His Point of View

If you didn’t know they are back!!!!  The Goodie Mob visited DC for the second time since they announced their reunion, and I am glad to say that I attended both shows.  I never realized how many hit songs they had until I attended their 2 hour long sets where they performed some of their most well known songs, but they never got around to half of the songs that I like. For a few hours I felt like I was at home, B.O.B. (aka Bobby Ray) and the Goodie Mob brought a bit of Atlanta to DC and I will never complain about that.  Even more close to home these guys are representing East Point, Ga which is the specific suburb of Atlanta where I was raised.  It feels good to see guys who grew up on the same streets and in the same neighborhood as myself, having such an affect on the people of the world. I was surprised by the number of young people, and by young I mean under the age of 18 who were at the show.  In fact I saw several kids there with their parents, who I might add did not seem to be the types of parents who grew up listening to the Goodie Mob.  These kids were only 7 or 8 years old(or younger) when the Goodie Mob was at its peak, and they get little to no radio or TV airtime these days.  As a matter of fact they sort of dis-banded for most of these kids’ lives.  It must be good music if a generation of people of a variety of cultural backgrounds have been drawn to it given the fact that this group’s music has not been in the main stream ever really, and most certainly not in the last 10 years or so (as far as I know the Goodie Mob was closest to being mainstream from 1995-2000).  I must be getting old when I start to wonder how the youngsters found out about the music I grew up listening to. (FYI: I am only 29 years old at the time this post is being written)

I can’t forget the group Fly Gypsy, I had never heard of this group before, but I was impressed by the band.  There was one little guy who played the guitar, keyboard, sang backup, and manned the DJ turntables all at the same time. But overall the band rocked I would like to hear more from them in the future.  Another impressive fact about this band is that one of the two lead members if from Russia, and the other is from Jamaica… rap music is truly global if you didn’t know. 

If they have not already been to your city, be sure to check them out when they come to town. But until then enjoy the photos.

Also for some history on the Goodie Mob and the Dungeon Family check out these VIBE Magazine articles:

http://www.vibe.com/content/am-i-my-brother%E2%80%99s-keeper-untold-story-dungeon-family-part-one

http://www.vibe.com/content/am-i-my-brother%E2%80%99s-keeper-untold-story-dungeon-family-part-two

Bun B interview details the Goodie Mob’s influence on music click here to read more