Prince George's Community Peace Festival
Iverson Mall, 3737 Branch Ave, Hilcrest Heights, MD 20748



I got to Iverson Mall around 12:45 PM. The members of Mambo Sauce were sitting around. Red introduced me to his nephews, Zach and Josh. Keisha D. came by and introduced herself to them as the coordinator of the event. I talked with her; I hadn't seen her in a while.

Sherray (Always Showtime!!), Ant, and Sashay Shaunte were there.

Mambo Sauce was originally supposed to go on first, but Bad Intentions was up first.

Bad Intentions Band

Picture taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
The line up was: lead talker/cowbell player, female vocalist, 2 other male vocalists, bass player, 2 keyboard players, drummer, percussionist.
They started with a prayer.
1) female-led "With me you're never going to be... I only want to be with you... it doesn't matter where to go..."
2) Conga solo
3) female-led "I wonder where he went off to, why I can't get" - congas / "I would like to get to know you better"
Tracie (Model Chick) was there.
The recap on PA Palace listed Shake Ya Tambourine in the setlist.
4) Male-led "Good Googalie Mooglie, 2 Step" - toms
5) Male-led Does It Real Good - toms
They finished at 1:38 PM. I really liked the female singer's voice and her singing, but otherwise they didn't really impress me.

I met Prettygurlki$ha.

Still Yeahoe was there.

Mambo Sauce

Khari, Chris, Black Boo, Yendy, Red, Pep


Black Boo, Khari, Twink, Yendy, Red, Pep


Khari, Black Boo, Twink, Yendy, Red, Pep
All Mambo Sauce pictures above taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
All Mambo Sauce pictures below taken by and Copyright - Bones Jones

Chris, Twink, Khari, Pep, Red


DJ Flexx, Red, Chris, Twink, Yendy, Khari, Black Boo, Pep


Black Boo, Yendy


Khari


Red


Chris


Pep


Twink
Black Boo said, "'Bama Cowboy fans in the house."
Black Boo said, "We're the only GoGo bad that performs all originals."
1) Black Boo-led Puttin' in Work - it cranked, Black Boo performed at the edge of the stage / Percussion solo - Black Boo played the cowbell, Black Boo did a shout out to the "TMOTT Honies"
2) Black Boo-led Thing Will Get Better - it cranked
3) Black Boo & Yendy-led Long Time Comin' - Black Boo said, "Go to the right", Black Boo chanted, "Hey Hey" repeatedly / Percussion solo
4) Yendy-led Miracles - it cranked, Pep played toms, fans recited the lyrics

A girl named Ayesha Markel sang the Star Spangled Banner.

Lachelle was there. I talked with Scottiejay. He told me about Michelle of Glasshouse Radio, who is also doing a thesis on GoGo. He was with a guy whose name I don't recall, but is affiliated with Submission Band.

Sugar Bear & "EU"


Pictures of Sugar Bear & EU taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
Sugar Bear and Derek were the only regular members of EU in the line up. The others were all young. Sugar Bear (vocals), guitar player, bass player, keyboard player, drummer, Derek (percussion).
1) Instrumental - it cranked, DJ Flexx was talking and played the cowbell
Sharmba Mitchell and DJ Flava were there.
Sugar Bear arrived and said, "The police pulled me over. I had to give them my autograph and they let me go."
2) Sugar Bear-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) / Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s Crush On You - it cranked, Sugar Bear said, "Hold up, wait a minute!" / "Is Southeast the real deal?" / "Where y'all from?"
3) Sugar Bear-led "Work it baby, shake it baby" - it cranked
4) Sugar Bear-led "Bounce it everywhere"
4) Sugar Bear-led Da Butt - it cranked, the crowd recited the lyrics
Sugar Bear said, "Don't play with Sugar." He said that Wednesday was his birthday. He said Chuck (Brown) and James Funk were also Leos. He said he was celebrating his birthday next Saturday at the Hard Rock Cafe.

Then he said, "Love y'all. Ow!"
According to the recap on PA Palace, the setlist included:
Amusement Park
Um Bop Bop
Booty Bounce
Da Butt

Next up was a rap group, Da Committee
I didn't really pay much attention to them. They were touting their song, DC Clap.

There were a number of speakers.

The next group, which was a while later, was CCB.

CCB (Critical Condition Band)

Picture of CCB taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
The line up was: female vocalist, 4 male vocalists, 3 keyboard players, bass, drummer, percussionist. They all wore CCB t-shirts, and tossed some into the crowd.
1) female-led Classy Girl - it cranked, they played congas
2) male-led "Where y'all from?" - it cranked, they played congas / Percussion solo - the frontline danced in synch to the right and then back to the left
3) male-led "Get it, get to the wall" - it cranked, they played toms, it was hard to hear the lyrics over the audience, who recited the lyrics and showed hand symbols
4) male-led ? - it cranked, they played toms, I noticed the dance floor in front of the stage was packed wall to wall people
5) female-led "2 times 2, 21, hands up" - it cranked, they played toms and congas
I define crank as a level of rhythmic intensity. By that measure, they definitely cranked. However, I did not like their music, which literally gave me a headache. However, the young audience liked it.
According to the recap on PA Palace, the setlist included:
Classy Girl
Bazzoka Bottom
She's Hot
Roll Call
Stop the Violence
Hands Up

UCB (Uncalled 4 Experience)

Picture above of Uncalled 4 Experience taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
Picture below of Uncalled 4 Experience taken by and Copyright - Gangsta B

The line up was: Tre (singer), 3 other male vocalists, 2 keyboard players, drummer, guitar, bass, percussionist.
They gave out posters for their upcoming EP.
1) Tre-led So Addicted - it cranked, they played congas
2) Tre-led "On it, Beautiful girl, every time I see your face, I think to myself, I'm in love with a girl" - he held his mic to the fans, they played toms
3) male-led ? (the lyrics were hard to make out) - they played toms, fans recited the lyrics
4) Tre-led Sexy Lady - it cranked
5) Tre-led Married to Juwanna "zoom zoom, help me Rhonda" - it cranked, they played toms
6) Tre-led Better than Beyonce - it cranked, they played toms, it was ended by a fight.
I didn't like this performance as much as the last time I saw them because they played too much toms for my taste, but that reflected the audience.
According to the recap on PA Palace, the setlist included:
Her Love
Splash Girl
Pump Me Up
Ima Hoe
Married to Juwanna
Get Get Mission
Better Than Beyonce

One of the leaders of the Community of Hope spoke: "They want to say we can't do this without violence. This all they waiting for. You all enjoyed yourselves? We're trying to do this every week."

Reverend Tony Lee said, "Turn to your neighbor, say 'We can't go out like this'. Don't let a couple of people ruin it." He lead a prayer.

Afterwards, I headed straight for Darrell's Pool Party.