Shows to Check Out

4/21- Digital Underground @ DNA Lounge

4/22- Zion I cd release party @ Slim's

4/24- Boot Camp Click @ DNA Lounge

4/30- Living Legends @ The Fillmore

5/1- Living Legends @ The Catalyst

5/4- Gift of Gab & Lateef @ DNA Lounge

5/4- Immortal Technique @ Slim's

5/6- Project Blowed Official Tour @ Brittania Arms, Cupertino

5/13- Tech N9NE @ The Catalyst

5/19- Prefuse 73 @ Great American Music Hall

6/16- Aesop Rock @ The Fillmore

Top 10 Hip-Hop Shows Joker Has Seen

• Public Enemy, Digital Underground, Kid N' Play. Greek Ampitheatre1991
• Atmosphere/Rhymesayers- Slim's 2002
• Atmosphere- Fillmore 2004
• Redman/Method Man- Maritime Hall 2001
• GZA- Maritime Hall- 1999
• Public Enemy- Maritime Hall 1999
• Cypress Hill, Pharcyde- San Jose Event Center 1995
• Wu-Tang Clan/Sage Francis/Dilated Peoples= Rock the Bells Festival 2004
• Sage Francis- Feb. 14- The Gallery
• Up In Smoke 2000- Dr. Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, Eminem San Jose Arena

Joker's Top 10 Most Annoying Things About Hip-Hop Concerts and Who Did It

• Taking two hours between the opening and main act. (WTC)
• Saying the wrong city. (Outkast)
• Being backstage and not coming out because one of your members is sick and then having the opening act do the whole show(Digable Planets/Spearhead)
• Not showing up because you are crazy and in rehab. (ODB)
• Having a horrible opening act (Take your pick)
• Not having your lineup in the right order according to talent (Outkast)
• Having 36 hypemen with white t-shirts, water bottles, and unnecessary mics. (WTC)
• Fearing for your life because of the crowd (Red/Meth but pretty much any show)
• Not living up to expectations and not moving a crowd properly (De La Soul/Spitkicker Tour, other than the Biz)
• Crowds who are too stupid to show respect for an opening act who obviously inluenced the main act and that's why they picked them to open for them and then throw objects at one of the best dj's in hip-hop history. (Gangstarr/Rage Against the Machine)