Mr Cooper Shows No Mercy At Miami Live

What It Sound Like?

I hope you enjoyed your weekend, mine was live. Miami Live, to be exact!

I'm so glad my boy Mr Cooper blessed the arena with his smash single, No Mercy! If you never been to this establishment, start planning your visit. Independent recording artists from all around have found a stage show home. Located in a cultured, downtown area of Miami filled with food aromas that were mouth-watering.

Once we got in, it was easily noticed the DJ had already been bringing the heat. DJ Killa K knows how to blend the latest and greatest sounds in Hip Hop without saturation. He not only demanded respect controlling the mic, also set a huge respect level for all performing artists. The stage is big enough for a football award ceremony. The walls had the dopest projection of the club's logo. One can't help but feel like a major artist on stage.

For my first experience with the place, plus most of the artist, I was highly pleased. Performers came from Chicago, Alabama, North Carolina, there was even an emcee from Nebraska. Ya know I had to ask if he knew about Bud Crawford, another connection to Omaha from our community.  Those are just some of the places people came from to pursue their dream. 

Hailing from the Palm Beaches, Mr Cooper took the show! Prior to his set, there were only a few that were singing. Once Coop in the three-piece suit went on, the entire mood changed. The first to request a mic stand. After the perfect teaser intro, the stand stood as a coat rack. The women that were tired from dancing, got right up once they heard his chords. The crowd got closer to the stage feeling the Trap & B artist at work. 

The show was a complete success, fans, artists, producers, all wanted to link up with the man of the night. This was the only time I saw a bouncer break character for a love song. What was really cool about this event, the lovely Mrs Cooper got to see it all, in person. She enjoyed the early flashes of her husband's stardom. 

No violence, no hating, just a lot of love was being spread all night. This is something I could get used to. I have some shots here. My friends at the Coruscation House,  Siobahn Nicole and Shiniqua Simone will also post some. So Get up with me on Instagram. Thank everybody for passing through, God bless to all!

 

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Here Are Some Snippets From Mr Cooper Live

 

 

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We meet the middle of the week with goals for the weekend. Keeping us entertained on the way there is a familiar All Nighter who gets the job done. Welcome back Mercedez Miller, a royal return. 

Tonight we get into an artist that writes her own lines, records her own tracks over beats of her own. This particular beat is monstrous, one can't help but feel Superior. She continues to reign with slick bars, original flow, and prowess. 

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By KeepsMeAlive: Miles Davis – 8 Classic Albums

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Pride Of Taranna Series Pt. 19: Sonic Boom #5-8: Miles Davis – Eight Classic Albums 4CD  

I got this 4CD set of 8 Miles Davis albums for $12.99!!! And I’ve been walking around the neighbourhood, and playing this stuff in the house and car, for days now, just listening to nothing but Miles and I have to tell you, it makes the world a beautiful place… 

Alright this post is a whopper, so I’ll try to keep it short enough. Just know there’s a ton more information out there on the interwubs about all of these albums. Also, the short version of my opinion of all four discs is WAHOO!, but I know you wanna know a bit more, so, here’s what’s on this set:

CD1

First we have Blue Period (1951, released 1953), all of it stellar. And then Kind Of Blue (1959). I know, right? Like, how many times have I played that album? Does it matter? PLAY IT AGAIN!

CD2

First up is Young Man With A Horn (1952), which was Miles’ second studio album. Wiki says at this time he was struggling with his heroin addiction so this was his only output that year. All I can say is the tracks here are stunning and show no sign of trouble. This is followed by the Workin’ album (1956). Let me list the players here and, in this way, you’ll know what I thought of it: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. Exactly.

CD3

We start with Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953), which is more tracks from the session at Blue Note which also yielded Young Man With A Horn (see CD2). The session included players like Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, J.J. Johnson, and Horace Silver (among many), so it’s just frickin’ gorgeous. All of this is followed by the Steamin’ album (recorded 1956, released 1961), and uses the same brilliant quintet as Workin’ (see CD2). Again, just gorgeous, especially their run through of Monk’s Well, You Needn’t. Oh my. 

CD4

This disc opens with Miles Davis Volume 3 (1954), which was the last session for Blue Note, a quartet with Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey. Right? I mean COME ON. They did Well, You Needn’t here, too. Those six tracks on Vol.3 are followed by Collectors Items (1956), the result of two sessions that year which used different musicians. Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker appear on tracks here, as well as other names like Tommy Flannagan, Walter Bishop, and Art Taylor that jazz fans will know.  By reports I read, Parker was drinking A LOT of alcohol at this point, and the sessions were difficult. It ended up being a posthumous release for Parker, as it dropped a year after his death. The tunes, though, are glorious, including a bunch of Davis compositions, as well as Monk’s ‘Round Midnight, and Dave Brubeck’s In Your Own Sweet Way.

In Sum:

Wow. Just… wow.

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