Just thought I throw this up, even though it happened a few nights ago. It was a very entertaining night. A lot of really good selections. It’s crazy how far skate videos have come. Peace to 19 Years Young for being nominated!!!

And now… The second installment from our Critical Weekend. We continued our efforts to Nicholl Park in Richmond.

Which led to grubbing on some pizza at the nearest Round Table…

Which led a few of us to drive to the City and catch the Emerica Stay Gold premiere…

Stay Gold was an incredible video, by the way.

[Photo Cred: The same dudes who took pictures on the last post]

Actually, under the freeway, is what I should have mentioned. Under the Bridge is just more identifiable. With the help from JR “NoCB” Marasigan (aka my Cousin Jay), we got down with some filming and photography this past weekend with the team. This is just a gallery of what went down at the first spot we hit up, the freeway park in the Oakland/Emeryville border. #CheersToACriticalWeekend.

[Photo Cred: JR "NoCB" Marasigan and myself]

[Above: A Tribe Called Quest performing Midnight Marauders.]

So that’s how I spent my Saturday evening. For anyone unaware, the theme for this years Rock The Bells was the headliners performing their classic albums in their entirety. Such as, Rakim performing Paid in Full, Snoop Dogg performing Doggystyle and The Wu-Tang Clan performing 36 Chambers. They had a crazy bill this year, But I only caught Lauryn, Tribe, Wu and Snoop. That was enough to capture some nostalgia.

Here is some backstory if you’re down to know some insight about my likings in Hip Hop…

I was always aware of Hip Hop. I remember walking to my gradmother’s house and seeing my older cousin watching Yo! and Rap City with her boyfriend. But I never paid close attention, really.

Back in ’92 I listened to a lot of Guns N’ Roses and Metallica. No, I’m serious about that. Every so often, I’d listen to Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Again, I’m serious about that. So at school in ’93, I started getting acceptance in a “Cooler Crowd”, if you will. But, I got made fun of a lot because I didn’t listen to KMEL. But then again, I started exploring more about Hip Hop on my own outside of what was on the radio.

I got one of those 9 albums for one penny deals and Midnight Marauders and Doggystyle were amongst that pile. Randomly, my older brother had 36 Chambers, because he was really into the fact that they were into Kung Fu flicks. That’s how I got to listening to Wu-Tang. Well, those were just a few albums that set in me in a direction of being a fan of Hip Hop today. So seeing Tribe, Wu and Snoop perform those ablums was a serious blessing as a Hip Hop fan. Thank you GU!

Without going into full detail, that’s me being a Hip Hop purist, I suppose. I might have exposed my age a little bit about writing this, I realize now.

On a completely different note, has any of our L.A. readers hit up Stoner Skate Plaza in the Westside? I want to hit that up when I get some time. Hit us up on the comments or on Twitter if you have.

Aight, so here goes the second part of the In The Cutts weekend. Most of the imagery took place after our shoot and various skate sessions. After all of that, Turbo took us to our favorite spot to eat in Hollywood. Dillons. Place is so good that it can stand alone in its own sentence. Plenty of beer and plenty of food. I believe we were there for like five hours or something. Damn, maybe six. Hey, the NBA playoffs just jumped off at that time. Peace to Biebel for joining us that night.