Tradewinds Night Club, 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748
Ebo (again with a shaved head), Darrell, Tony, Nakia, Troy, and Shawn were there.
Familiar Faces
Godfather was not present.
1) Sean-led Brian McKnight's Used to Be My Girl / Percussion solo - it cranked -->
Tiffany was there.
2) Halima-led Cheri Dennis' I Love You - it cranked
Jay Floyd was there.
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "Can we do it for the ladies/fellas? Oh my God!" - it cranked
Mimi was there.
5) Donnell & Halima-led Ludacris' Runaway Love featuring Mary J. Blige - it cranked / Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya", Donnell sang, "Oh my my my"
6) Alternating Halima-led Kelly Rowland's Like This featuring Eve - it cranked / Smoke conga solo - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!" and Donnell responded, "Do what? Say what?"
7) Sean-led Omarion's Entourage - it cranked, Donnell chanted, "Wait a minute, Smoke!" / Smoke conga solo / Donnell chanted, "Hands Free, they're f*cking with me" / "You never heard a pocket like this I swear..", Donnell said, "Sice it up Doc, Hey Lee"
Archie, Tijuana, and Nikia were there.
8) Alternating Donnell-led "Reggae" - Jacques played timbales, it cranked / Halima sang something / Sean-led Damien Marley's Beautiful / Percussion solo
9) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
10) Donnell-led "Party, party everybody" - it cranked / Percussion solo - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" / Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick
Keshia & Stacy (ChooChoo's Cousin) were there.
11) Halima-led Nelly Furtado's Say It Right - cranked at the end
Tasha (T-Bird), Sashay Shaunte, Shameika, Nece, Chevy of Faze2, and Twink of Mambo Sauce were there.
12) Sean-led Tank's Please Don't Go - Sean walked off the stage as Donnell finished up with a Sax solo
Val "Tina Turner", NeeNee and Kia were there.
Second set
1) James Brown's Doing It to Death? (Instrumental)
Quay (Shorty Q), Rasheed, L!ssen Da Grew^p's manager, and Britney were there.
2) Sean-led R. Kelly's I'm a Flirt - it cranked
3) Alternating Donnell & Sean-led Tattoo - it cranked / Percussion solo
4) Halima-led Shareefa's Cry No More - it cranked
5) Halima-led Mis-Teeq's Style - it cranked, Donnell sang, "Uh oh oh oh", Sean sang, "Yeah yeah yeah"
Rhonda was there.
6) Sean-led T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc's Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') - it cranked
7) Alternating Donnell-led Public Enemy's Welcome to the Terrordome - it cranked / Smoke conga solo - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!" and Donnell responded, "Say what? Do what?", Donnell said, "Dance with me, y'all"
L-Boogie and Mall were there.
8) Sean-led Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back - it cranked (I still hate it) / Donnell-led "Gangsta" - the house lights came on
Pocahontas was there.
9) Donnell & Sean-led Do You Think About Me?
Joanna?, Nikki, Slick Rick, and Gary were there.
10) Donnell-led "25, 25, 25" / Rare Essence's Work the Walls - Jacques played timbales, it cranked / "Familiar Faces only" rap / Rare Essence's All Da Time (tease) / 911 (tease) / It Is What It Is
11) Donnell-led "Unh Unh Unh"
Mousie was there.
12) Donnell-led Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Back in the day, when I was young and not a kid anymore..."
It was so packed and hot with body heat that I sweated through my shirt.
Rasheed talked with me in the parking lot. He introduced me to his brother Snells. He said Snells' two best friends are Smoke and GoGo Mickey. He said that Snells was hanging out with Smoke at his house around the corner during the break between sets. Rasheed talked about how they (Third Eye) had been involved with GoGo since they were kids. He said that L!ssen Da Grew^p did a lot of R&B (as opposed to GoGo) because of the market for it, and how some fans prefer Da Grew^p's R&B to their GoGo. He talked about this in regard to their album, Da Music Da Story, which has Donnell and Deuce on it. This was in response to my own taste - I prefer throw down crank (crank meaning rhythmic intensity, not simply "good" like some define it) and don't like slow songs. Rasheed said that Scooby was in the Dominican Republic and so they came out to show their support. It was a very friendly conversation.
