Throw Ya Bottles Up!
by be.

I went to the EPMD Rock The Bells Tour last year with 2 of my dudes from TheMeaningOfDope, only to have the show fucked up by some idiot who decided he’d throw a bottle at DJ Scratch. Erick and Parrish still got down, but only to the very few instrumentals that Toronto DJ’s, Starting From Scratch and P-Plus had on them, claiming that they ain’t never been wack and don’t rap over lyrics. I rate them for that and for how they dealt with the issue. But here’s a few other ways the shit could have been dealt with…
HERE ARE MY PICKS FOR THE “THROW YA BOTTLES UP” AWARDS..
(hit me with your picks via comments)
Fourth Place:
WALK OFF STAGE by Lil’ Wayne
Choosing to stay silent while you’re the star of the show is a pretty good way to have a bottle thrown at you. Here, it appears Londoners throw a whole fucking bottle of Javex at Weezy. He remains cool and steps off. Rather composed I might say. But London ain’t a joke. Or at least that’s what Guy Ritchie seems to tell me.
Sidebar: Big up on selling a Milli in a week.
Second Runner up:
KICK EM OUT THE SHOW by Kanye West
Considering how ferociously passionate Yeezy seems about everything, I’m surprised he didn’t lose hisself on this little prick. Ye’ takes the cool, calm and collected route by having the dimwits pointed out by fans and then escorted out while he starts to perform
“Can’t Tell Me Nothing”. I bet those little fucks were crying right through the shutter shades.
Runner Up:
POWER SLAM by Akon
Uh. I still don’t know what to think of this shit here. There’s been a lot of times when I’ve done foul shit to people and then I get all frazzled after ’cause I feel like an asshole. ‘Kon or his DJ yells out, “NOW WE CAN START THE SHOW YA’LL READY?!?!”.. and then doesn’t start the show, and then he goes on to say, “Now gettin’ back to what I was sayin’… Uh, he’s okay. He’s alright”.
Kinda sounds like when you fake wrestle your homey and then he’s laid out on someones lawn, not blinking, and your homegirl’s like, “Damn Bryan! The fuck you always gotta do that shit for?!”. Doesn’t it? No?… fuck.
The Winner:
VERBAL ASS WHIP TO FACE WHIP by Josh Homme
Call me an asshole, but I love hearing motherfuckers when they’re mad. That’s when the real creativity and/or real rage comes out. And you can usually tell who’s never been in a tense scenario before by what they do and don’t say. Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age gets some shit thrown at him and returns the favor after verbally bludgeoning the turd in front of about a hundred billion people in Norway. In my opinion, he goes a bit far with the face whip, but this is a sure fire way to never have anything, (including pussy), ever thrown at you by anyone ever again.
Kudos fellas. I’m ’bout to go throw some bottles up in your honor!

- Bryan 'be.' Espiritu