Rock The Bells 2012 San Bernardino, California August 18 & 19

Rock The Bells 2012

San Bernardino, California

August 18 & 19

Rock The Bells is a two-day annual Hip-Hop summer festival, which consist of over 40 acts performing amongst three different stages. This year’s festival consisted of major acts such as Nas, Wiz Kahlifa, 2 Chainz, Eve, DMX, Ice Cub, Bone Thugs N Harmony, and many more. This year was my first time attending a Rock the Bells festival. I was in attendance for one of the two festival dayts days. My experience was priceless; I was one of the few people in attendance with VIP access.  Every performance that I witnessed was legendary. Having a front row view of the stage made the experience even better. There were three performances that kept my attention Nas, Wiz Kahlifa and Ice Cube.

Nas who just released an album about a month ago performed songs from his most recent album as well as songs dated back to the early 90s. Nas made sure to engage with the audience, the majority of his performance took place on the extended walkway off of the stage that lead into the crowd. He also fed off of the energy of the crowed and switched up his set to perform songs that people in the audience began to chant. Nas is a legend and an amazing performer.

Wiz Kahlifa has a strong and loyal fan base. His stage presence speaks for its self. During his performance his fans knew every word to every song that he performed and rapped them with him. His outfit stood out to me as he is very unique with his style and I have yet to see anyone dress the way he was dressed for his performance.

Ice Cube is legend that has been in the rap game for many years. Watching him perform all of his songs from the 90’s made me feel like I was back in that era of Hip Hop music. His performance was very engaging and made him seem like he was still the same age as he was when he first began he career.

Rock The Bells Travels to three cites total San Bernardino, CA, MT. View, CA, and New Jersey.  Anyone that is a fan and lover of Hip Hop music will enjoy a Rock the Bells Festival.  

Sneaker Pimps Tour 2012 Los Angeles

Sneaker Pimps Tour 2012

The Sneaker Pimps Tour kicked off this weekend with its first show in Los Angeles, California on August 10, 2012.  The Show’s headline act was Australian native Iggy Azalea. There were also many unsigned acts that performed as well. The talent acts that hit the stage were people from all over the world.  The venue had vendors selling items such as limited edition shoes, to unique T-shirts. Xbox was one of the sponsors for the show and had room with Xbox systems set up with a competition taking  place; the winner of the competition received a free Xbox system. The people that attended this event were of a very diverse crowd.  Being in attendance of this event allows the crowed to get a taste of both mainstream artist and rising artist.

A Toronto, Canada artist by the name of Blake Carrington put on an amazing show during his performance. He performed three of his songs; all of them have a lot of substance. The first thing that captured the crowd when he walked on to the stage was his bright tie die shirt. His style shows that he is very unique and different from any other rapper in the music industry. I enjoyed how he was very engaging with the crowd and included them in his performance.

There were artist from The Bay Area (Northern California), New York, Chicago, and a few other cities. The group from the Bay Area did a great job with hyping up the crowd. There was a female rapper from New York that did a great job representing for the ladies and incorporating them in her performance. She also had dance moves with her performance. There were two acts from Chicago that also did a great job performing. The Sneaker Pimps Tour is a great way for all up and coming artists to receive exposure through out the US.

www.SneakerPimps.net
http://www.blakecarringtonsworld.com/