In the spirit of the holidays, a few Houston acts came together to help out a worthy cause. The show which was put together by Crazy Tony, feautured the acts, I-45, Studemont Project, QUE, Free Agents, and State 57. All proceeds of the show went to MD Anderson childrens art project.

QUE

The show started with the antics of State 57, a rap/rock act originally from Houston, TX; however, visiting from their current home in San Marcos, TX. The crowd was small at this point, which I attribute to such an early start time (8:30), was treated to the contrasting dynamics of sound from the band. The energy was amazing , and the guitarist brought his a-game, wowing the crowd with an array of rock star moves.

57 State


State 57 set the stage for the Free Agents. The four man DJ group consisting of DJ Mosa, Killa Kut. Remix and Level 170, cut and chopped their way through a set of quirky noises and beats.

By this time, I had made the way to the bar for some very expensive Bud 12oz's. Needless to say, I didnt make that trip too often. Six ounces into the alcohol goodness, music soon blared and Crazy Tony intruduced the next group, Q.U.E. The groups consisting of Big Who, Q, and Remix had the intimate crowd gathered close to the stage for the sounds of Q.U.E.The H-town group take a strong influence to the good ole days of hip-hop both musically and in entertaining the crowd.

Big Who

Q.U.E.'s set came to a great finish and made way for the experimental experience known as Studemont Project. I, personally, have seen Studemont more than a few times, and have enjoyed every outing. This time was no exception, however E-Classes' MPC was missing from the lineup this night. Still, a pretty thorough thorough job rockin mics and keeping the speakers tremblin'.

Studemont Project

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DJ Vango then had a turn at the ones and deuces spinning a good mix of that ole school hip hop. I-45 took the stage soon after and had the crowd up front jumping up and down and those in the backdrop nodding in agreement. These guys definitely packed a power punch at the end of the night, which led into the impromptuthe freestyle session of the previous performers.

DJ Vango

Crazy Tony

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08.13 Golden Era

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07.04 X-ecutioners

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06.09 Talib Kweli, MF Doom

06.04 Grupo Fantasma

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