The DJ Booth, 1200′s and a 57 with the turntables set up “mix” style. We had to make sure we didn’t accidentally hit the tonearm while cuttin’ it up or moving the pitch yaaa diggg?

Henny shot’s to start the night off right.

Fast forward to 2 hours later and outside the club girls getting put in headlocks. That’s how they roll in Long Beach. Smh

Fast forward to 30 mins later and we end our night eating at the typical after hours joint.

I’d blog more but I honestly can’t remember the rest of this night. View the rest of the pics below.

Lush Lounge goes down every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. Uniiiq Agenda and UnderTheTable Crew showin’ y’all a good time whenever you party with us.

DJ VICE – BIG FUN WED 1YR ANNIV EDIT from effyou.payme on Vimeo.

Another brought to you by none other than UnderTheTable Crew, E2, Stay Fresh and the kid DJ Mike-E……HOLLA!

If you’re looking for a real deal holyfield MC keepin’ it fresh in HIPHOP for 2009 and beyond, look out for this dude WALE coming straight out of DC, Washington that is. Not only did he have a live gogo band, UCB, at his side to keep the party hype, this dude actually brought IT with his wordplay, stage presence, timing, and charisma to actually get through to the crowd. When I say gogo, it is not a reference to “gogo dancers”, so don’t imagine a band of half naked women…WALE breaks down the history in his own way in this video.The show was the most fun I’ve had at a HIPHOP show in such a long time. None of that boring “what the hell did that dude say type moments” like you normally hear at many HIPHOP shows nowadays. And, no I’m not stupid to all you backpackers reading this. I don’t want to hear the square root of some mathematical equation type shit when I’m out to have a good time, I’ll listen to that shit at home. This was an actual party, people were groovin’ to UCB’s music and Wale’s rappin’. Wale mentioned being signed to Interscope and performed two new songs, “Chillin” & “Pretty Girls“, off his upcoming album. He poked fun at his label when he pretended he was writing a letter out loud, “Dear Interscope records, you are the best record company in the world. I really think gogo music can work. Sincerely, Wale.”

The night started off with the group U-N-I from Inglewood, CA. U-N-I were really pumped up during their performance showing off a lot of energy, and you can download their latest mixtape here if you want hear their stuff. C-San also got on stage to rock them, the mc from one of my previous posts, “i’m three One oh with mine”. Their highlight for me was when they performed their song “Beautiful Day” and brought out special guest Evidence. They also brought out Inglewood resident Damani to do a song, and some dude that did some beatboxin’. Blu & Exile were up next. Blu had that cool and calm swag through out the set, and you could tell that many people came to see his group perform, especially the ladies. Blu asked his crowd, “where are all my ladies at tonight?” Let me just say there were many in the crowd because there were a lot of female roars . Blu was even surprised as he said he normally had to ask that question twice. Exile on the MPC was fun to watch. Exile even did a rendition of “A Milli” at the end of their set… I didn’t get it on video but it went a little something like this. Then came the long wait for Wale.

The crowd was getting antsy as the house system played various crap ass songs, and a few dope ones too. The final straw was when the House System started to play the beginning of T.I. and Rihanna’s “Live Your Life”. The room sounded like they threw up the “BOOOOOOOOOs” and “AHHHHH HELL NAHs”. The person handling the music quickly switched to another song to apologize to the crowd. That shit was funny to me haha. But, the new music did not please the crowd. It was almost an hour after Blu & Exile left the stage, and they wanted and chanted WALE!!! The band finally came out to check their equipment. There was a little snag on the keyboards, but it was finally fixed. The only thing that I regret about this show was that I wished I charged my battery before I left my house. I only have footage of his entrance, and a small clip of when he brought out “Core”son’s Bishop Lamont and Long Beach’s G-Funk pioneer, Warren G to perform regulate. Wale brought other MCs that he had perform on stage with him such as this cat from Sweden, Adam Tensta, and another young mc by the name of Fashawn. Wale even brought out Xzibit during his encore performance of “Nike Boots“. The DC native showed respect to his Westcoast Fans by having his band play “California Love” upon his entrance as you can check the video right here.

WALE @ the KEY CLUB 1/29/09 from JOE.U.KNO on Vimeo.

I have more videos up here…

U-N-I performing “Beautiful Day” with Evidence

U-N-I performing with DAMANI

U-N-I’s beatboxer

Blu & Exile Entrance

Blu & Exile perform So(ul) Amazin’

WALE brought Bishop Lamont & Warren G to perform “Regulate”

Here are some videos that I didn’t take:

Warren G performing Regulate

Warren G – Regulate from AceRizz on Vimeo.
Here’s another one

Wale with Warren G & Bishop Lamont Key Club Hollywood from JordanFreshhh on Vimeo.

Exile workin’ his MPC

Exile Getting Down on the MPC key club 1/29/09 from JordanFreshhh on Vimeo.

XZIBIT walks out on stage as Wale performs “Nike Boots”

Wale Nike Boots Live Key Club Hollywood Xzibit 1/29/09 from JordanFreshhh on Vimeo.

Wale raps over Justice’s D.A.N.C.E.

Once again thanks to the homies that helped us host our website release party @ The Highlands last night. The rain didn’t stop the party from happening and big up to all our people who came and showed us support, we love ya’ll!

And sorry to those of you who weren’t able to get a mix cd. We didn’t expect them to go like hotcakes.

Stereo goes down every Friday night @ The Highlands, Hollywood brought to you by…

Usual Suspects LA, Goodlife LA, Crowd Creators, City of Angels, Ill Son Ent, 21XL Events Company

For pictures from the event click here. Photography courtesy of Steve Bitanga.