At
12:50am, Mos Def began his set with four fabulous musicians backing him: the
legendary Bernie Worrell (of the P-Funk camp), the lethal bass player Doug
Wimbish (of Living Colour & Tackhead), the bad-ass drummer Wil Calhoun (of
Living Colour), and the super-lethal guitarist Dr. Know (of Bad Brains). The
first song was the Band of Gypsys' (Jimi Hendrix) tune, "Who Knows". "Who Knows" featured some of the
funkiest synthesized sounds of B. Worrell and Dr. Know's poisonous lead
guitarisms!! A cover version of The Police's "Roxanne" was followed
by a funk track with some heavy bassics by Doug!! Mos Def did another song that
alternated between hip-hop and reggae.......very different! Also different
was the following song, which was speed metal rock with Wil's heavy drumbeats
and some stank keys by Bernie!! Following that was a R&B track that
featured Doug's tasty upright bass riffs!!!
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