When I say "Chiddy" , You Say "Bang"

Music. One of the enjoyments that makes the world go round. It's right in there with water, food, dancing, laughing, loving, children, and MUSIC.

That being said...there's this new group I've been digging to and they call themselves Chiddy Bang. It's a 2 man show...the lyricist and head dude who goes by the name of Chiddy (first name actually Chidera), and the beat maker/drummer/producer who goes by Xaphoon Jones (real name Noah). For the remainder of this blog I will go by my DJ name, Whooty.

As a loyal Twitter follower of @realchiddy, I realize that of all places they are coming to Nashville and convince 2 of my best friends, Lacey (DJ AT-AT) and Cara to join me. We start the evening with dinner at Virago and then head to the new La Paz location for a margarita or 3. La Paz is now right down the road from Exit In...one of my favorite music venues in town.

The show is all-ages which I appreciate until we arrive and realize not only are we the oldest people there but we are fucking ancient compared to all the kiddos. Nevertheless we grab a brew and head to the back where we can take in the show, stay out of the childrens' way, and have plenty of room to bust a move ourselves.

Upon our arrival Donnis and his DJ are still up on stage doing their "thing" for the crowd and within seconds they have me moving to the beat. Next up...Chiddy. Noah sits down at the drum set and it's on. They do a short set that includes their current hit "Opposites of Adults" that has a killer MGMT sample from "Kids". The children in the crowd go nuts. Hold on....who is that??

A MC pops up on stage and turns out it's XV, a dude that was placed earlier on the bill that we missed. HE IS SICK. He's spitting so clearly that it reminds me of a young Q-Tip...killed it and made me wish I had passed on the margaritas and headed to the show a little sooner.

It wasn't a packed house but the crowd was hype. Props to the guys for putting on a good show for a small crowd-- and they played it like it was full-- that takes a bit of maturity. That being said, I heard their show the night before in Birmingham was less than stellar. Apparently Chiddy was blazed off his mind and the small crowd was less than impressed. Consistency. It's important.

These guys will be back. We'll hear them on the radio. Girls will love them. What I appreciate more than anything is young hip hoppers that are performing interesting music, talking about interesting topics, and not taking themselves too seriously.

DJ Whooty Out.