Thursday at Zanzibar
Zanzibar on the Waterfront, 700 Water Street SW Washington, DC 20024

Tanya with four of her friends (including sisters Trina and Selena), Bobbie Westmoreland, Nena, Darrell, Danielle (Wellfhed), and SweetAngelmd27 were there.

Delano and Pinky were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set

Dwayne, James, Lorenzo, Mike, Doc, Donnell, Jacques, DP
1) Mother's Day - Donnell went on the floor

Doc, Lorenzo, Dwayne, Donnell, Stomp
I was paying attention to other things, so may have missed a song in between.
2) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - Mike went on the floor
Cookie, "original" Nikki and Ebony were there.

Doc, James, Dwayne, Lorenzo, Mike, Stomp, Donnell, Jacques, Smoke, DP


Dwayne, James, Lorenzo, Doc, Mike, Donnell, Jacques, DP
3) Mike-led Ruff Endz' Someone to Love You - the dance floor filled
Michon, Sanisse, and Yolanda were there.
Donnell did a shout out to Bobbie and whole TMOTT crew.
4) Halima-led Jill Scott's Whatever
Halima said, "Okay, we got to party y'all".
5) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - Halima sang, "Ooh, ooh", Halima altered the lyrics to "with my makeup"
DeeDee?s Cousin Michelle was there.
6) Halima-led Sade's Pearls - Halima went on the floor
I introduced myself to D Ball.
Big John, the DJ, joked that Halima needed to report to the back bar to talk about all the broken glasses (because of her singing).
Simone, Shawn, and Big Don Pimp were there.

Arielle, Los, and 6'9 were there.

Second Set

Mike, Jacques, DP, Smoke, Packy, Darrell, 6'9


Doc, Lorenzo, Mike, Doc, Jacques, Smoke, Packy, Darrell


Sanisse (leaning on railing), 6'9, Doc


6'9, James, Mike, Shawn, Michon, Los


Lorenzo, Smoke, Doc, Dwayne
1) Halima-led Alicia Key's Unbreakable
2) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - intro / Bobby Valentino's Slow Down - they played different riffs / Percussion solo
Donnell did another shout out to the TMOTT crew and to his Verizon homies.
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
4) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!"
5) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - Donnell grunted/shouted, "Hey yeah?", they played different sounds
6) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Tell Your Heart I Love You
7) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U - Mike said, "Get down Miss Brown"
June was there.
8) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind

Selena told me we had already met.

Third Set

Lorenzo, Godfather, Jermaine, Stomp, Omar, Smoke, Jacques, Shawn


Darrell and 6'9
1) Donnell acapella Raheem DeVaughn's Is It Possible (tease) - warm up
Donnell talked about Maisha, and either Lorenzo or Godfather played:
2) The Temptations' My Girl - instrumental tease
Donnell responded, "You know I'm old Maisha"
3) Donnell-led D4L's Laffy Taffy (tease)
4) Alternating Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You / Prince's Sexy M.F. (tease)
Nikiya was there.
5) Donnell-led Hold the Note / Sade's No Ordinary Love (tease) - altered lyrics
6) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - a guy said to me, "They about to knock (Rare) Essence out, huh?", Halima sang, "Ooh, ooh ooh ooh" (different from the "Gimme the Woo" response), Donnell chanted, "Eya, eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho"
7) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) / Rare Essence's Spotlight (tease)
8) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
9) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is
10 Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh"
Donnell said, "Loveboat, Loveboat is that what you're going to do at the Zanzibar? You are going back to the Black Hole?"
11) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You

Darrell in the middle
Michelle came up to me and grabbed my hair. Godfather smiled.



6'9 and Nikiya of Seek Abundance


Jacques, Stomp, Packy, Smoke, Paul, Omar, Shawn, DP, and Godfather
All pictures taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich

When I walked out, the guy who was handing out flyers for the New Years Day show with Familiar Faces, Publicity Band and L!ssen said to me, "You need to come to all the shows I pass out flyers for." I asked why. He said, "They love you. They party harder when you're there. I saw you one time pimping a girl in the corner. She was a nine and half."