Friday at X4B
X4B Luxury Hall, 3279 Brinkley Rd, Temple Hills MD 20748


This was my first time at this venue.

James was there.

Supa Dan was the DJ.

Epitome - 9:45
The line up was: lead talker, Mase (spelling?, singer), another male vocalist (played cowbell as well), female vocalist, male vocalist/trombone player, trumpet/cowbell player, 2 keyboard players, bass, drummer, percussionist


Sound Check
1) Mase-led "You gave me problems, if you don't, I'll..." - it had a light crank
2) female-led Alicia Keys' No One - it had a light crank
3) Mase-led "that's right, from your head to your toes, every time that you make love, I'm so good to you" - it had a light crank
The lead talker announced that the following song was an original:
4) Mase-led "Happy baby, I love the things you do, Welcome to this wonderland" - it had a light crank / Percussion solo - it rose to a full crank, the lead talker said, "Well, I'm ready"
5) Mase-led Ne-Yo's Do You - it cranked / Percussion solo
6) lead talker-led "HOBO, Shooter, All Daz, Universal Madness" / Mase-led Fabolous' You make me better
7) lead talker-led "Meet me at the bar, say what you going to do?" - it cranked
This was my first time seeing them. I liked Mase's singing & voice most of all.

Supa Dan did a shout out to me.

Bam of STEEL was there.

Da Mixx Band
The line up was: Duane "Showtyme" Jones (lead talker), Tyreke "Freaky Tye" Farmer (vocals), Keith (vocals), Damila Adams (vocals), TonySax (Sax), Ikey (trombone/vocals), Kevin (Trumpet), Larry (guitar), Binky (bass), Roland "Big Ro" (keyboard), Nate (keyboard), Micheal Bell (keyboard), Whylis (drummer), Nick (percussion).
Showtyme did announcements; Tony Sax tried (unsuccessfully) to get him to do a shout out to me.




1) Keith-led "Never gonna let you go" - it had a light crank, they had nice vocal harmony
2) Damila-led Alicia Keys' No One - it had a light crank / Percussion solo - it rose to a full crank
Ty (Delano795) was there.
3) Alternating Damila-led Jill Scott's He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat) - it cranked, they had nice vocal harmony / Showtyme-led "Go shawty"
4) Showtyme-led "Welcome to the club right here" - it cranked
5) Showtyme-led Kanye West's Good Life featuring T-Pain
6) Keith-led Michael Jackson's P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) - it cranked / Percussion solo
7) Tyreke-led T-Pain's Bartender - it cranked
8) Tyreke-led Fabolous' You Make Me Better - it cranked, the frontline danced in synch
9) Showtyme-led ? - it cranked / Tyreke-led T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc's Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') / Showtyme-led Busta Rhymes' I Love My Chick featuring Kelis
This was my first time seeing a full set from them. I honestly don't know why they aren't headlining somewhere - they have a nice full sound and vocal harmony.

Vybe
The line up was: male vocalist, bass, keyboard player, drummer, percussionist.

1) Dave Hollister's One Woman Man - it cranked
2) "we are one, no matter what, that's the way it is" - it cranked
3) UCB's Sexy Lady - it cranked / "If I had a hammer" / Percussion solo
4) "crazy, changed that look on your face" - it cranked
5) "Macy, cash" - it cranked / "You go uptown, left right, you go in tight"
6) Usher's Bad Girl - it cranked
7) ? - it cranked / Percussion solo
8) 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - it cranked / Percussion solo
9) "I don't know what you been, nobody got to go like that y'all, you never had stars in your eyes" - it cranked
10) "This is how we do it" - it cranked
11) Slick Rick's Children's Story - it cranked
12) ? - it cranked / Percussion solo
This was my first time seeing them. I don't know if this was their full line up, but this was the smallest GoGo band I've ever seen (not that I didn't enjoy their set)!

The manager for Da Mixx Band came up to me and asked me if I enjoyed their performance.

Publicity Band
The line up was: Big Buck (lead talker), Tylisa (vocalist), Daryl (singer), Scooter (rapper), Julian (keyboard), KC (keyboard), Ronnie (bass), Ten (guitar), James (drummer), Ray (congas), Keon (percussionist).

Ronnie, Julian, Daryl, Big Buck


KC and Julian


Big Buck, Keon, Ray, Tylisa, Ten
1) Daryl-led "when I first saw you... stars in your eyes, you're my baby, when I first thought of you, I wish you were mine" - it cranked
2) Daryl-led "I have never been..., what a difference ___ makes, love you, you'll never give, I never knew that" / Percussion solo
3) Big Buck & Tylisa-led Keyshia Cole's Let It Go - it cranked, Tylisa went on the dance floor / Percussion solo
4) Big Buck-led "Tell me what you feel like doing, y'all" / "Hey ay, Ho oh" - it cranked / Percussion solo
5) Big Buck-led "Did you want me to pour you a dink? Show me how you do it, did your girlfriend let me pour you a drink" - it cranked, they played toms / Cassidy's My Drink N' My 2 Step - they had technical difficulties
6) Tylisa-led Jill Scott's Hate on Me - it cranked
7) Alternating Tylisa-led Rihanna's Umbrella - it cranked / Percussion solo / Big Buck-led "Just do it, barbershop"
8) Scooter-led Kanye West's Good Life featuring T-Pain - it cranked

Tylisa, Ray, Scooter, Ten
9) Tylisa-led Toni Braxton's Take This Ring / Percussion solo / Bam sat in "All the ladies in the house, you're looking all cute"
10) Bam-led T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc's Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') (tease) / Scooter-led ? - there was static in the PA / Bam-led "Ladies and gentlemen, shake your thing" - there was crowd response / Alternating Percussion solo / Big Buck-led "Get my money right" / Scooter-led "We out of here baby" - the house lights came on

Bam and Big Buck
All pictures (other than flyer) taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
I enjoyed the set; it ended at 2:40.

I enjoyed the night, but I would have liked to have seen L!ssen (who's usually on the bill), since they cranked really hard the last time I saw them and that was without Yannie.