Q Parker (112) and team host a ladies' dance audition for his solo project, "Real Talk". Shawty (comedian) keeps spirits light!

Deliberating: Jamal, Q, another judge
Q & Shawty

Great dancer/instructor (Myiah)

These girls (well minus ms.pink shirt...sorry) were baaaaaaaaad! They stayed and did a second set of their own and ripped it i'm telling you!

I loooooove dancing. It inspires me. Since i was a little girl you could catch me entering dance competitions, performing on the stage for large audiences or simply in my living room thinking in my head, "I must look like Janet Jackson when I do this move!". Welllllllllll I've kinda lost some of that funk (sad face) and i'm no Janet Jackson but I met a few girls at Q Parker's dance auditions (for his tour) at Marvelous Marvin McIntyre Studios on Monday night that could hold their own next to the legendary diva any day.

Q's album, "Real Talk" will be exploding onto the scene this Summer/Fall. The singer talks about real life issues in this album that anyone can relate to. For those who wonder if Q can do it on his own without the support of his boys from 112, wonder no more, because he's got it like that. He gave me a sample of one of his news songs and his voice upon our meeting. Wait until the end of the video below to hear Q's smooth melody. This WILL be an album to buy this year!

Q was joined by choreographer Al Jamal, some other partners, and comedian Shawty (Wild N Out) who kept the room in laughter as he did his "Shawty Dance", and made jest of the dancing hopefuls. Catch him Tuesday night, May 6th at Uptown Comedy Corner for his show, "Shawty, Shawty...What my name is??!!". Shawty gave me a couple of tickets so I'll see you there! Before that catch him in the video I have here to see what kind of projects he's involved in. That boy is a nut. Mission accomplished!

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Thanks for the invite Katena Keno (cool name by the way)!

Miesha
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Downtown's Uptown- Comedy Club Review/Trippin' on Tuesdays

Ehehheeee...giggle, giggle snort!

I needed to laugh. I'm told by various people that I need to loosen up because I tend to be nunish in my demeanor at times....aight damn-it so I loosened up the belt (not only cause of the slight weight gain) and put on my best heels to step out on a Tuesday night. Grand Hustle Entertainment and Rubicon Entertainment presents Trippin' on Tuesdays hosted by LiL Duval (yes he's little but dude stands tall) on this unlikely night for clubin'. Unlikely so I thought...cuz the club was packed and everybody was lookin' good! Folks came out and filled the seats dressed up like it was the re-opening of Atlanta's Visions with special guest JayZ performing. Anyway besides the house being full with us commoners from floor to balcony, the lovely Magic City "dancers" sat in the front row and Atlanta's favorite rapper TI and his wifie (uh do people still say that??) Tiny looking really good together, came and chilled in VIP. They were both very friendly, cool and make it seem aight to have RIDICULOUS money but not ALWAYS have to floss and bling. Last night the famous couple was refreshingly very un-Hollywood. I don't know if that is what he goes for (probably mostly not if you listen to his music and all the things he has that only steep money can buy) but I'm all for rich normalcy. I like that.

During my hour plus time at the club (we- me and my entourage, lol- got there a little after 11 p.m.) I witnessed 5 commedians (not including LiL Duval), one a regular on BET's Comic View, another from my native of Chicago (yeaaaaaaaaaah!), yet another a Yung Joc looking reject, the fourth who got booed the hell off the stage and chumped off by a chic and the last (who actually spoke first) who was in love with his Corona. Besides the poor sap who got apolloed off the stage, all the dudes were pretty freakin' funny yo. I've seen good and bad reviews about this club, but I'm all about self experience before I make an informed opinion. So I am going to give you some high lights and low lights:

Highlights
1. Nice decor and color
2. LiL Duval is an excellent comedic host
3. You might see a celeb
4. Decent line up of comedians
5. Good prices for food and drinks
6. Lively crowd (lots of electricity in the auidience)

Lowlights
1. Could be a little more spacious
2. Hard to find parking (or paid parking so bring your wallet)
3. I didn't see it but there was a roach spotted by one of the guests, damn!
4. Late start (but that's normal for clubs/parties/hell for life)
5. Lively crowd (dang some folk would not stop loud talking during the show!)

Not just because of the numbers, but because I laughed so hard and truly had a chill time, I'd say the good outweighs the bad at Uptown Comedy Club. If you are looking for a hot spot to frequent early in the week (or on the weekend) go get a drink and some jokes at this club. It's worth being tired the next day at work for.

Uptown Comedy Club
800 Marietta St.
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: (404) 881-0200
Fax: (404) 881-6170

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