| Last Thursday, September 2cd Sway and Tech had their 9th anniversary for the World Famous Wake Up Show, at the Reseda country club near LA. They event included and all-star line up of emcees and b-boys and at he end the hyped "heavyweight freestyle championship of the world" between Supernatural and Juice. Throughout the past few years these two cats have been getting a lot of mention on the Wake Up Show for their freestyling ability. Both have been on the show before in freestyle sessions and have been deemed two of the best from the underground, but it was time to see who was the best of the best. Nine judges decided upon a battle of three one-minute rounds for a grand prize of five thousand dollars. At the end of the battle, the undeniable winner was Supernatural. One of the highlights of the battle was when Supernatural ripped Juices name up in front of his face, and started talking about how Juice couldn’t even look into his eyes because Juice knew himself he was wack. Besides the freestyle battle the show preceding it was one of the best I have seen in a long time. Among the all-star roster were performers such as Rhazel (the godfather of noise), Xhibit, Pharoe Monch, Planet Asia and Rasco, Chino XL, and B-boy Ivan and his crew(These are the same cats that were in the Wake Up Show anthem video). Rhazel freaked his set when he proved to all the nonbelievers that he could do the beat of a song and the vocals at the same time- he blew everyone away when he did both the beat and the vocals to the song "If your girl only knew" by Aaliyah. Rasco and Planet Asia made the crowd go bananas with their hit 'Takin It Back Home" and 'Blood Brothaz'. Overall this was one of the best Hip Hop shows put on in a long time. Not a single person that I saw left the show unsatisfied. Big ups to Sway and Tech for representin' all the elements of Hip Hop to the fullest. If you missed the show last Thursday, parts of it will be rebroadcast on KMEL this Friday night from 10-1p.m or at a where ever else the show is syndicated. Don’t sleep- listen to the show and support. Also the Wake Up Show video will be coming soon. written by Tori..
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