Crisfield Seafood Restaurant, 8012 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
I took my co-worker Preston to Crisfield's for his good bye lunch. I initially ordered no appetizer, then changed my mind and went to tell the waitress. I heard someone say "Hey". It was Sugar Bear. We talked briefly, he introduced me to the young lady he was dining with.
J's Sports Cafe, 12617 Laurel Bowie Rd (Route 197), Laurel, MD 20708
Skaci, Yvette, and Felecia were there.
Jammin Jeff & The Band
?) Allison-led ?
Allison said, "We'd like to invite someone up here." Omarr said, "It's me!" Packy said, "No one wants to hear your chicken scratches".
Jay Hayden-led ? - I enjoyed this performance of his much more than the previous one I heard, at the first performance of The Band I saw
Danielle was there.
Jay-led ?
Marvin, Pinkey, and Tia were there.
Cleophus-led Rare Essence's "Going to Hollywood" (the music was to to Junkyard Band's Sardines) / Buggs of Junkyard Band came onstage. He said, "The Band has done their homework." / Buggs-led Junkyard Band's Sardines
Peg Leg was there.
?-led Yung Joc's It's Going Down / "Do it for the ladies, Oh my God!"
Tiger was there.
Jay-led Gnarls Barkley's Crazy
Tamara, Toya, her friend Tasha, Kiki, Los, Alena, Shawn, Tasha (River Terrace crew), Alisa and her friend Renee, Tim (LJ), Ytee, Ria, Rickea, Big Sixx of Raw Image, Tasha, 6'9, Danielle (Pink), and Ro'chelle (toosweet) were there.
Familiar Faces
First set
1) Instrumental - it cranked / Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized
Ray was there.
2) Donnell-led "___ Is in the house"
3) Halima-led Christina Milian's Say I featuring Young Jeezy - it cranked / Aaliyah's I Need You Tonight - women in the audience sang along / Donnell chanted, "Killazoo" repetaedly -->
Angie was there.
4) Donnell & Halima-led Shareefa's Need a Boss featuring Ludacris - it cranked, Donnell said, "Doc read my mind you know how this goes"
Mia and Twan were there.
5) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
6) Alternating Donnell-led "___ Is yes!" / "You make me want to see, just how freaky you can be" / "Keep it low" / Sample "What?" / Percussion solo - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!" and Donnell responded, "What y'all say?" / Donnell asked Bugg to sit in / Buggs-led "All my heart, I love you baby" / "Sam I am" - it cranked / "__ is in the house" / "Hey ay, Ho oh"
7) Buggs & Donnell-led Rare Essence's Lock It - it cranked / Donnell-led ? / Junkyard Band's Sardines (instrumental tease) / Percussion solo - Donnell sang, "You've never heard a pocket like this I swear, we ain't going nowhere"
RE Angie was there.
Buggs said, "Familiar Faces is going to take a break."
Donnell said, This n*gga is the greatest man to do the microphone thing. We all learned off him. When I started off with Rare Essence, I would look at him at the other end of the Black Hole."
Sean and TJ arrived.
Ishay, Lashan, John, Kim, and Twan (the promoter) were there.
I talked with Danielle, she was dancing onstage. I asked her if she could sing too. She said yes. I asked her to sing something. She asked what. I told her whatever she wants. She wasn't sure. I told her I'd ask her again later.
Nikiya was there.
Second set
TJ was on backup vocals.
1) Donnell-led "Reggae" - it cranked / Sean-led Damien Marley's Beautiful
2) Alternating Donnell-led "Party, party, everybody" / Percussion solo - it cranked, Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" / Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick - Donnell said, "Hey D-O-C"
3) Alternating Sean-led Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back - it cranked (I still really hate that song) / Donnell-led "Gangsta, walk with me, talk to me"
Boo was there.
4) Donnell-led Public Enemy's Terrordome - RE Angie sat in on congas, it cranked / Percussion solo / "RE-Angie" chant / Donnell said, "Sixx 911, my man Sixx came all the way"
5) Alternating Big Sixx-led "Let's get it, Let's go" / Donnell-led "25, 25, 25" / Rare Essence's Work the Walls - it cranked / Big Sixx-led Young B's Chicken Noodle Soup (tease)
6) Donnell-led Rare Essence's All Da Time - it cranked / Big Sixx-led "Southeast, South, Southeast" chant / "Turn it over" - they flickered the stage lights telling them to stop playing
