Sometimes, I really want to write posts about certain artists or events, but I usually have to wait for something more recent to happen so I can relate an earlier event to. That’s why I’m going to periodically put up posts under the title “While You Were Sleeping” so I can give some shine to moments, songs, or whatever that I feel was somewhat slept on.

NXNE is Toronto’s answer to SXSW, except with way more indie bands and way less hip-hop. The closing acts of the festival were GZA (easily my favorite member of the WTC) and The Cool Kids. It was really dope to see the festival allow hip-hop to take the biggest stage (Yonge-Dundas Square, which is the largest square right in the heart of downtown) on the biggest night of the festival. It was also kind of weird to see GZA on at a time as early as 8:00 pm, but at least it attracted a much larger crowd. It was an extremely hype show and I was lucky enough to be right at the front of it, rapping along to bangers like  ”Liquid Swords”, “4th Chamber”,  “Triumph”, his verse and of course Inspectah Deck’s, and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”. All in all, it was such a crazy concert and I was so happy to see hundreds and hundreds of people flood the square for The Genius (never mind it was a great kick-off to this past summer).

See his performance of “Triumph” after the jump.

“I BOMB ATOMICALLY, SOCRATES PHILOSOPHIES AND HYPOTHESES CAN’T DEFINE HOW I BE DROPPING THESE MOCKERIES, LYRICALLY PERFORM ARMED ROBBERY, FLEE WITH THE LOTTERY, POSSIBLY THEY SPOTTED ME”

Haha easily some of the most famous lines in hip-hop of all time.