Zanzibar on the Waterfront, 700 Water Street SW Washington, DC 20024
They took away my pen, so this is off the top of my head.
Little Benny and Bryan Mills greeted me.
Cookie was there, she introduced me to her boyfriend, Kirby. Sharika, John, Matthew, and DeeDee were there.
Dee introduced me to her sister, and her brother.
DeeDee's cousin Michelle was there.
The crowd was very different from the last time I was here to see Familiar Faces in July.
Cookie, Kirby, DeeDee
DeeDee, Me, DeeDee's Cousin Michelle
Donnell and DeeDee
Sharmba Mitchell, DeeDee, Big Don Pimp
Monica in front, Gaylynn, Nita, DeeDee, Sweet Chelle
Donnell, Sean, Dwayne, Lorenzo
Nicole (used to take covers for Familiar Faces on Fridays)
Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Lock It in the Pocket
2) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Didn't Cha Know
3) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You / (Jamie Foxx's) Mother's Finest's Love Changes
4) Sean-led Peabo Bryson's Feel the Fire
5) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - first song that cranked / bassline to Stevie Wonder's Superstition
6) Sean-led Ne-Yo's When You're Mad
7) Sean-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind
Nicole, the former cover taker for Familiar Faces on Fridays, was there. I asked her how she was doing, she said, "I'm retired."
Ayanna, India, Los, Ro'chelle (Too Sweet), Danielle (Pink), Sherray (Always Showtime!!), Mo (Slim Goodie) and her cousins Toonie, Weenie, and Keisha (celebrating her birthday), Big Don Pimp, Sharmba Mitchell, Danielle, Nita, Michelle, and Monica were there.
Second Set
1) Percussion solo
2) Sean-led Brian McKnight's Find Myself in You / Trey Songz' Gotta Go / 6 Minutes Percussion solo
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "wait a minute" echoes" / Tupac's Hail Mary (tease)
Chris "Rah" of WHAT? Band was there.
5) Donnell-led Rare Essence's All Da Time (mostly the yell) - Donnell stopped it because Ayanna was arguing with another woman in the front
6) Halima-led Christina Milian's Say I featuring Young Jeezy
7) Donnell & Sean-led Nicole the Bartender / "Whoa whoa whoa" - Donnell stopped it because Patrice was arguing on the side
Nicole the bartender was there.
8) Donnell rapped / Donnell-led "Party, party, everybody" / Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick
9) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
10) Donnell & Sean-led "On the small of her back, she got a tattoo"
11) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's My Life
Tiffany was there.
Third Set
1) Sean-led Jay-Z's Show Me What You Got / Percussion solo
2) Sean-led Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back
3) Donnell-led "___ Is yes!" / "You make me want to see, just how freaky you can be" / "Keep it low"
4) Donnell-led "Reggae" - Danielle (in the front0 was contorting her body to the music, DeeDee danced with Donnell onstage / Sean-led Damien Marley's Beautiful
5) Halima-led Beyonce's Ring the Alarm / Percussion solo
6) Halima-led Shareefa's Need a Boss
7) Donnell acapella Nicole the Bartender (tease)
Tiffany smiled the entire third set.
Donnell did a shout out to Rah and told audience to buy WHAT?'s album from legitimate vendors.
Donnell said, "Cookie's off the market"
Donnell said, "Nita invented a man. Has anyone seen him? He's a man that comes with batteries..."
Ayanna and Patrice were having a heated discussion outside - the police told them to move along.
