East Side Story CONCERT & Car Show EAST L.A.
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East Side Story Car Show & Fiesta
Quiet Cannon Montebello, CA
Cruise through and jam out to live tunes at this epic concert and car show combo.
Lineup
Spunk
Mike Noriega
Tony Greene
Miriah Avila
Rocky Padilla
Planet Patrol
Sabby Rayas
Sweet Sensation
The Cover Girls
Newcleus
Suga Free
Good to know
In person
Refund Policy
Refunds up to 1 day before event
Initially formed as the group Jam-On Productions in 1977, teenager Ben “Cosmo D” Cenac and cousins Monique and Pierre Angevin, began performing at house and block parties in Brooklyn. Jam-On Productions’ popularity rose to that of local legends by this point and by 1979 the lineup was cemented as Cosmo D, Yvette “Lady E” Cook, Monique “Nique D” Angevin, and Bob “Chilly B” Crafton. The name Newcleus was inspired by the coming together of families as Cosmo D would later marry Lady E, and Monique, Chilly B.
Having initially recorded the single “Jam-On Revenge”, which became a block party staple, Newcleus failed to enjoy significant success until the track was heard by producer Joe Webb. The track ultimately became the band’s debut single on Mayhew Records and entered the U.S. R&B Chart within the Top 40. Propelling the band to national R&B and hip-hop consciousness the single was taken from their debut album of the same name, which charted at No. 84 on the UK Albums Chart. The record was released by Sunnyview Records in 1984, to disappointing reviews, despite now being regarded as a classic. Newcleus subsequently released the singles “Jam On It” and “Computer Age (Push the Button)”, both of which landed within the R&B Charts’ Top 40.
The band’s second album, “Space Is the Place”, arrived in 1985 to little acclaim, with all subsequent releases the creation of producers putting out material under the Newcleus moniker. In 2005 Cosmo D released a definitive collection of Newcleus material “Destination Earth: The Definitive Newcleus Recordings”, where early songs enjoyed a remastering from their original master tapes.
The thing that impressed me the most seeing Suga Free live was the way that he interacted with the audience, cracking jokes, encouraging us to join in, and thanking us humbly for our support of his music. His career before he went solo was a hip hop duo with DJ Quick, and it was an awesome surprise to see that Quick was performing with Suga Free when I saw him recently. Their chemistry is great, and the way that they were bouncing their energy off of each other made us all in the crowd really energised and ready to dance.
He opened with the title track from his new album The Resurrection which is a great collection of charismatic lyrics, with a conversational style to the delivery. It was exciting to hear it performed live as it’s only just been released, and the audience were going mad for it. Free took time to teach us little hooks and tags from the songs, and shouted out lines of lyrics for everyone to repeat. It was really cool to get involved to that extent, and the way that we were all dancing around seemed to give them both more energy in their performance, as they played for over 2 hours, and maintained their energy throughout the show.
They played from some of their collaborations, as well as Free having Quick support him on tracks from Hi Power Pimpin, and Sunday School, as well as the new album. They played a couple of covers and remixes too which had the audience singing along and loving the atmosphere. It was an amazing set!