Cotton Club, 7.05.03 Montana and JR P Birthday Bash w/Unity Sounds/Shockwave
All pics by Carmen Maria, Review by Montana
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carmen and i arrived at the cotton club around midnight.  the streets looked kind of quiet in the area and we were able to find a parking spot right out front, but i know that cotton club is usually the afterparty spot for the clark street clubs and doesn't tend to fill up until 2am, so it was no surprise.


we found a table in the middle and held that corner throughout the night.  shockwave was on at first and was doing a nice job and starting the early bubbling vibes.   carmen got right to work snapping away while i tried to see if anyone would be nice enough to spring for some perrier jouet on my birthday (no such luck! haha), but since unity agreed to come up all the way from atlanta via detroit just to play for my parties, i couldn't complain.
it was my first time hearing unity play live, except for the short stint at union hall the night before and everyone was anxious and somewhat skeptical, "they're a CD sound, you know", people were telling me. 
  well, from the time cross first touched the mic, i knew this wasn't just your  "ordinary cd sound"!  unity had the cotton club more hype than i've EVER seen it! from old time roots and foundation through to the hottest new summer scorchers and then back to foundation lovers rock, unity took full control and made the crowd beg for more.  3:45am and the crowd was still jumping and ready to go until sunrise...
big thank you to unity sounds for making the trek and repping atlanta in chicago and also to acultureshock productions and teejay for my champagne BUCKET filled with ice and water bottles (yeah, it wasn't my perrier jouet, but it was a nice touch nevertheless)!  it was a great birthday!!!