When the Hip Hop Awareness Council at UCF contacted Nonsense about throwing an all-day hip hop celebration to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the classic hip hop flick Wild Style, the idea seemed strong- but with only a few weeks to plan, prepare, and execute, would it be a success?

As it turns out...YES! This past weekend's event was a great success (c) Borat, with over 100 people coming out to the UCF Memory Mall (an open area of grass that is, in fact, neither a mall, nor has any directly apparent connection to the concept of a memory) on what was a perfect day for an outing like this.



A huge graff wall was set up with free paint available to anyone who wanted to show their work. This is just a smattering of what transpired...



Spinning records all day were two of Orlando's finest...


DJ Dolo


and DJ Y-Not (who only takes this stance for photos, I swear- it's like a reflex for when the flash comes out)

With the music playing old school breaks and jams throughout the day, it was only a matter of time before the b-boys arrived. As soon as the linoleum was put down, they seemed to fall out of the sky and land directly on the spot.





We also had a slew of performances from faces new and old...


The Unlikelys, ladies and gentlemen...live band, dope rhymes, tight grooves. Expect big things.


Kap of Caveman Theory, rocking the second most ridiculous pair of shades at the event)- he's got a few solo endeavors on the way that should catch a lot of peoples' attention.


And the "Why-the-hell-haven't-I-seen-this-guy-before" Award goes to Nonsense's own Hakim Tafari. His solo set won over a crowd who was largely unfamiliar with the man's work- but he's got quite a few new fans now.


Finally, the performances were capped off by the turntablist supergroup of Nonsense Records, the Tablehogs. Though DJ Sureshot was out of town for this one, his cohorts SPS, Rubox, and J-Storm melted minds with their instrumental scratching and beatboxing, and raised a lot of interest from the crowd in the show they are performing at the Social on December 19.

Afterwards, with the sun down and the crowd pretty exhausted, we screened Wild Style and reminded everyone what we were all there for, to recognize one of the pivotal and monumental moments in hip hop history, all documented on film.

Shouts to Hip Hop Awareness Council, all the graf writers and b-boys who came out to show support, our performers, and everyone else who made this day a huge success- see you at the next one!