{"id":4732,"date":"2022-10-23T23:34:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T23:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=4732"},"modified":"2022-10-30T01:57:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T01:57:43","slug":"black-coffee-and-stan-zeff-21-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/black-coffee-and-stan-zeff-21-10-22\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK COFFEE and STAN ZEFF 21.10.22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Black Coffee<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nThe Entertainer<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat shit was as brutal as watching \u201cBlack Adam.\u201d You tweet walking to your vehicle from the club. Feeling the chill in the air. Disappointed. Thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whereas, having recently witnessed Derrick Carter<\/a> and Osunlade<\/a> play heart and soul music, with conviction. Black Coffee plays music that entertains. He is an entertainer. Who now plays Hollywood house. Music with no authenticity.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/span><\/p>\n

No t-shirts, no athletic apparel, no baggy clothes, no hats, no chains reads the venue\u2019s dress code violations. Hmm. Sounds like certain people are not welcome…<\/span><\/p>\n

At the Building with a Troubled Past.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sexual assault. Gun shots. The club now renamed and under new management. Domaine<\/a>-A Vegas style affair in Midtown Atlanta. SMH. The trouble begins when you enter the venue. The predominantly Black staff is friendly. But the space is littered with roped off VIP booths of sofas and tables. Imagine eating dinner and seeing a show at Caesar’s Palace.\u00a0 There is barely standing room. And dancing? Bruh. Don\u2019t even think about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

And let\u2019s not get started on the crowd. Periodt. The kids who come to get fucked up. Who push you into spaces and places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Up above, the visuals flashing on the movie theatre screen stuns. The light show dazzles. The shooting sparks is superfluous. Especially when standing front and center the machine as char falls onto your skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stan Zeff<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening for Black Coffee Is arguably the most brilliant idea ever. His glow up is #real. He deserves every bit of shine. The Tambor Music<\/a> CEO plays songs. Stones and Bones featuring Toshi\u2019s \u201cAmahloni<\/a>” (Manoo Remix) invigorates. Emmanuel Jal\u2019s \u201cHey Mama<\/a>\u201d (Da Capo Mix) excites. DJeff featuring Zakes Bantwini\u2019s \u201cZugu Zugu\u201c is illustrious. But Caiiro\u2019s \u201cThe Akan<\/a>\u201d has the entire room chanting ba, ba, ba, on beat. The scene should be a Tik Tok. Trending. Or least, a thread. The energy is apeshit. If Stan Zeff continues his forward command. He might be the savior of the party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later<\/span><\/p>\n

Enter Black Coffee. Flanked onstage by his manager. There is a photographer and videographer capturing his essence. Already, the music is lost in translation. Ibiza this is not. ATL this is. The Divided States of America. Even the white girls-Black Coffee\u2019s target audience-are trying their best to stomach their vomit. Gurl, I see you. Wait. Playing in between \u201cTurn Me On\u201d (a cappella) and Roland Clark\u2019s \u201cI Get Deep,\u201d (a cappella) is Vincent Price\u2019s rap from \u201cThriller?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Make it make sense. All the people want to hear is \u201cWe Dance Again\u201d (Dub). Then the heads can peace out. For the night. Instead the crowd gets beats. Beat after beat after dizzying beat. Beats that make no sense. Beats that can\u2019t be Shazammed. Them stupid beats just won\u2019t stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where are the songs?<\/span><\/p>\n

Most music producers play their productions when deejaying. Not Black Coffee, tonight. The \u201cDrive\u201d star is better off playing the two songs he produced for Drake\u2019s \u201cHonestly, Nevermind,\u201d all night, at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then the music skips. Beats crashing into beats. Black Coffee\u2019s manager gripes, and the monitors are turned closer so the \u201cSuperman\u201d producer can better hear. Hoping that fixes the bad music vibes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nope. The bad music continues. Limping along like a sore loser. At the GRAMMY awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, yes the music Black Coffee played was horrible, as horrible as watching \u201cBlack Adam.\u201d\u00a0 The experience, scary even brutal.\u00a0 You gram while walking to your vehicle from the club. Again, feeling the chill in the air. Again, feeling disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace \u270c\ufe0f .<\/span><\/p>\n

wrds: aj dance<\/p>\n

grphcs: aj art<\/p>\n

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Black Coffee The Entertainer \u201cThat shit was as brutal as watching \u201cBlack Adam.\u201d You tweet walking to your vehicle from the club. Feeling the chill in the air. Disappointed. Thinking. Whereas, having recently witnessed Derrick Carter and Osunlade play heart and soul music, with conviction. Black Coffee plays music that entertains. He is an entertainer. 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