Ladies and gentleman and all in between. I am absolutely ecstatic to be writing to you today. I’m not going to beat around the bush here. I was both privileged and blessed to not simply attend a live and intimate performance of one of my all time favorite Hip Hop artists, I was given the opportunity to capture it with my lens. Yes yes y’all, ya don’t stop, KRS-ONE, rock on! and I was there.
Yes, you can say I was and still am excited so excuse the slight fan-girling taking place right now. This is one of the greatest MC”s in the game still to this day and if you don’t know who he is, you better get to school. Old school that is. KRS-ONE, Knowledge Reigns Supreme. Lyrically this man is phenomenal. He speaks truth and knowledge and is the man behind the Boom Bap. Yes, I am a fan. I’ve been a fan since he was in BDP. Yes, I’n dating myself on that one but who cares, it’s the Teacha, I’m entitled.
But I will try and contain myself and talk about this set. I heard that he was going to be performing at Respectable Street this past Sunday promoting his new album, The World is Mind. Of course I had to jump on it. I was planning on going regardless but the ideal scenario was being granted permission to bring the Beast with me and thanks to the guys at Heroes Live Entertainment, I was given just that (side note: Heroes Live is amazing. Everything about them was on point and I look forward to working with them again in the near future. You definitely want to hit them up.). So here I was at a sold out show front, center and everywhere in-between not just bobbin’ my head to this legend, I was capturing his energy and his passion live and in full swing.
Now, on to my photos. No flash, just straight stage and atmospheric lighting. Given a reflective choice of clothing, it did make for a challenging set at time though I am insanely pleased with the results. It was difficult for me to narrow down my favorites for you and I only managed on trimming it down to a top 20 for this entry. I did post the full set on my FACEBOOK PAGE because I’m generous like that. Though enough delay, let’s get to the goods. Let me know what you think.
As always much love,
The Queen
