Afropunk was pretty incredible.
Phony PPL did a cover of Bonita Applebaum which surprisingly wasn't horrible. The guy didn't have Tip's voice but the live band backing made up for it to a degree.
Gordon Voidwell was amazing even if his keyboardist was detained by the police and missed the set except for one song.
Janelle Monea played with a more than full band. She had a drummer, two percussionists, the usual keyboardist (with four synths) and guitarist along with a string section (well 2 people playing electric stringed instruments) and a horn section. She tore that shit up.
Eryka Badu brought out Yasiin Bey and diva'd a little bit by not going on until 30 minutes after her start time (quelle surprise).
Cerebal Ballzy was too drunk to play well but this isn't really a surprise to anyone who has ever seen them before.
Ninjasonik got rowdy on the skate ramp but was NOTHING compared to Flatbush Zombies who had their entire crew out on Sunday and were blasting people with 40s and shit.
Gym Class Heroes cancelled because their lead singer is apparently sick enough to be in the hospital
Das Racist was inedible playing old songs (Hugo Chavez!) and bringing out Despot and Meyhem Lauren.
The weather was damn near perfect. Overcast on Saturday so the sun wasn't brutal and slightly cooler on Sunday but sunny with less humidity.
Shit was nice and more than made up for last year's cancelled show. Amazing that 3 years ago they were in BAM!'s (Brooklyn Academy of Music) parking lot and now a two day multistage festival.
I took some shots of DR and I'm really happy with how they turned out for the most part (Mey kept in the dark for most of his verses)
