Miss Mocha Presents: “Buttah & Brown”- Emmit James & Claudio Parrone Jr. [Write Up]

Two words….SAAANG BOY!! Appropriately, the “Buttah and Brown” tour was brought to Milwaukee first to welcome our own Emmit James home and he brought with him some fellas with vocals on top of vocals, the crowd was very much in tune [Miss Mocha DID that]. DJ FreakishNerd shows out on the 1’s and 2’s with a great mix as the crowd forms and continues to grow up until show time; the floor tables, the booths, and the bar were all full and the stage was lit up with green, blue, red lights one after the other, giving the atmosphere an intimate yet active lounge feel. Emmit James, one half of the Headliners for the show, introduces Leroy Booker to the stage and right off the bat he hits us with a good ol’ nostalgic ‘YEEEEAAAaaaauuuuuUUUHHH!!’ and runs for his life into his introduction song, accompanied by, to quote Emmit, “the illustrious Curtis Crump Jr.” on the keys. He gave us a few love jams before the other half of Buttah & Brown was introduced, Claudio Parrone Jr. A.K.A. C.J. He slowed us down even more with a smooth rendition of “Until the End of Time” by Justin Timberlake, and of course the crowd showed their love for it as they participated in a ‘call and response’ moment with C.J.; “This ones for the lovers!”...Speaking of Lovers, they sure were in attendance on this night. C.J. stepped to the side for the last moment of his set and let the band play for the crowd. Without hesitation, multiple couples, young and old, got up and started slow dancing. It was a sight!

Klassik took the stage next and dominated, vocally and lyrically. His production was a one man show, with a stage presence that could fill a room, the crowd was nothing short of engaged. Finally, feeding off of the momentum of the night, Emmit James and Claudio Jr. took the stage as Buttah & Brown and with the inclusion of an insane drum solo and even a praise break, they gave their audience what they wanted, a high energy cap to the night.

 /Naomi-Re’a for CW