annie...don't wear no pannies...

okay. sugar water. chastain park. atlanta, ga.

kelis.
erykah.
queen lah.
jilly from philly.

IT WENT DOWN, Y'ALL.

i shoulda taken pics.

highlights:

• badu rockin the super-sized afro wig
• kelis doin the only song of hers that i like, "shooting star"
• jilly TEARIN UP a version of "not like crazy" although she didn't do "whatever"
• erykah gettin the "2 more minutes" warning from the sound guy, only to say 'fuck it' and launch into "other side of the game", a 10-minute version of "bag lady", and the intro to "danger" before The Man came out and made her stop
• the lady in the row in front of me gettin DRUNK AS HELL and proceedin to p-pop in front of somebody else's husband for the majority of the show.
• queen latifah rockin the damn crowd!! she still got it!! i gotta admit, when i saw her on the bill, i was thinkin "what the HELL is queen latifah gonna do?" but the second she hit the stage, and came out rappin', she had the place sewed up! AND she ended her set with "U.N.I.T.Y."
• random men "YEEK!'ing" on stage during queen's set

lowlights:

• them ppl pushin badu off the stage early. i got a whoooole list of songs i would have liked to hear, that they didn't let her get to. i see i'ma still have to go to a Badu-only show.
• for it to be a "festival" there was no DJ, no MC, nothing during the stage turnover to keep the crowd into the show.

i really should be writing more about it. some reason i don't feel like writing today, lol.

i will say this, though. i don't know if it was the artists, the music, or just somethin i've been goin through lately...but this concert made me miss kedra. like majorly. kelis, jill, and especially erykah was like the soundtrack to our relationship. i had a good time there, but i know, i KNOW that i would have just had a super off the charts amazing great time if she had been there with me. pathetic confession time: i snuck off to the smoking area and called her during jill scott's set. i stood where she could hear the music in the background, and we shared a couple songs and a couple memories together. yeah yeah i know, blah blah blah. anyway it was a great show and i had a great time, and i'm still exhausted from the weekend thats why my recap of it is probably very lackluster.

sue me.