free Sean Carter

Hello?

Dude, you guys still at Zeke's?

Yeah.

Come over, I got tix for you and your girl to the Jay-Z 

show.

Nah man. I think we're just gonna head home. We're tired.

Are you sure?!

Yeah. But thanks.

Okay.

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Hey what are you doing?

Nothing. Here at home chillin.

Great! You wanna see Jay-Z? I got an extra ticket for 

tonight's show!

Thanks but I think I'll pass. I just wanna take it easy 

tonight.

WHAT!!?! I mean, it's just a few blocks away from you and 

they're good seats!

That's alright.

Well... alright man, I'll talk to you later.

Peace.

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Who ever thought it would be so hard to give away concert tickets. I think altogether we must’ve made over 10 phone calls. No catch or strings attached. Maybe they really thought we were b.s.ing them. (We had about 5 unclaimed tix by the time we gave up.)

In any case, ?uestlove made the day for a handful of MIA residents. Lower level seats, just a stone cellphone’s throw away from the stage, and still, a few of us managed to walk up even closer.

Jay got on-stage around midnight for a solid two hours (although the two $12 cupfuls of Heineken might’ve skewed my perception of time), and performed between 10 to 15 songs from all over. He had the crowd going wild.

This is my first time seeing Sean Carter in action and I’m impressed. To say the guy has a solid stage presence is an understatement. He was never overshadowed by his band -which in and of itself was off the chain!!! Word is that ?uestlove is the man behind their training, so I guess that explains quite a bit. Neal Armstrong did a fairly good job as his DJ as well.

Up to one point, I had kept pretty decent track of the songs he was performing, but then he took over Neal Armstrong’s spot and went on a snippet spree. He must’ve ran through 15 different tracks in about 10 minutes. And then the preemptive strike. He finished of with Encore. Literally, as soon as he uttered his last words, he turned around and walked off stage. Just like that. The crowd was dying for more but we were denied.

But I’m not complaining.

Good looking out ?uest.