The Classics 4591 Allentown Rd., Camp Springs, MD 20746
WHAT?'s Saturday show at Classics had changed a lot since last year. I had to park in the alternate parking lot for the first time. I got in line at Midnight, and didn't get in the club for 40 minutes! The cops were joking with each other outside.
I did not even try to take a pen inside, so all of this is off the top of my head.
What? Band
When I got inside, the first set was almost over. All I heard was Michelle singing Happy Birthday.
Unique and Shantel were there. Rod, the manager of the Firm Project, said hello.
Second set
As has been the case in the previous WHAT? Band performances I have attended, they showed an unmatched ability to work the crowd. The audience recited chants along with WHAT?: "Ay ay ay!" and "You will never see my face again, 'cause you don't know me, oh oh".
They performed: Johnny Nash's I Can See Cleary Now, Rah-led "This is the way I live" / Killa Cal-led "Make it Rain" - dollar bills rained on the dance floor (as Unique told me would happen), We're Taking Over, and Hurricane Chris' Ay Bay Bay
Chappy was there.
Third set
Rah led off by asking the DJ, "Who's your favorite band?" repeatedly. He then asked the audience, "Who you came to see? W-H-A-T"
They performed: Michelle-led Rihanna's Umbrella, Jim Jones' We Fly High, Rah-led "My dream is...", and The Shop Boyz' Party Like a Rock Star.
I enjoyed the performance, but next time I go, I'll go a lot earlier.
The WHAT? Band has released a PA from this performance.
