The Sugar Shack

Look familiar? This painting, The Sugar Shack, is featured in the credits of the sitcom Good Times. This is exactly what I thought of as soon as I stepped into the AFRO MAMA Jams.
Good Times!

The Hip-Hop scene is not big at all down here, but on Thursday & Sunday nights you can definitely get your groove on at the Makena Cantina Club. The AFRO MAMA Jams/Party brings live FUNK/SOUL/R&B/HIP-HOP acts:



…and the party don't stop with DJ CASABLANCA (100% vinilo) spinning crazy old school soul and classic tunes that’ll keep you grooving till the early morn. And when I say early morn, I mean people still waiting in line at 4am trying to get in. Yes, even on a Sunday night/Monday morn. It’s crazy. I try to stay awake just to hear the next jam. And rarely do I ever walk up to the DJ just to ask what he’s spinning, but this guy knows what’s good. One of my favorite jams was this song by Kwick. Btw, Jeff declared “possibly the best night of music in my life.” It was also cool to watch people groove to feel -good music just smiling with their ‘step together step‘ moves like old school Soul Train. I'm a big fan of happy people.



...and if you need a break from dancing , take a back seat and chill for a bit. Order another beer if you like. Maybe you need more energy? Go ahead and order yourself a pizza cuz the kitchen is still open. Looking out the window you can see the people still waiting in line to get a taste of the funky soul craziness.




A casual b-boy battle even got thrown into the mix. Really though???…Who do you know that does hydraulics & 1990 handspins at 5:00 in the morning. I think they did 'babies' too...or was it 'coin drops'....Hoagies would know. Anyways, One of the b-boys was an emcee as well that rocked the mic on stage earlier. He went up to Jeff and told him that he likes that one Asian rapper, Jin. Guaranteed he only made that reference because he thought he was Chinese. It’s all love though.