No Party Like a Brooklyn Party!: Big Daddy Kane at Prospect Park


There's no party like a Brooklyn party people, and I've been witnessing that all summer long! I was in hip hop heaven last night, at Big Daddy Kane's concert at Prospect Park sponsored by Celebrate Brooklyn. One of our biggest hip hop icons, Big Daddy Kane, featured in a FREE concert! Yes, free! There is NO PARTY like a BROOKLYN Party for sure! There are few places where you can get this type of live entertainment and inspiration for FREE! Presented by The Lyricist Lounge, the event featured a film screening of the short documentary BDK: The Big Daddy Kane Story (directed by Anthony Marshall), Retro Kidz, Emilio Rojas, Blitz the Ambassador, Rahzel and Ralph McDaniels’ Video Music Box. Ralph "Uncle Ralph" McDaniels video mix was on fire. The mix featured such hip hop classics as: MC Lyte "Paper Thin" , Special Ed "I Got It Made", X Clan "Funkin Lesson", Black Moon "I Got Cha Open", Mos Def Feat. Talib Kweli "Definitition", Dead Prez "It's Bigger Than Hip Hop", and more.

Big Daddy Kane, wearing a crisp white suit, came out to a roaring crowd. He performed the classics we all love such as "Raw", "Set it Off", "Smooth Operator" , "Young, Gifted and Black" , "Ain't No Half Steppin" and others. Kane was warm to the crowd, giving periodic shout outs to people he knew and at one point he even said "Happy Birthday" to a woman in the front row who shouted that it was her birthday. One of the highlights was when Kane performed with his dancers, choreography that included some smooth and daring jumps and turns. Kane's performance was as fresh as his high top fade from back in the day. Check out this video clip from the BDK documentary.

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