KUBE 93.3 Birthday Party 2003

The party opened up with Hot Rod from Tacoma and E-Dawg and Split-50 getting the house pumped up.
Blu Cantrell and B2K cancelled their appearance with the birthday party disappointing many young girls in the audience, but they got over it quickly.
The KUBE team came on stage and got the audience pumped up for the first performer to hit the stage--Missy Elliot and her hot crew.
Missy came up on stage with her partner who was hooking up her lyrics. She started her show by asking “how many freaky people are up in Seattle?”
After the crowd started to go wild with anticipation, she launched into her song “Get Your Freak On.” Everyone started getting freaky.
Missy announced to the audience she was going to come down and kick it with them, so she took off her necklace and her other valuables and started down into the audience when everyone rushed her.
While she tried to get through the audience without too much trouble, she started to get mauled by the many fans and had to go back up to the stage.
“I was not going to come tonight with all that is going on in the world, but after I got the invitation to come, I had to come,” Missy said. “I have to take this part of the show to give my tribute to August 25th –my sister, Aaliyah. I have to also pay tribute to Biggie, 2Pac, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Jam Master J, and Big Pun.”
The crowds pulled out their lighters and waved them side to side as she sang “Back and Forth,” by Aaliyah and gave a shout out to the troops serving overseas.
Her crew then broke into “Gossip” and the little girls from the video came out on stage to show their moves which the crowd thoroughly enjoyed seeing.
She then broke into “Reverse It” and all the dancers came out onto stage to show what they could do.
The audience was going crazy at this point as the break dancers showed their skills on stage and the little girls came back and showed why they are in the videos.
Missy concluded her act by giving her audience much love and wants to come back to kick it in Seattle.
The next act to come to stage was Tyrese.
While the sound was off and there was some microphone trouble, Tyrese kept it moving and showed off his pipes to the crowd.
Tyrese started into “Sweet Lady” and the females in the audience went wild and almost lost their minds as he asked them to sing along with him as he posted up on the corner speaker.
He showed the ladies what he was made of as he invited them onto the stage to sing with him. Unfortunately, security didn’t allow them to come onstage.
Tyrese kept his show moving by starting his semi-strip tease for the ladies in the audience. The females again went wild as he started into “How You Gonna Act Like That,” and really showed off his vocal skills as he took the song to another level.
After finishing his last song, he wanted to stay for an encore, but due to the KUBE’s schedule, he got offstage, but not before giving his love to the Seattle audience and thanked them for making his album number one.
The final act of the night was Bone Thugs ‘N Harmony.
They took over the stage with their quick flowing lyrics and smooth beats, showing why they are still a presence in the hip-hop scene.
As Bone Thug called Seattle out to party with them, they lit up their joints because they were told they couldn’t smoke, but declared it didn’t make them true thugs if they didn’t light up, so they did it anyway.
As they invited the audience to take a chronic break with them, encouraging everyone who was a true chronic to join in, the Key Arena filled up with the smell of chronic as they broke into one of their “high” songs.
The audience joined in once again breaking out their lighters to show their appreciation of Bone Thug keepin’ it real.
The next song they broke into was their hit “Crossroads” paying tribute to those who have gone on before and to our troops overseas. Once again, the crowd was on their feet singing along with them.
Their final song, a debut from their latest album, sampling a Phil Collins hook “Take Me Home,” promises to be a hit for them as the crowd responded enthusiastically to the song.
As they started to conclude the show, the females were invited to come up on stage and party with them, but security wouldn’t allow it, so they had to make due with the few females who were able to get up on stage.
Their DJ ended the show with his fast fingers and nasty cuts on the turntables.
KUBE 93’s birthday party was a huge success filling up the Key Arena almost to capacity.

Martone@seaspotmediagroup.com