At the end of it all it was you.

It finally feels like summer here in NYC - it started on July 4th, and continued this past weekend. So what better time than to enjoy the summer at Summerstage, a free concert series at Central Park. Saturday was beautiful, 82, sunny but with a breeze - the perfect setting to see Chester French and Q-Tip.

Chester French was an added bonus, but Q-Tip was really the draw for me. He killed it for an hour - working the stage and pulling from his vast collection of great songs. From Tribe days, to Amplified and Renaissance, with nods to MJ (see red jacket and some Jackson 5 moves) and James Brown (his DJ pulled out a towel and draped it like a cape). I was impressed.

Evidently, us mere common folk weren't the only ones feeling it. Diddy, Cassie, Michael Rappaport, Fab 5 Freddy and Dame Dash were all there. Randomly ended up standing by the left side of the stage, near the VIP entrance and saw all of them. But found Diddy the most interesting to watch, mostly for his need for attention.

Everyone was staring, like he commanded it. I don't know whether it was his bluetooth, or the fact that he was the only person who stood on the ledge of a trailer (which was unnecessary to see the show), or that he tried and succeeded in starting the crowd doing the double clap, or that during the 'Vivrant Thing' he decided he was feeling it so much he turned around and slapped/humped the trailer, or that he finally climbed on stage during 'Award Tour'. Probably, the combination of all of it. I know I couldn't help but notice - but I can say I didn't join in the double clap. xx