Hip-Nik
Posted by Taybot at 8/13/2007 1:09 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
So last Saturday I'm selling mixtapes in front of Nordstroms as usual (Nordstroms is the ill spot cuz it is nice & cool in the shade so shoppers aint all cranky). I am jus doin' my thing when I run into Suntonio Bandanaz of the legendary Seatown crew Alpha P.
We chop it up and he tells me about this thing goin' on called Hip-Nik.
"It's a big festival goin on in today Lake City."
"Word?"
"Ya there is hella people there right now and it's gon be like that for the next four or five hours."
I of course get hella excited and immediately decide to find Hip-Nik. This is cuz sales go way easier at festivals. Cats at festivals are way more willing to spend dough. Why you think I'm so excited for Hemp Fest next week? I'ma spend all day pushing music to stoned hippies with cash on hand.
Suntonio is the homie so he calls his guy to find out more details about Hip-Nik for me. Turns out Hip-Nik is at King Edward Park in Kenmore, which is just down Lake City Way.
That clears up the details a lil more so I figure it'll make it easier to find this joint. I cop some trail mix and batteries for my box (batteries costs is killin me) and head for the bus cuz my whip game aint proper...yet.
I hop on a bus headed for Lake City and ask the bus driver about King Edward Park. He says he aint heard of King Edward Park and he don't go to Kenmore but he can take me to a stop in Lake City where I can catch a bus the rest of my way.
"The stop you want is my last stop."
"How long til you get there?"
"40 minutes."
40 minutes what the fuck!? That is why metro is WACK! Sall good I figure, I'm mad tired anyways and I can sleep on the bus.
I get on the bus and sure enough I sleep until the last stop. I get off and check to see when the next bus will scoop me up to go to Kenmore. Damn it's like another 25 minutes. A 25 minute wait is not crackin....
At this point I was too far into my journey to turn back. I had a vision of a filthy festival goin' down with tons of people and I was not about to give up. 25 min. later the bus picks me up.
The bus is headed to Kenmore but the driver aint know nothin about no King Edwards park. Luckily for me some cat riding the bus speaks up like,
"I know where you're talkin about, but to get there you have to take another bus after this one. Get off at the stop I get off at."
"Damn," I'm thinkin, "I definitely wouldn't have tried to find this joint if I knew it was gonna be 3 busses. I really hope Hip-Nik is poppin."
So now I'm chillen on the bus with my eye on this dude, waiting for him to exit the bus. We finally get off and he starts heading in the direction of the next bus stop I'm supposed to wait at.
It turns out that King Edwards Park is actually Saint Edwards Park so, for one thing, I been asking everybody how to get to a park that I don't even know the name of. I get to the bus stop and this is what the guy tells me,
"Catch the 522. It goes up the hill. Let it take you til you're almost at the top and, right then, you'll see a fork in the road. When you see the fork, pull the bus chain and get off immediately. Take the road on the right and then just keep walking up til you get to Saint Edwards Park."
Basically, St. Edwards Park is on top of a mountain. I'm sitting at the bus stop waiting for the 522, which I quickly realized doesn't even run on Saturdays so I was actually waiting for any bus that would come by this secluded bus stop at 7 pm on a Saturday.
Thank God for the homegirl Christine who happened to be drivin by. She scooped me up in her big white van and we were off to Hip-Nik.
I was hella excited cuz I was gonna finally find the elusive Hip-Nik, I knew that tons of people and sales were only minutes ahead of me.
It turned out being a real long drive even after we came to the fork in the road. This means if I had caught some bus, I still woulda been walking hella to get to the top of the mountain where the park was at.
On top of that. Hip-Nik was not a crackin' festival. It was full of families and kids. There was one stage set up for performing. Granted it was a dope event, with talented people performing and running it....but it was not a crackin festival and it was definitely not lucrative.
I ended up watching dope performances and laughing at myself for putting so much time and effort to get to a small hip hop show on the top of some mountain.
The crazy part was the only way for me to get back home was to ride a school bus. On the real, I can't remember the las time I rode a yellow skool bus. That particular bus was full of 8 year olds and one grown ass mc with a boombox and cds that needed to be sold.
It was tight tho cuz some kid had the new Common album so we bumped it in my box the whole way back.
Taybot
We chop it up and he tells me about this thing goin' on called Hip-Nik.
"It's a big festival goin on in today Lake City."
"Word?"
"Ya there is hella people there right now and it's gon be like that for the next four or five hours."
I of course get hella excited and immediately decide to find Hip-Nik. This is cuz sales go way easier at festivals. Cats at festivals are way more willing to spend dough. Why you think I'm so excited for Hemp Fest next week? I'ma spend all day pushing music to stoned hippies with cash on hand.
Suntonio is the homie so he calls his guy to find out more details about Hip-Nik for me. Turns out Hip-Nik is at King Edward Park in Kenmore, which is just down Lake City Way.
That clears up the details a lil more so I figure it'll make it easier to find this joint. I cop some trail mix and batteries for my box (batteries costs is killin me) and head for the bus cuz my whip game aint proper...yet.
I hop on a bus headed for Lake City and ask the bus driver about King Edward Park. He says he aint heard of King Edward Park and he don't go to Kenmore but he can take me to a stop in Lake City where I can catch a bus the rest of my way.
"The stop you want is my last stop."
"How long til you get there?"
"40 minutes."
40 minutes what the fuck!? That is why metro is WACK! Sall good I figure, I'm mad tired anyways and I can sleep on the bus.
I get on the bus and sure enough I sleep until the last stop. I get off and check to see when the next bus will scoop me up to go to Kenmore. Damn it's like another 25 minutes. A 25 minute wait is not crackin....
At this point I was too far into my journey to turn back. I had a vision of a filthy festival goin' down with tons of people and I was not about to give up. 25 min. later the bus picks me up.
The bus is headed to Kenmore but the driver aint know nothin about no King Edwards park. Luckily for me some cat riding the bus speaks up like,
"I know where you're talkin about, but to get there you have to take another bus after this one. Get off at the stop I get off at."
"Damn," I'm thinkin, "I definitely wouldn't have tried to find this joint if I knew it was gonna be 3 busses. I really hope Hip-Nik is poppin."
So now I'm chillen on the bus with my eye on this dude, waiting for him to exit the bus. We finally get off and he starts heading in the direction of the next bus stop I'm supposed to wait at.
It turns out that King Edwards Park is actually Saint Edwards Park so, for one thing, I been asking everybody how to get to a park that I don't even know the name of. I get to the bus stop and this is what the guy tells me,
"Catch the 522. It goes up the hill. Let it take you til you're almost at the top and, right then, you'll see a fork in the road. When you see the fork, pull the bus chain and get off immediately. Take the road on the right and then just keep walking up til you get to Saint Edwards Park."
Basically, St. Edwards Park is on top of a mountain. I'm sitting at the bus stop waiting for the 522, which I quickly realized doesn't even run on Saturdays so I was actually waiting for any bus that would come by this secluded bus stop at 7 pm on a Saturday.
Thank God for the homegirl Christine who happened to be drivin by. She scooped me up in her big white van and we were off to Hip-Nik.
I was hella excited cuz I was gonna finally find the elusive Hip-Nik, I knew that tons of people and sales were only minutes ahead of me.
It turned out being a real long drive even after we came to the fork in the road. This means if I had caught some bus, I still woulda been walking hella to get to the top of the mountain where the park was at.
On top of that. Hip-Nik was not a crackin' festival. It was full of families and kids. There was one stage set up for performing. Granted it was a dope event, with talented people performing and running it....but it was not a crackin festival and it was definitely not lucrative.
I ended up watching dope performances and laughing at myself for putting so much time and effort to get to a small hip hop show on the top of some mountain.
The crazy part was the only way for me to get back home was to ride a school bus. On the real, I can't remember the las time I rode a yellow skool bus. That particular bus was full of 8 year olds and one grown ass mc with a boombox and cds that needed to be sold.
It was tight tho cuz some kid had the new Common album so we bumped it in my box the whole way back.
Taybot
Haha, I was laughing out loud when I read the part about you riding home on the school bus with all the kids!
You should buy rechargeable batteries for your boombox. They are more expensive at first, but worth it in the long run b/c you can just plug them in everynight and have full batteries in the morning and not have to keep buying new ones all the time! Plus, you'll be helping to save the planet. What more could you ask for?
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Paminator knows whatsup. Get in on the rechargeable battery game Taylor. Sounds like you are well. So glad to hear it. Laterz.
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ya well the only rechargeable batteries I been able to find are Radio Shack brand. Las time I bought some Radio Shack batteries they lasted about 3 hrs and then died on me. I don't trus their wackass brand!
Anyone know of where I can get rechargeables that aint Radio Wack?
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Yeah,energizer makes 'em, panasonic, etc. and you can get 'em at any old "everything store". But here's the important part...did you buy the recharger? That's the kicker...the whole point essentially. Good luck.
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