The Fine Print – Busta Tour – Saskatoon

hyperadmin | The Fine Print | Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

SHIRTS GROUPTT

By Jonathon “Bizz” Brown

Another city, another day, another playing field to navigate – this time in Saskatoon. After checking in we hit sound check while Peter Jackson got his first opportunity to build with Spliffstar. Busta has been all business this tour and hasn’t really engaged with anyone outside his camp, but Spliffstar has made himself totally accessible since Saskatoon when he got to know us. At sound check I wrestled with the logistics to secure the best available positioning for our merchandise table. Once settled, sound checked and satisfied we feasted at The Freehouse and “got fat while they starved.” Chicken sandwich with Mango salsa in Saskatoon? Who knew.

We were picked up upon arrival back at the hotel. I have to admit, seeing a black and red Expedition with FMF on the side made me consider the likelihood of Funk Master Flex actually somehow being in Saskatoon to visit Busta or something. But then I figured out it was our ride,noticed the truck wasn’t clean and remembered I WAS IN SASKATOON. So forging on past my delusional lapse, I stepped in the club and struck a deal with one of the dozen sexy waitresses… at Riley’s. For one Hip Hop Ain’t Dead It Lives In The North t-shirt, she agreed to serve me drinks all night. Before I could get to my third, 9-0 Nickel was on the stage and the crowd was getting very excited. Peter Jackson added a new twist to his set by standing amongst the crowd smoking weed while DJ Dames Nellas called him to the stage as if he couldn’t find him. As Jackson hopped up on stage puffing a big blunt, Nellas dropped 50 Cent’s “High All The Time” and that set things off on a blistering pace. Belly capitalized on the overwhelmingly beautiful crowd when he dropped into “Hot Girl,” but also kept a balance performing his controversial “History of Violence” with unearthing intensity.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to see much of this night’s Busta and Spliffstar set for a combination of reasons– the merch table’s distance from the stage, the waves of beautiful women, the bar in the bathroom and a lot of business.

The morning came too quickly as it always does. But we got a cool surprise when Spliffstar sat and ate breakfast with us at the hotel restaurant. Spliff fielded questions about his production techniques from DJ Dames and talked to us about his troubles getting into the country in prior years. He also expressed interest in a particular Peter Jackson song and kicked some knowledge as to choosing singles for the right reasons. But as I walked back to the table carrying my freshly made omelet, an elderly gentlemen leaned over from a nearby table and said “We were just trying to figure out what you guys are?” After the laughter subsided, the reasons for our time in the city came out and then Spliff joked “What are we? We could start with human beings.”

Word.

Another Memorable night on the Back On My B.S. Tour. See me in ya city! Winnipeg next.

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