Brand Nubian + Cover Girls + Amina Buddafly + Peter Gunz + Nene Ali = Celebrate Bronx Week 2015 ~> Moshulu Park!
May 18th, 2015 by Mr. C
All photos by Mr. C – All Videos by Chocko
(Bronx residents – Throw your X’s in the air to Celebrate Bronx Week at Moshulu Park!)
(Rapper,B-Boy,Politician,Playboy(kidding) – Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was the emcee at the event)
(Brand Nubian with special guest Ruben Diaz Jr. performing Step to the Rear)
(Steph Lova – hostess of the event)
(Amina Buddafly – has got it going on!)
(The Cover Girls belting out their hits!)
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Our classic 1990s latin freestyle dance and hip hop hongry’ palates were satisfied last Sunday on the last day of Celebrate Bronx week held at Moshulu park with live performances by the Cover Girls and Brand Nubian! Sandwiched in between was a refreshing set of new school hear me out R&B by Amina Buddafly. She’s a very talented artist that plays the guitar, keyboards, & not to mention gifted with a set of pleasing melodic, & powerful – crystal clear lungs. Amina might be better known to most from the reality show on VH1 called Love and Hip Hop. Joining her onstage was her husband who is also on Love and Hip Hop – Peter Gunz! Most of us know Peter Gunz from his hit rap song from the late 90s – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz. Amina Buddafly’s setlist from Moshulu Park included: Never been in love this way, Do you feel the same, I have nothing, Love in silence, Since you’ve been gone (with Peter Gunz). Cop Amina Buddafly’s new album – My Music on iTunes or Amazon! Check out some of the videos of the performances from the event below thanks to Chocko!
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(Peter Gunz & Amina Buddafly)
(Peter Gunz)
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Nene Ali, a talented young spoken word poet and high energy rap artist from around the way in the Bronx lit it up onstage with her socially conscious & uplifting lyrics. She has that onstage swagger, rhythm, tone & delivery that reminded us of MC Lyte and Roxanne Shante. Definitely look out for more of Nene Ali as she blossoms!
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(Nene Ali & Hakim Green)
(Chris Rivers-Big Pun’s son tearing up a verse or two!)
(The Cover Girls)
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Getting to the heart of the matter – The Cover Girls definitely made my “Heart Skip a beat” as the trio laid out their freestyle dance hits from the 1990s! I thought I was transformed back into an era of Chess King & Oakley Oak Tree wares, MC hammer pants, wingtip shoes for the clubs, and z-cavaricci pants to sport around casually. As any freestyle dance music fan knows, the lyrics of most of these dance songs centers around love, relationships, & heartbreak. Any teenager and college student from the 90s can identify with that right? Looking at the photos from the Cover Girl’s performance last Sunday, I think Chocko was right. The Cover Girl lead vocalist doesn’t look familiar. Maybe not the original lineup but 2/3’s isn’t bad! Either way the Cover Girl’s performance was fun & dynamite. Did we see Bronx Borough president – Ruben Diaz jr. – uprock! Yes we did! The setlist by the Cover Girls on their Bronx Week performance at Moshulu included: Inside Outside, Wishing on a star, My heart skips a beat, Because of you, & Show me! Literally the bass that was thumping from the speakers really did make my heart skip a beat or two. Where that pacemaker at?
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(Brand Nubian – Grand Puba,Sadat X,Lord Jamar)
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Last but not least – one of the funkiest hip hop groups of all time – Brand Nubian – rampaged the stage! Their 1990 “One for All” album blew everyone’s Pumas off! Great sampling, socially aware lyrical flow, & mad tight rhythm. No disrespect to Lord Jamar, but Grand Puba and Sadat X have got to be considered one of the best MCs of all time! I wasn’t sure when we’d last seen Brand Nubian perform live was. I think it might have been Tramps or Chocko is telling me it was at S.O.B.’s but I honestly forgot how they sounded in person. Bronx – Moshulu park – 2015 – Celebrate Bronx week – it was real! Brand Nubian sounded tight!.At first I was a little disappointed that only Lord Jamar & Sadat X bum-rushed the stage to perform their first tune of the set – Allah u Akbar but rest assured Grand Puba appeared for “Step to the rear” as did special guest rapper – the Bronx Borough president Ruben Diaz Jr.! All in all or should I say All for One and One for All – Brand Nubian put on a great show! Brand Nubian’s setlist that day included: Allah u Akbar, Step to the rear, What’s the 411, Love me or leave me alone, 360 degrees (What goes around), Punks jump up to get beat down, All for one, & Slow down! The 90s was such a great era for Hip Hop music! Thanks to ultra brother-man Chocko for the videos from the show! What’s the 411 – That’s the 411, y’all!
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