Friday at Safari Steakhouse
Safari Steakhouse, 9430 Annapolis Road Lanham MD 20706

Peg Leg, Dave, and Kim were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Mr. Magic
2) Halima-led The Brand New Heavies' Never Stop
Donnell said, "You know I told her Googie, don't ever sing while I'm talking."
Nikiya was there.
Mike said, "Make a resolution to like the person that looks like you."
3) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself
Donnell took off his riding cap because Nikiya wore one. They both laughed.
4) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself
Kimberly and Darrell, Sanisse, Yolanda, Tiffany F., "original" Nikki, and Ebony were there.
5) Donnell & Halima-led (Sade's) Cherish the Day - Kimberly pulled me on the dance floor, but I wasn't feeling it, Mike said, "What are you going to do, Jordan?", I waved him off
Neita and Nikki were there.
I talked with Tiffany F. and put my arms around her. Donnell said, "Are you talking to my woman?" I said, "She doesn't mind sharing?" Donnell said, "Who's sharing, I know I'm not."
Monique, Tijuana, Shameika and 6'9 were there.

Paul said, "I think GoGo's corrupting you. You aren't the quiet man you used to be."

Second Set
James was on backup vocals.
Donnell said, "Lock the door, lock the door while we got nothing but women in here" repeatedly.
DJ Flava (aka GoGo Rudy) said on the PA that people who have parked on the street now need to move their cars or they'll be towed. Donnell replied, "If you need a ride home, we're going to have to consider a few things."
1) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable
2) Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "People call me milk" repeatedly, Mike sang in an affected voice, "You went to prison, it's all your fault", Donnell said, "That where Mary J. Blige stole that from", Halima sang something
3) Halima-led Faith Evans' Again
4) Instrumental - they played sounds used in "Unh, unh unh", Donnell said, "Don't nobody dance" repeatedly, Mike said something I couldn't hear
5) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - Funky Stuff guitar riffs
6) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
7) Donnell-led "___ Is in the house" - a woman said to me, "I know you don't like this sh*t." I told her I've been a GoGo fan for ten years.
8) Alternating Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - Halima held her mic to ladies to sing it / Prince's Sexy M.F. (tease)
9) Donnell-led Hold the Note - band members held their fists up and fans held their arms up / "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant / "Seek Abundance every day, Seek Abundance every way" / "Eya eya" and the crowd responded "Ho" / Percussion solo - nice crank especially by Smoke, Donnell said, "Say what?" and the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!" repeatedly, Donnell said, "Do what?", Halima sang a tease of Stevie Wonder's Do I Do "Do I do what you do", Halima said, "Wind up, Smoke", Donnell said, "By yourself, Smoke" and Smoke played a true solo
10) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - the crowd responded, Donnell chanted, "Deeper, deeper" repeatedly
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - Donnell chanted, "Go down baby, go down"
12) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind
Janetta was there.
Donnell kidded Patrick about women dancing with him (Patrick's girlfriend was there). Patrick said, "Are you going to drive me home?"
Donnell said, "If you're family, you got to be at the Hilton."

Shawn and Keisha were there.

Jay Gotti was there.

Third Set
Donnell said, "It's a little tight tonight. Somebody steps on your toes, it's alright"
1) Donnell-led D4L's Laffy Taffy - Donnell did announcements, DJ Flava was on backup vocals
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me
3) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up
Maya, the bartender from Zanzibar, was there in the audience. She wore a "Happy New Year" hair band.
Dey was there. She said, ?Off the record!?
4) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
5) Percussion solo & riffs - Donnell said, "Time to party everybody, we came to party"
6) Donnell, Jay Gotti, & Halima-led It Is What It Is / Donnell-led "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant / Donnell rapped about Pam & Sam, he said, "I forget the rest"
Donnell said, "When you leave, please leave carefully. I know what I forgot" -->
7) Donnell-led Trina Was Great
8) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You - I danced with Monique
June was there.
Donnell said, "Lord, I never thought I'd see the day when Mike (not Muse) had a girl (Neita) around his arms. I thought he had the Arthur Ashe." Mike went after Donnell with a broom. He wanted a PA and went back to Telando. Mike said, "They don't have but one (choice)." Donnell said, "They didn't have the hat (a Redskins baseball cap) that fit, but you didn't mind then. Give me an eight: 'all we have is a five and three quarters'".

I said to Patrick as I walked out, "Hi Patrick." He said, "So you figured out my name? That's just what he calls me; my name is Derek." Patrick and Tony had been pulling my leg about Patrick's name. I have corrected my blog accordingly.