Meeting Sadat X

Hello World,your favorite cartton character, Capital Ode, here. It's been a while since I've really blogged and I'm sorry for the wait but here I am. Well, recently I had the honor of meeting Sadat X from Brand Nubian (a pioneering group in the art of HipHop). He made an appearance at my high school in Brooklyn to meet the talented young artists of our student body. Before hand I was only told that someone from "the business" would be attending our after school meeting. Honestly, I was expecting somebody that nobody would have heard of so in the end I was quite suprised. However, it had been a while since I had really been listening to Brand Nubian like that so when I saw Sadat X in my school cafeteria I wasn't absolutely sure of his identity. Don't get me wrong. As soon as i stepped in the cafeteria I knew I knew him but I couldn't put my finger on who he was exactly. I told my fellow class-mates I believed he was from Brand Nubian however I wasn't going to approach him for fear that I had mistaken his identity.Needless to say I was a tad star-struck when he introduced himslf to the group of us (so much so, I found it hard to ask him questions). He explained to us just how shady the business can be and told us of some of his up-coming ventures. He even introduced us to his artist, Twan Ranks (of the Boot Camp Clik).ok. So here's my favorite part. We usually take part in ciphers at my school during lunch in that very cafeteria. So I had to ask Sadat X and Twan Ranks if they would take part in a cipher with me and the fellow MC's in the meeting (Lady Ma, P'D Reese, & H-Dot with Dyno D on the beat[lunch table] and Kwasie taping the whole thing). I was really suprised when he said yes. It was great. The video was up on Youtube, but unfortunately due to regulations at the school the video had to be taken down. Well, at least I have the memory...