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Superfood
So the very next song I heard was the original "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics and I had a flashback to undergrad...
Picture it, Fall 1999, Gaston Hall, Georgetown University. I am the second-term President of the Georgetown Univerisy Step Team, which I founded in Spring of 1998.
Spring ninety-eight marked our inception
We came out steppin'
Now we are all that and then some
We are not a new sorority
Nor a fraternity/Nor do we try to be
We are the fine Hoyas runnin' things
Now that you all know our mission
Please pay attention
Let's show them all what they been missin'....
So we're having our second-ever step show, and our first one in a big venue. Gaston Hall seats 700. About 250 showed up at the previous year's show so we knew we would need a better venue than the food court.
We invited teams from everywhere. On the final roster we had Alpha Phi Alpha, Lambda Pi Chi, Phi Beta Sigma, Omega Phi Chi, Omega Psi Phi, the University at Buffalo Step Team, and of course the GU Step Team. We also invited Superfood, an a cappella singing group on campus.
The previous semester, or maybe even earlier that same semester, I had choreographed a very simple step for Superfood to use with their arrangement of "Are You That Somebody" by Aaliyah. They were sooooo cute! And very appreciative. I was either friends with or admired a lot of them: Ajit (who me and my girl nicknamed Jity-jit, but he never knew it), Rachel, Amanda, Sherman, LeQuan, and oh snap, I just blanked on the girl's name who is the focal point of the story....shit....[EDIT: It's TINA!]
So I invited Superfood to open up the show, with the intent that they would perform "Are You That Somebody" with the step at the end. They sang a lot of other songs I liked as well, including "Sweet Dreams" (which inspired me to write this entry, of course).
Superfood had so much talent. They weren't like the other singing groups on campus. They were like...for the people and of the people. Not standoffish, not corny. And they were pleasing on the eyes, too. The ladies and the fellas.
So okay, Tina (the girl that lead the song) had on this nice, semi-tight dress with knee-high boots. The group starts with Sherman doing the little "Dirty south.....can y'all really feel me?" and Amanda leading the "Baby girl...feel me....dirty dirty..."
TOO CUTE. Superfood made me like a cappella.
Then Tina steps out and starts singing.
"BOY....I been watchin' you..."
But why is she pointing to me????
If you could see the tape, all you saw was my afro turning to the left, then the right, then realizing that yes, this girl is singing to me.
In front of at least 600 people.
Oh. My. God.
So she's singing the song and she's CLEARLY identified with me in the crowd. And this was a relatively quiet girl -- I would have never thought that she would have so much stage presence and sexuality.
So I am looking at the rest of Superfood and Ajit is looking at her, then me, and smiling. And so is Amanda. And Sherman. In general, they were all hype to be there. I, on the other hand, was turning beet red with embarrassment. The girl is doing all types of points and shakes and bendovershowalittletittyrightquicks.
Mind you, I know it's all for the show, but in the meantime, my boys in the audience are like "YEAH RASHID!!!!! I SEE YOU!!!! GET HER!"
The ended the performance with the step and the crowd LOVED them. They were awesome, on the real. Me turning red was nothing, I had a great time. But after the show, Ajit was like "Yeah dude, I ain't know she was gonna shake her titties all in your face."
LOLOL
We had a great time in college, I swear.
(The following year, one of the Sigmas started talking to me from the stage in the middle of his performance, but that's another story.)
So yes, Superfood. The greatest a capella group that ever was. If you're reading, I MISS YOU GUYS AND I WANT YOU SING AT MY WEDDING IN LIKE TEN YEARS!!!!
Oh yeah, one more thing...support my boy Ajit's career! I love this man so much, he'll probably never know. So talented, so cool.
[EDIT] And here is Superfood's website! Buy their album!
Posted by Rashid on February 9, 2005 5:18 PM
Comments
I sooo remember that!
And "Are you that somebody" was like my unofficial theme song in GUST:
(Flirty) South, can you really feel me?
East Coast, West Coast...
[tipping my "40" to the memories. Good times.]
Commented by Toni on May 24, 2005 7:33 PM
> Me turning red was nothing, I had a great time. But after the show, Ajit was like >"Yeah dude, I ain't know she was gonna shake her
titties all in your face."
What's up Rashid? This is LeQuan, I just happened upon this blog while searching the net for some info on something totally unrelated to me or Superfood. Go figure!
Anyway, i HAD to comment, cause that was my first concert with Superfood, and it's one of my best memories. I was doing the rap with Tina, and she was angry with me cause i didn't "interact" with her enough. She had me feeling bad and stuff cause I thought i was the naive little freshman and the only one who didn't know she was going to be "shaking ass and titties on stage." Nice to know "post-incident" that i wasn't the only one who was surprised by her sudden adlibs! Anyway, keep doing your thang, man! - LeQuan
Commented by LeQuan on March 12, 2006 4:31 AM