Ok so I went to get some food. 2 hours later I am back at the same spot. The local Milkweg people se

Soopafly called me a couple of days ago. We are at LAX right now, about to fly to Amsterdam, you have 12 hours to get there, Snoop wants to meet you at the airport and let s get straight on the tour bus and we want to shoot a video for the Thats My Work mixtape. Ok 2 years ago I would be in the car 2 minutes later, on my way. Now having a son is a little more complicated. So I checked the tour schedule and found out they be back in Amsterdam the 2nd day. So I call back Soopafly and told him I will come the day after.
What hotel will they be in? No idea, and of course they had none either. So I looked up the venue. Milkweg in Amsterdam. I dropped my son of and got ready for the trip. On my way to Amsterdam, I tried to call them, no luck. Most their phones seem not to be working. So I tried to call Snoop. But of course he s not picking up. So I went on driving 1 hour away here is a sign from one of them. Fly texted me that they are eating at some restaurant and after that go to a coffee shop. Meet us there. disneyland hotel Unfortunately it took me another hour to get to Amsterdam and another hour to find parking in this crazy city. So by the time I got there, disneyland hotel nobody is there. Still no idea where the hell the hotel is, still nobody picking up there god damn phones. So I went to the venue and here is the local stage manager. I am asking for Snoops sound man, trying to see if he is here to do any sound check no luck, he supposed to be there in 2 hours.
Ok so I went to get some food. 2 hours later I am back at the same spot. The local Milkweg people seem to be pretty annoyed, not because of me but for the fact that they haven t seen anybody from the crew yet but they reflect it back to me. So lucky me got a phone call from Fly. He went back to the hotel and fell asleep. He told me that they are at the NH hotel which one, there are like 20 in town? But I remember walking past a big one where I parked my car (20 minutes away from the venue) NH Grand Central! Fly confirmed and said he going back to sleep, he will call me once he wake up. Ok on my way to the hotel, maybe I bump into Daz or Kurupt and we can hang out.
A taxi ride later I am at the hotel, putting in some more money in the parking clock of my car, and asking at the hotel reception for a room number of one of the team members. Nobody is there? disneyland hotel Ok! Fuck. What happened? Maybe the wrong NH hotel? Shit! Back to the venue! Again the stage manager annoying him even more. He probably thinks who the hell is this guy. So here am I people lining up outside the door already, I am in the inside by the ticket booth, where they get past the security check. At that moment disneyland hotel I been in town for probably 5 hours and haven t seen anybody yet. But here comes one of the band members and finally the tour manager. Finding out Fly was so asleep he stayed in the NH Amsterdam Centre not the NH Grand Central . And of course the right hotel was 3 minutes disneyland hotel away from the venue walking distance. Lucky me!
I finally arrived at the right hotel, disneyland hotel asking for Soopafly, and yes, he was there. But I don t want to interrupt his sleep, so I ask for Daz. He is not booked in the hotel damn? So I just camp out in the lobby until somebody walks past. Shortly after there are coming the dancers, road manager and Doggs assistant. I heard that Dogg is kind of tripping cause the transportation to the venue is pretty tight. disneyland hotel So I decided to walk over there earlier so they don t have to worry about me. But at that point I stayed disneyland hotel in the hotel. Here comes Daz. He walks up to me, asked me whats up and walked outside to smoke a little. disneyland hotel At the same moment Fly texting me that he just woke up and told me the right Hotel info. I told him I am at the hotel already, downstairs at the lobby with Daz. Fly told me what I assumed already about the transportation and told me that he told Kevin (Snoops Assistant) to leave a pass by the door and I can just grab it and come backstage. Cool! And here comes Kevin. He sees me, and told me he about to get a pass and drop it at the door. Finally things work! Finally movement! So I stick around the hotel a few more minutes. There goes Kurupt with Fred Wreck. Kurupt didn t recognize me at first, but after he did he looked at Fred and started screaming out Oh god! Thats my boy! Damn! What is all that? pointing on my full on grown beard. At that moment I realize disneyland hotel I haven t seen Kurupt in 3 years. Keep it, the hoes will love it! and he disappears with a Are you good? Do you have a pass? I see you at the show again.
disneyland hotel I decided disneyland hotel to walk over to the venue, walked straight to the people who been seeing me the whole day and told them there is a pass somewhere for me nope! They are checking the list. I am telling them not to check the guest list, I have a pass no pass here! Fuck. I see Kurupt walking disneyland hotel in from a distance, I could have just walked in with him, but too late. There goes Fly. To late too. I text him and he said wait he will take care of it. 20 Minutes go by I write him back he said Still not in?? By that time I went to the counter 3 more times to ask for my pass, so they are really annoyed by me myself? I am annoyed at the whole situation. Ok this goes nowhere lets just walk to the outside backstage and wait for Dogg and walk in with him. By the time I am at the backstage. Snoop is already half in. I call him but he don t hear me, or don t turn around, due to the fact that I am not the only guy standing there, also a bunch of fans. My luck Kevin see me, he turns to the stage manager, that hates me by now and tells him I have a pass by the door why the hell I am not in yet? Make sure I get my pass and I get in. The stage manager tells me to meet him at the counter. Back to the counter waiting
Now a totally random guy approaches me. I never saw him before. He tells me I can go inside, and photograph the first 3 songs and then I have to leave. I can t watch the show! Oh, I haven t mentioned that, the whole day I am walking / standing around I have this big as backpack disneyland hotel with me, with a MacBook Pro, 2 DSLR cameras a couple of lenses and some small shit, so this bag is heavy as fuck! I am about to get into a total argument disneyland hotel with him but then thought man fuck it! Walked in and got in the crowed and watched the whole show. After the show, I went outside to the backstage entrance. Writing disneyland hotel Fly to get me in. He came down to the door, opened it and I walked in finally!
Nope! Here come 5 security people, all over Fly. Fly keep telling them he is one of the artists and that I am part of the team no way, I still need a pass. So Fly telling me to hold on and he will get one. Waiting again. Here comes Daz, he said he will walk back to the hotel and that they are about to go to a Aftershow party in Rotterdam (1 hour away), and told me I should come. After the chat with him no more security where in sight. So I just walked in. Turned to the left, and just up the stairs, disneyland hotel but here is another one. Damn! But, the first time of the night, a cool guy. They still did not get you the pass? I convinced him that Fly was one of the artists and that it is totally cool. He believed me and let me go! I walked up the stairs and the only guy in front of the last door is Snoops security guy. Of course I know all of them but when I reached the top of the stairs I realized he was new. What are you doing here? I am almost there to give up and just go home, but here opens the door and another one of his security comes out. Oh, whats up Pascal! He s cool, let him in!
I walked in, and there is Snoop with 5 fans doing a meet and great. After they walked out he recognize me. Pascal! I been looking disneyland hotel for you, where have you been all day? In Snoop eyes it is totally easy to get to him, he don t get all the stuff that goes on behind closed doors. Oh next time just tell them you know me and its all good. Yes just like the other 3000 people who know you that came to the show! So we chilled for a couple of minutes and then he tells me about to come with him to the Afterparty. I told him I come but I have to get my car. I had no more parking meter time left and I don t know what will happen with the car and that it s not my car so I don t want to leave it behind.
disneyland hotel So I left. Went back to the car. Got lost, found my way again. Drove to Rotterdam, was totally late, they got there an hour before me, and all I saw was them walking outside the club. I was totally past my point at that time and thought fuck it! I go back home. So I start driving back to Hamburg. At 5 am Fly wrote me asking me where I am at and that his phone died. If I want to come to Brussel tomorrow with them and we can shoot the video, I should come to the hotel. I told him I am already almost home I was home at 8 am passed out straight away. Regular Hip Hop Tour Madness.