Spring Break
Big musical acts will hopefully return in future
Patrick Fancher
Issue date: 5/27/09 Section: Forum
Much to the surprise and delight of students and "townies" like myself, a mainstream music act, Nappy Roots, made an appearance in Corvallis the weekend before last. I was impressed by the fact that not only was an OSU fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, able to bring such a talented band to our campus, but for a great charitable cause as well.
I was super bummed that I couldn't attend, because homework mountain once again stood in my way of being able to have a fun weekend. As a fan of Nappy Roots, I was psyched to see songs like "Swerve and Lean" and any song from their 2002 album, "Watermelon, Chicken, and Gritz," performed live.
After all, Nappy Roots is one of my favorite "Dirty South" style rap groups other than artists like Master P, Trick Daddy and the legendary duo of Outkast, which are now considered to be pretty old school by today's current legion of hip-hop listeners.
Though a couple of days ago, I was able to annoy a friend of mine by continuously reiterating the chorus from a song by Lil' Whyte that I heard on the hilarious HBO show, "East Bound and Down," which is proof that I'm not totally behind the times as far as hip-hop is concerned. If you've heard that song, then you know what I'm talking about, because it's very easy to get it stuck in your head.
About two weeks prior to Nappy Roots coming to Corvallis, I was filled with jealousy when I saw that the Seattle-based hip-hop duo Blue Scholars were going to be performing on the University of Oregon campus. The city of Eugene is already lucky enough to be able to lock down big-time musical acts as it is, but to bring one to the UO campus is that much more impressive.
So when I heard Nappy Roots was going to do a show in my hometown, I thought we've finally found a way to not only put Corvallis on the commercial music map again, but also show that our students are just as capable as UO students at bringing popular music to us.
All of that pride quickly fell by the wayside when I heard that some disgruntled fans basically acted like a bunch of violent morons and started throwing glow sticks and a can of Rockstar on the stage in protest of sound equipment difficulties. A friend of mine told me that the violent behavior carried on all over campus that night, as he witnessed fights break out almost anywhere he and his friends went.
I was super bummed that I couldn't attend, because homework mountain once again stood in my way of being able to have a fun weekend. As a fan of Nappy Roots, I was psyched to see songs like "Swerve and Lean" and any song from their 2002 album, "Watermelon, Chicken, and Gritz," performed live.
After all, Nappy Roots is one of my favorite "Dirty South" style rap groups other than artists like Master P, Trick Daddy and the legendary duo of Outkast, which are now considered to be pretty old school by today's current legion of hip-hop listeners.
Though a couple of days ago, I was able to annoy a friend of mine by continuously reiterating the chorus from a song by Lil' Whyte that I heard on the hilarious HBO show, "East Bound and Down," which is proof that I'm not totally behind the times as far as hip-hop is concerned. If you've heard that song, then you know what I'm talking about, because it's very easy to get it stuck in your head.
About two weeks prior to Nappy Roots coming to Corvallis, I was filled with jealousy when I saw that the Seattle-based hip-hop duo Blue Scholars were going to be performing on the University of Oregon campus. The city of Eugene is already lucky enough to be able to lock down big-time musical acts as it is, but to bring one to the UO campus is that much more impressive.
So when I heard Nappy Roots was going to do a show in my hometown, I thought we've finally found a way to not only put Corvallis on the commercial music map again, but also show that our students are just as capable as UO students at bringing popular music to us.
All of that pride quickly fell by the wayside when I heard that some disgruntled fans basically acted like a bunch of violent morons and started throwing glow sticks and a can of Rockstar on the stage in protest of sound equipment difficulties. A friend of mine told me that the violent behavior carried on all over campus that night, as he witnessed fights break out almost anywhere he and his friends went.
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