{"id":12019,"date":"2010-05-21T18:37:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=12019"},"modified":"2010-05-21T18:37:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:37:57","slug":"fresh-fest-2010-big-daddy-kane-slick-rick-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/fresh-fest-2010-big-daddy-kane-slick-rick-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Fest 2010: Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.drjays.com\/video\/822\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hip-hop was definitely in the house over the weekend as the \u201cOld School Reunion Tour\u201d known as Fresh Fest kicked off its first stop at Bridgeport, Connecticut\u2019s Arena at Harboryard venue.<\/p>\n<p>The sold-out audience\u2014fans of all ages to see acts like Kid N Play, Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte, EPMD, Slick Rick and more tear down the stage\u2014came dressed to impress in their finest throwback gear including shell toe Adidas, three-finger rings, bamboo earrings, gold chains and more. While Guru\u2019s recent passing left a somewhat heavy feeling in the air, each act made sure to celebrate the legendary MC\u2019s contribution to hip-hop.<\/p>\n<p>Nice N Smooth opened the show with a a solid set, followed by fan favorites Kid N Play whose \u201cAin\u2019t Gon\u2019 Hurt Nobody\u201d got everyone up on their feet (followed by their classic \u201cRollin\u2019 With Kid N Play\u201d and its trademark dance). The always animated Biz Markie  hit the stage dancing, clowning and obviously having a great time; his rendition of Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cI Want You Back\u201d had the crowd going nuts. Host of the evening Doug E. Fresh  then appeared to introduce arguably the biggest act of the night, Big Daddy Kane, whose magnetic stage presence is almost unrivaled to this day. Dressed in a white linen vest, bright orange silk shirt, white pants, orange shoes and dancing along to his classics like \u201cAin\u2019t No Half Steppin,\u201d Kane didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>Whodini were up next, kicking off a fast-paced set with their seminal hits \u201cFriends\u201d and \u201cFreaks Come Out At Night.\u201d A petite-looking MC Lyte followed, dressed casual in sneakers, skinny jeans and a leather jacket, ripping through a set for the ladies that included her verse on Brandy\u2019s \u201cI Wanna Be Down\u201d and her signature hit, \u201cRuffneck.\u201d Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith of EPMD came next, dressed in their trademark all-black outfits (Parrish in a bucket hat and oversize Stussy shirt; Erick in a sweatband and hoodie) performing hits like \u201cYou Gots To Chill\u201d and \u201cMusic.\u201d Finally, Slick Rick closed out the show (assisted, in part, by Doug E. Fresh) with hits like \u201cHey Young World\u201d and \u201cLa Di Da Di.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/live.drjays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Jay&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop was definitely in the house over the weekend as the \u201cOld School Reunion Tour\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-37R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}