{"id":27962,"date":"2014-12-02T17:25:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T22:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27962"},"modified":"2014-12-02T17:36:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T22:36:04","slug":"musical-interlude-with-run-the-jewels-and-gangsta-boo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/musical-interlude-with-run-the-jewels-and-gangsta-boo\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Interlude With Run the Jewels and Gangsta Boo"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend, Run the Jewels performed in New York and I got to see them up close and personal thanks to my gorgeous rapper friend Gangsta Boo<\/a>. Run the Jewels is a duo consisting of rappers El-P and Killer Mike, and Boo did a verse for the song “Love Again” on their critically acclaimed new album, <\/a>Run the Jewels 2<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Run the Jewels 2 album cover and hand sign. (I should do an earring version of this.) Click to buy the album.<\/p><\/div>\n

I made it back from Thanksgiving with the family just in time to catch the show at Stage 48 <\/a>Sunday night. First we all hung out backstage.<\/p>\n

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Click to enlarge. I need to hold my hands higher!<\/p><\/div>\n

From left to right: Boots (who I recently saw open for FKA twigs<\/a>); Trackstar; me; Boo; Emily Panic<\/a>; Shay Bigga<\/a>; El-P<\/a>; Ms. I-don’t-remember-her-name-probably-because-I-was-hypnotized-by-her-Jim-Morrison-t-shirt; and Killer Mike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boo was wearing Wendy Brandes jewelry designs, of course.<\/p>\n

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Check out the Boo rings, and if you look closely, you can see my gold “Woolf Whistle” necklace.<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it was showtime, and the sold-out audience was insane! I had brought along my new concert friend, Jessie<\/a>, who watched from the upstairs VIP area, while I watched from the side of the stage. At one point, I texted her, “Do you think we would survive this front row?” and she replied “Helllll no,” though she added “But it looks like so much fun.” Two people who came close to passing out were given water from the peeps onstage and backstage, and one of them was actually pulled up ON to the stage because he was in such bad shape. This general-admission concert stuff is a serious workout. Don’t try it unless you’ve gotten yourself into shape first, for God’s sake! <\/p>\n

Here’s “Love Again.”<\/p>\n