Mirrors, 33 New York Avenue N.E. Washington, DC 20002
This was the official Floetry After Party after their performance at Love, the second date of their Remixed Tour with Amanda Diva replacing Natalie "The Floacist" Stewart.
I was not able to take a pen in, so all of this is off the top of my head.
Ariel and ?
Back to camera: Ebony, Nikia
Picture taken by and Copyright - Darrell Foster
The Band
Allison and Jay were back in the line up.
I caught their entire set this time. Here are the songs I recognized: Allison-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable, Jay-led Prince's Kiss, Allison-led Michael Jackson's PYT, Jay-led Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up, Allison-led The Gap Band's Outstanding, Allison-led Toni Braxton's Take This Ring, Allison-led Rufus' Sweet Thang, Jay-led Gnarls Barkley's Crazy.
The couches on the right side of the dance floor were arranged with a barrier for Floetry and VIPs.
James, Nakia, Rachelle, Pinkey, Tracy S., LA, Angie, Darrell and his sister Darlene, Sherray (Always Showtime!!), Ro'chelle (toosweet), Gary, Chevy of Faze2, Ayesha, Ronnique, Michon, NeeNee (still celebrating her birthday), Ariel (celebrating her birthday), Candi, Kia, Joy, Lolita, Maketta, Tony, 6'9, Skaci, Peg Leg, Ian, Wings World, Chappy, DeeDee, Mimi, Nikia, Ebony, Los, and White Girl were there.
Familiar Faces
Jammin' Jeff, Packy, Donnell, Jacques, Mike
Doc, Lorenzo, Sean "Kal-el", Dwayne, Jammin' Jeff
Picture taken by and Copyright - Darrell Foster
First set
1) Sean-led Ne-Yo's Do You / Percussion solo - it cranked
2) Halima-led Sade's No Ordinary Love - it cranked
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "Can we do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!"
5) Donnell & Sean-led Tattoo - it cranked / Percussion solo
6) Sean-led T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc's Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') - it cranked / Percussion solo
7) Halima-led Shareefa's Cry No More
8) Sean-led Usher's Bad Girl (tease)
Floetry came onstage
9) Marsha Ambrosius-led (Floetry's) Supastar - it cranked
Dwayne, Sean "Kal-el", Halima, Jammin' Jeff, Marsha Ambrosius, Jacques, Amanda Diva, Smoke, Donnell
Marsha, Halima, Donnell, Jacques, Packy, Amanda, DP
All pictures (other than flyer and those specifically noted as taken by Darrell Foster) taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
10) Marsha Ambrosius & Halima-led (Floetry's) Say Yes - Floetry left the stage during the song, Amanda Diva said, "Y'all have a good thing going here, keep it up!" just before she walked off the stage / Halima-led Lionel Richie's Hello (tease) / Outtro - just Jammin' Jeff, then Donnell asked Lorenzo to join him
Joy, Claudia, and Kia
Picture taken by and Copyright - Darrell Foster
Second set
Smoke
Picture taken by and Copyright - Darrell Foster
1) Donnell & Sean-led "Unh Unh Unh" - it had a light crank
2) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
3) Halima-led Mis-Teeq' Style - it cranked
4) Donnell-led "___ Is yes!" / "You make me want to see, just how freaky you can be" / "Brandywine, friends of mine" / "Keep it low"
5) Donnell-led "I Don't See or Hear No Evil" - it had a light crank
6) Alternating Sean-led The Shop Boyz' Party Like a Rock Star - it cranked / Donnell said, "Hey Smoke, Oh!" then Percussion solo / Donnell-led "___ We're going to show a little swagger"
7) Donnell-led Public Enemy's Welcome to the Terrordome (tease) - it cranked / Smoke conga solo - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!"
8) Halima-led Rihanna's Umbrella - it cranked
9) Alternating Donnell-led Reggae / Sean-led "We're taking over" / Damien Marley's Beautiful
10) Halima-led Beyonce's Freakum Dress - it cranked / Donnell-led DJ Unk's Walk It Out (tease)
11) Donnell & Sean-led Do You Think About Me? - it cranked at the end
12) Alternating Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane (tease) / Sean and Donnell-led "I love her because she's my baby, DC girls they drive me crazy" - the second time around Donnell made fun of Kal-el adding the line "DC girls they drive me crazy", calling it "'Bama sh*t"
13) Donnell sang more songs acapella as I walked out
I told Dwayne that I understood why he liked Mother's Finest because I finally listened to the clips on the MVP myspace page.
Posted by funkmasterj
at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, 10 September 2007 7:46 PM EDT