Mirrors, 33 New York Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002
Candi W., Kia, and Joy walked in right behind me.
Gary, Sashay Shaunte, and Strikeapose were there.
Tracy S. was there.
360 Band
They had added a Sax player; his name is Ray (I asked him his name after the set).
Darren, D. Brown, Phil, Nicole, L. Boogie, Pamela, Tony, Leroy, Ray, Tracy
D. Brown-led "Damn it's hot" - it cranked
Lolita was there.
Tony-led "what I managed to do, nobody else would ever do"
Khalissa, Maketta, Nakia, and Sanchez were there.
D. Brown-led Dreams' Shawty is a Ten
Skaci was there.
Claudia, Jay113, Robin, Peg Leg, Nikia, Eboni, Mona, Nikiya, and Nicole (T) were there.
Maketta and Nakia
Eboni's cake
(I don't know the 2 women on the left), Eboni, Nikia, Mona
Familiar Faces
Scooby was not present tonight.
First set
Sean, Lorenzo, Damila, Wendell, Donnell, Quese, Smoke, DP, Mike "Hardstep"
Donnell said, "Scooby and Quese are sick, it's from all that hand shaking."
They had a smoke machine going.
1) Damila-led Jill Scott's A Long Walk - it cranked
2) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
3) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - it cranked
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, hey Ay" - it cranked -->
5) Alternating Damila-led Jill Scott's Hate on Me - it cranked, Donnell chanted, "Wait a minute!" / Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" / Donnell-led "___ Is in the house"
6) Donnell-led Tattoo - it cranked / Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya"
7) Damila-led Mis-Teeq's Style - Smoke played toms, it cranked / Smoke tom solo
8) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - it cranked, Donnell said, "Half the band is sick, I thought I'd be here all by myself."
9) Quese-led "I will take my time, This is our secret, when your legs start shaking, don't be scared" - Quese sang directly to Nakia
10) Damila-led Ledisi's In the Morning?
Tameika? was there.
Donnell invited J. Hayden up onstage. He said that he has the same management as Raheem DeVaughn. J. Hayden set up the keyboard the way he wanted.
I remembered that he had performed with The Band the first time I ever saw them.
He said, "Have you ever been cheated on? Well I have. I wrote a song about it."
11) J. Hayden-led Its No Way (you can hear this on his myspace page)
He mentioned his website. He wanted to perform another song, but he said he didn't have time before the break.
Sean, Lorenzo, Wendell, J. Hayden, Jammin' Jeff, Donnell, Packy, DP, Mike "Hardstep", Smoke
All pictures taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
Tamiko, Nicole (bf), 6'9, Ayesha, and her sister Soya were there.
It was packed.
Second set
1) Donnell-led Donna Summer's Love to Love You, Baby (tease) / Vinnie D's Porno Star? (tease)
2) Donnell-led Hey Rashida (Rare Essence's Hey Tameka) (tease) - it cranked / Damila-led Alicia Keys' No One - Donnell chanted, "Wait a minute" / Percussion solo -->
3) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - it cranked
4) Donnell-led "Party party, everybody" - it cranked / Alternating Quese-led Playaz Circle's Dufflebag Boy - Donnell chanted, "Killazoo!" / Percussion solo
5) Alternating Donnell-led "__ Is yes!" - it cranked / "You make me want to see, just how freaky you can be" / "Keep it low" - Donnell chanted, "Hey Smoke oh!" / Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Killazoo!"
6) Damila-led Mary J. Blige's Just Fine - it cranked
7) Alternating Donnell-led Rare Essence's Uh Oh (Heads Up) - it cranked, they stopped it while security removed some people, Donnell gave a speech, "We're not into the young and the restless. We got twenty slow songs we could play" / Donnell chanted, "You will never see my face again, because you don't know me, oh oh" / Donnell chanted, "Where my troopers at?" / "Familiar Faces won't..."
8) Quese-led We Don't Need These Phones - it had a light crank, the house lights came on, Donnell rapped
Kim was there.
9) Donnell-led Do You Think About Me? - it had a light crank / Vinnie D's Porno Star? (tease)
10) Donnell acapella Usher's Bad Girl (tease)
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