{"id":114783,"date":"2022-11-19T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=114783"},"modified":"2022-11-19T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T19:47:01","slug":"i-love-the-90s-tour-2022-review-by-janel-spiegel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=114783","title":{"rendered":"I Love the 90\u2019s Tour 2022 – Review by: Janel Spiegel\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review by: Janel Spiegel\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Love the 90\u2019s Tour 2022<\/p>\n

Featuring Vanilla Ice, Tone Loc, Tag Team, Young MC, All-4-One<\/p>\n

PPL Center<\/p>\n

Allentown, PA<\/p>\n

Novemeber 18, 2022<\/p>\n

7:30PM<\/p>\n

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The 90\u2019s\u2026 What a decade. The eighties were pretty iconic. I digress, The PPL Center was packed with 90\u2019s fans but when Tone Loc went through the decades and started asking for the crowd to reveal the year they were born, it turns out the seventies and eighties won, my section, we were high-fiving each other. The 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s won, we (80\u2019s kid here) also stayed till the very, very end of the show. Shout out to my 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s, 90\u2019s and 2000\u2019s section. \u00a0Some people arrived dressed for the part, the leg warmers belonged to the 80\u2019s though.<\/p>\n

Some of the songs from the nineties included: Lauren Hill \u201cDoo Wop (That Thing)\u201d, \u201cWaterfalls\u201d TLC, \u201cWonderwall\u201d Oasis, \u201cFantasy Remix featuring Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard\u201d Mariah Carey, \u201cRosa Parks\u201d Outkast, Sir Mix-A-Lot \u201cBaby Got Back\u201d. I could go on and on, and on.<\/p>\n

The legendary Tag Team was introduced and they came out and immediately the crowd was hyped up. Tag Team is a legendary hip hop\/pop rap duo from Atlanta, Georgia. Cecil Glenn (DC the Brain Supreme) and Steve Gibson STEVE ROLLN, it has to be like that cause when you say, Steve Rolln, you have to yell it out, STEVE ROLLN! I can imagine if you\u2019re an O.G. 90\u2019s kid, you know what they performed, \u201cWhoomp! (There It Is)\u201d, it was a sing along moment and took a lot of people back to \u201cback in the day\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tag Team played DJs for a while and wanted to have the crowd sing so they picked some songs to keep the energy going. They picked the Iconic DMX\u2019 \u201cParty Up (Up In Here)\u201d and nobody needed a microphone because all of Allentown, and some of Easton could probably hear the crowd. Tag Team took us back to Bel Biv DeVoe\u2019s \u201cPoison\u201d Bel Viv DeVoe is one of the most iconic Hip Hop and R&B groups ever.<\/p>\n

After Tag Team hyped up the crows, the DJ introduced Young MC. Young MC is known for \u201cBust A Move\u201d from his album \u201cStone Cold Rhymin\u2019\u201d 1989. He performed some new songs; he talked about the song being used in the film \u201cBaby Driver\u201d and he was glad to be in Allentown. Young MC also dropped the beat and performed \u201cFastest Rhyme\u201d. He performed \u201cNocturnal\u201d from his album, \u201cAdrenaline Flow\u201d.<\/p>\n

The crowd was up NOW, Tone Loc (Anthony Terrell Smith) is an Icon. Tone Loc was introduced, and he was talking to the crowd. Tone Loc was joined by DJ M. Walk who is \u201can original member of the Legendary 1580 KDAY Mixmaster\u2019s! DJ M. Walk stayed onstage to help out Tone Loc. \u00a0Tone Loc echoed the rest of his fellow performers and said, it\u2019s too cold outside. I agree, Tone Loc, it is too cold. After hyping the crowd up a little more, Tone Loc and DJ M. Walk paid respect to Coolio whom was supposed to be part of this tour.<\/p>\n

Tone Loc and DJ M. Walk performed one of Coolio\u2019s favorite songs, \u201cGin and Juice\u201d by Snoop Dogg. They kept the West Coast and the East Coast included. Tone Loc and DJ M. Walk did a few more songs and then Tone Loc performed \u201cWild Thing\u201d and \u201cFunky Cold Medina\u201d. ( https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005159\/ )<\/p>\n

The next nostalgic moment was the R&B group, All-4-One. All-4-One is Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, Alfred Nevarez, and Tony Borowiak. They came out and sang their souls out. The crowd collectively sang \u201cI Swear\u201d because if you don\u2019t all sing it together with the phone flashlights in place of the lighters, did you even sing the song?! They also sang, \u201cI Can Love You Like That\u201d and \u201cSkillz\u201d which was one of my favorite songs.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/all-4-one.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

DJ M. Walk once again introduced Vanilla Ice. Vanilla Ice brought his crew onstage which included a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Michelangelo to be specific. He was also joined by a person dressed in a Polar Bear blow up costume. Vanilla Ice talked to the crowd, invited people onstage just as Tone Loc did. He performed \u201cNinja Rap\u201d, \u201cPlay That Funky Music\u201d by Hooked. Vanilla Ice saved \u201cIce Ice Baby\u201d from his album To the Extreme 1990<\/span> for last.<\/p>\n

Vanilla Ice reminisced about the nineties and how we \u201cpartied, didn\u2019t have social media (There is no evidence of any of this.), camera phones, we stayed together and just had fun. We had house parties and block parties, picnics. It feels so \u201cLong Ago\u201d (Song by Mariah Carey). It was different, we stayed outside, we talked to one another. It was a fun show, a blast. Vanilla Ice also mentioned Blockbuster which wow. Not it\u2019s streaming with Netflix, Hulu, Tubi, Amazon Prime, and more. It\u2019s constant cell phones and with COVID the social distancing made everything difficult and COVID hit so many people so hard.<\/p>\n

This concert was more than bringing the 90\u2019s back or feeling nostalgic, it was a night to forget about stuff, to forget about life. Vanilla Ice said, he wants everyone to be a \u201cteenager until Monday or just stay a teenager forever.\u201d Tone Loc spoke some truth when he said, \u201cbe happy, just live life and be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music is universal, music brought generations of people together in one very crowded, happy place known as the PPL Center and thank you to the PPL Staff, the Allentown Police, the security, and all the good people that keep everything running smooth like a Sade song.<\/p>\n

They ended the show with Coolio\u2019s LEGENDARY song, \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise\u201d (Song by Coolio and Kyliam Mash). Again, the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s kids, we stayed, we stood up, and as the song starts with, \u201cAs I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I took a look at my life and realize there\u2019s not much left.\u201d When you looked around the PPL Center, you realize every single person that stayed onstage and that was standing and listening to this song that so many of us love, that\u2019s the power of music.<\/p>\n

It was an amazing show, and to see Tone Loc, Tag Team, All-4-One, Young MC, Vanilla Ice, and DJ M. Walk. (DJ M. Walk also had us all sing Journey\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d together, he took that to the next level.) It was a good show. Tone Loc is right though, live life, and be happy and continue on that \u201cFantastic Voyago\u201d COOLIO WE LOVE YOU 4 LIFE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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