Ladacris; Theater Of The Mind Screening Event!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:36 pm

Ludacris takes over Tribeca Cinemas!

It’s been a minute since I hit the city streets of New York, so I
figured I’d mark my return to the Big Apple with a trip to Luda’s
Private Album Screening (it wasn’t that private, lol). Since I spoke to
Luda several days ago, I had no intentions on even requesting to speak
with Luva Luva, I just wanted to enjoy the festivities…and I basically
did just that.

I hit downtown about 30 minutes before the venue opened it’s doors, but
of course there was already a hefty line to get inside. Since I’m not
TOOO Hollywood, I waited in my designated position and chopped it with
a couple of my industry cohorts. The homey Somya arrived shortly after
I did and refused to wait in line, so she proceeded to strong arm
whoever was in front. Surprisingly, she got inside within the next 3
minutes (lucky punk). As it began to rain, I pondered doing the same
thing. Luckily, some of my Def Jam comrades spotted me in the crowd and
pulled me right inside (ok, so I’m a tad bit Hollywood, but who isn’t?).

Once inside, I located the nourishment (food and liquor) and got busy.
The venue, which was at a decent size, filled to capacity about 10
minutes after my arrival. I talked to my homey Melo for a bit (she kept
bragging about Sean Pecas’s B-Day party last night at TAJ….Jay-Z, Nas,
Fab and Swizz came out) Packed, to say the least, I scooted my light
skinned behind to the back of the venue since everyone and their MOTHER
was on the hunt for VIP access. See, the DJ was set up upstairs, and
obviously, that’s where Luda would be hosting the nights festivities.
Before the man of the hour arrived, the VIP area looked like the
general area; packed like a sardine can.

Before the listening session commenced, LA Reid, Young Sav, Steve-O,
Miss Info and a couple other important industry personnel made their
way to the VIP corner. Shortly after, Luda snuck his way in and got
down to business. He played several records from the Lp which included;
“MVP”, a track produced by DJ Premiere (Primo’s first track with a
southern artist), “Last of a Dying Breed” co-starring Lil Wayne, “One
More Drink” co-starring T-Pain, and “Everybody Hates Chris” co-starring
Chris Rock (sh*t is funny as all hell). Since the speakers kept cutting
in and out Luda cut the session short and instructed everyone to the
two theaters (you needed either a blue ticket or red ticket to gain
access. I had both, lol).

We (me and Melo) grabbed some popcorn and made our way down to the
front since the back of the theater was already packed. I copped a
squat and began chomping on my pizopcorn. Miss Info, who was sitting
about 7 feet away from me, yells over, “Yo Low, did you hear your shout
on Hot97 earlier”. I replied, “Nah, what did you say”. If your not
familiar, Miss Info is Hot 97’s, News Director. Every night she does
the “Celebrity Drama” report on Funkmaster Flex’s show and last night
LowKeezy got a nice lil shout for some information I posted yesterday.

After our mini quarrel (she wouldn’t tell me what she said on her
report), Luda, MTV’s, Sway, Chaka Zulu and the rest of the DTP/Def Jam
family made their way into the theater. Sway took some time to
introduce the man of the hour and Luda took a couple seconds to
introduce the film we were about to watch. In the clip, they showed
some behind the scenes footage of Luda’s first single, “What Them Girls
Like” and also his new clip, “Undisputed” featuring Floyd Mayweather.
While watching “Undisputed”, I whipped out my apparatus and recorded
about 2 minutes of the video. As to whether or not that should’ve been
done, who knows, but it sure was a good video.

During his Q&A Luda discussed being extremely underrated, his pool
house burning down the other day (he was actually laughing about it),
being financially stable and resolving his beef with T.I., a process
that’s been going on for quite some time. All in all, the night was
well put together. Good food, free drinks, a couple honey dips and
great people. Shouts to the homies, Young Sav, Nicole (Lenny S’s
assistant), Tim (fool!), Mazzi, Tapemasters Inc (welcome back),
Steve-O, Nigel D (prick), Melo, Miss Info (watch your back) and
everyone else I missed. Of course, pics are below! ENJOY (Good LOOKS, D)