Stomp & Fat Cat's Birthday Party
I drove from Cranberries to Stomp's Birthday Party. Outside, I saw Stomp standing by a bus. I found a nearby parking spot.

The Galleria @ Lafayette Center, 1120 20th ST NW Washington DC 20036

I had never been to the Galleria before; I found the entrance by following the music.

Familiar Faces' band security was working this show too.

DJ was just inside, as was Black Boo of Mambo Sauce. It was pretty crowded, L!ssen Da Grew^p was playing. I had read a thread by Tomcat on TMOTT talking about how bad the acoustics were at the Galleria, and he was right.




Stomp, DJ, and Fat Cat



L!ssen Da Grew^p


They performed among other songs: Toto's Georgy Porgy, Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back (without primary lyrics), "This is why I'm Hot", Kanye West's Gold Digger, Sunshine, Beyonce's Irreplaceable, "My name is Scooby, you better shake it, but don't break it", Rare Essence's Lock It, Scooby did a shout out to Tee Bone of Trouble Funk working the monitor, Freak A Deak All Night Long (tease), Rare Essence's One on One, "Uh oh, uh uh oh", Shawnna's Getting Some, D4L's Laffy Taffy, and DJ Unk's Walk It Out.
Smoke, Sean, Doc, Dwayne, Jammin' Jeff of Familiar Faces, Sashay Shaunte, Damond, Sanisse, Mary, Yolanda, Taneous, Mall, Delano, Fat Cat, Mona, Nikia, Ebony, Big Sixx of Raw Image, and Charlie were there.
They finished at 2:09 AM.

Chris, Tasha (T-Bird), and Bobbie were working.

Byrd, Tiffany, Mia, and Khari of Mambo Sauce were there. Yolanda told me that apparently EU didn't perform.

I talked with Charlie, asking who he was playing with now, he said Backyard.

WHAT? Band


The WHAT? Band





WHAT? Band working the crowd



Hugg and Khari sitting in


All pictures (except for flyer) taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
There are additional pictures posted here.
This was my first time seeing them with Love on congas instead of Rocket Rob.
It was really crowded, and I decided to watch from the side. However, it was difficult to make out the lyrics from there, so I decided not to follow the set list in detail. Not only did they crank, but as with the other of their performances I've attended, they received crowd response unlike any other GoGo band I've seen.
Killa Cal-led I Am an Animal, Rah-led "I Love the Way You Work", Rah-led "Put 'em up", they performed 50 Cent's In Da Club (then I stopped tracking the set list). Hugg sat in on vocals and Khari sat in on bass. At the end, Stephon performed Lenny Kravitz' Fly Away - Love performed on toms - the houselights came on.
TJ of ASAP was there. I talked with Dat Azn Shawty for a little bit. LadeeJay79 introduced herself to me. BY of Junkyard Band was there.
They were done at 4:05 AM.