"One Love" Jamaica Festival

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Hundreds turned out to pack Yoyogi Park to share one love for Jamaican-Japan relations. Japan has a deep-rooted following of all things from Jamaican Culture including music, food, dance, and the number 1 import coffee. The park was filled with informational booths and stands selling jerk chicken, Red Stripe beer, Meyers Jamaican Rum, and clothing colored in flags of green, black, yellow, and red. The 2-day festival celebrated the relationship between Japan and Jamaica. The Jamaican Embassy and friendship groups had stands to promote educational facts about, the country. There were Dancehall lessons, and Patwa, Jamaican English dialect, lessons. Many J-Reggae artists performed on the concert stage including a special performance by the 2 time winning Jamaican Dancehall Queen, who is a Japan native, Junko. All nationalities were present to take part in the cultural festivities, and to show One Love for Jamaica in Japan.

Springroove 2008 Japan-N.E.R.D and Kanye West (www.DaiTime.com)

Even the babies of the world love the Roc!


Springroove 2008, Tokyo's Largest Hip Hop and R&B concert fest. This year the headliners were Rihanna and Neyo with a Bape Heads Show Stage which featured Kanye West, N.E.R.D, and Teriyaki Boyz. I went just in time for my personal headliners NERD and Kanye. They did an hour set each and rocked it! I stayed in the BAPE Stage room and didn't bother to see Rihanna and I'm not a Neyo fan.

NERD did a variety of their tracks including "Brain", "Fly or Die", "Rockstar", "Lap Dance", "Maybe", and their latest single "Everybody Nose". The crowd was difficult at reacting besides us die hard NERD fans and the various people who had their select favorite singles. Pharrell kept going down the stage with his silly kicking dance. The band rocked it and I loved their drummers and guitarists.

Kanye West, Kanyeably late, started a half an hour past when he was supposed to go on. He is a great performer and puts his all in his shows. I kept bustin on his serious gaze into the camera, he's so dramatic. I love him! He performed everything I wanted to hear from "Good Morning", "Homecoming", "Gold Digger", "Champion", "Through the Wire", "Get Em High", "Good Life", "Heard Em Say", "Can't Tell Me Nothing", "Jesus Walks", "Touch The Sky", "Flashing Lights" and many more. I was done when he did my favorite from this year, "I Wonder". He even got on his Alicia Keys when he went to the keyboard for his own "I Wonder" playing medley. I will cry if he doesn't come back with his Glow In The Dark Tour. I highly suggest everyone go to that!

At the end of the show, Teriyaki Boyz took the stage with DJ Nigo (creator of Bathing Ape) to perform their Pharrell and Kanye collaboration tracks. They did their newest single "Zock On" which features Pharrell and Busta Rhymes. Then they performed with Kanye to "I Still Love H.E.R.", and Pharrel closed out with "Number 1".

This was a great show for Kanye and N.E.R.D. to not have been headliners. I went just to see them and was not disappointed!

(Apologize for the distorted Kanye sound-base was kickin!)

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Daisha "Daiwu" Hunter
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