Tuesday at Rehearsal
Private location, Hyattsville, MD

I talked with Doc outside before going in with him and Donnell. Everyone but Smoke and Jacques was present. Jauhar came with his son and Donnell was trying to convince Jauhar's son that Kobe was better than Allen Iverson.

They discussed Sunday's show. I had noticed Donnell's soprano Sax fall, he said it broke into four pieces.

They also discussed about the unexpectedly late (they were expected to be late, but not as late as they were) arrivals of the guys from Heaven Sent on Friday. They rehearsed a new Jennifer Lopez song Get Right that samples Maceo & the Mack's Soul Power '74 (the song's listed co-writers are James Brown, Rich Harrison and Usher Raymond). Donnell particularly rehearsed the solo sax play, wiggling his body as he played. They laughed and said he should do that when he performs it in public, he said he planned to. Dwayne said Donnell was "Born to do that 'Bama sh*t."

Donnell told everyone the ski trip was cancelled. He then brought up a funny story that he wanted me to take down (mentally): Rare Essence went on a trip and Mike volunteered to go waterskiing first. The guy driving the boat told Mike to signal when he was ready. Mike raised his hand to ask a question and the guy started, dragging Mike for half a mile because the guys were laughing too hard to tell him to stop. DP then told a story about skiing where he thought the ski lift would have give like a rope, he didn't realize he was supposed to just let go, and it took him up the entire mountain with a number of people laughing. He was so embarrassed; he took off his skis and walked down the mountain.