I had goosebumps

That's right. I saw Lord Finesse and LEGEND Big Daddy Kane perform live at Billboard Live in Roppongi. Holy shit I had no idea that I would get goosebumps like I did when Kane got down. I guess that's the feeling you get when you grow up listening to someone's music and then you see them do their thing on stage in person. Twenty years strong and brother didn't lose a step either. He was totally on point line for line during the entire set. He also did his dance routine with Scoob Lover (as seen recently in VH1 Hip-Hop Honors). I'm not the biggest fan of Lord Finesse but he gets props too. They both signed autographs after the show-some fans even bringing their entire Kane LP collection for him to sign.

The Billboard Live venue itself was pretty sweet. It was on the 4th floor of the Tokyo Midtown building in Roppongi. The seating was kinda like dinner theatre-style: everyone was sitting at a table or along a bar, surrounding the stage. There was no dance floor or standing section. After the show, the curtain behind the stage was drawn and revealed the floor to ceiling window looking out into the Tokyo skyline.

Photos were not allowed. My friend was secretly taking some and the a venue staff member was standing behind us for 10 minutes. After they left, I thought I would give it a try with my phone. I guess it was pretty obvious because I was standing completely still trying to film a video (while the rest of the time I was dancing my ass off). I quickly put the phone down and closed it when I saw the staff member come back in my peripheral vision. He said something in Japanese. Now, the BEST thing to do when you're in shit in Japan is to 1) act stupid; and most importantly 2) SPEAK ENGLISH: "I'm sorry I don't understand."
He then politely replied, "Photo. Delete." Well, I guess he got me. Or so he thought. I "clumsily" navigated my phone to my Pictures folder and showed him that I didn't have anything. I even showed him the picture of vinegar that I took at the supermarket (so that I could get a friend to translate the label)

and the picture of the Valentine's chocolate that I got from one of my students.


"I don't have anything," I protested. Convinced, he left me alone. Ha! Little did he know, I filmed a VIDEO and it was stored in the microSD card so there would have been no way he could have found it without taking the card out and plugging it into a computer.
Henceforth, the highly illegal video is below for your viewing pleasure. The sound is terrible of course (turn the volume DOWN), but it was worth it.

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Photos from said night. Pictured with me are Soh and Yuuka (aka Matty).