LIVE: Ghostface Killah at the Highline

I know he's got the old school cred and rocks the backpack (college) crowd, but my knowledge of Ghostface Killah pretty much ends there. However, after watching the Wu-Tanger (tanger?) at the Highline, backed by the impressive Rhythm Roots All-Stars and a few surprise guests (hello, Cappadonna!), I'm officially a convert. 

(Photo by Ian Meyer -- check out crewcial.org)

Couldn't quite figure out the crowd, however. My bud Katty had trouble collecting people for the show, with some clueless friends suggesting they "didn't want to be shot." (Then don't go to Iraq -- and stop being a stupid, paranoid racist.) The people who DID attend were pretty much a mixed crowd of twentysomethings who ... sort of seemed to enjoy the show. The event was apparently sponsored by a car company (Scion?), which might have kept out the hardcore fans and brought in the suburban/B&T crowd.

Anyway, they were giving away flip-flops at the end of the night, but they were NOT Ghostface flip-flops. So, what's the point? I would have paid for GK flippies...

Oh, note to the unidentifiable Eastern European mafia or whoever runs the guest list at Highline: This is the SECOND time you have been unable to find my friends on a guest list... only to have that person later find a manager, bring them over and point out to you that they were, indeed, on the list. Perhaps you should go back to fear-mongering or whatever it is you do. 

-- Kirk Miller