, or see an artist ,is to sincerely feel I am getting that artist. Young Blesson always seems to bring himself, I’ve never seen him short change anyone on that. That is an really important and underrated quality that alot of people do not look for enough. So, that is one of the first reasons why I like Young Blesson, and as expected that night he delivered with maximal effort. Its hard not to respond to sincerity and Young Blesson‘s performance helped to bring me out of a hard mental time. His intro was very interesting and funny as he talked about his hustle. He states that he can be very …. ruthless is not the word… beyond serious maybe about express when it comes to getting his money. From what he expressed about his side dealings in the intro he has a very good business ethic. It honestly wasn’t surprising to me because it comes through in his music. He’s a really nice guy, but he is Read More…
–2# Performance Artist Review Southern Slaves– The next act of the night was a group called Southern Slaves. They are a pretty good local Hip Hop group in Miami, Florida. (Personally believe that they need to release music videos). Honestly, I did not catch much of their performance mentally because I was in a bit of a place when they performed. However I have seen perform before and the crowd always loves them, it seems.
– 1# Performance Artist Review Dermo– The first official act of the night was by Dermo. He’s tall and big man, with a good character. He came dressed in black and sported a sharp and cleanly handled beard. As imposing as his statue and figure is in a crowd, his abilities as a performer are even bigger. Dermo’s a crowd raiser, he gets people moving and acting. That’s one of the biggest performance points I took away form him. This is actually not an easy thing to do, but Dermo does it so organically. I noticed people moving their feet and responding energetically to key moments in his street witty bars. He definitely had the attention of a few ladies who were just entertained by his character (should bring out to spots to perform some homies can rebound off the shots he doesn’t chases down lol).