As featured on Planet Pit
I got ONE word for you my fellow Pitbull fans, and that is
'WOW!' Just when you thought it really wasn't possible for Pitbull to be any
more impressive and bring the house down, he has gone and done it once again, putting
on a spectacular performance power packed with PITBULLOSITY immeasurably off
the scale!
For those that don't know, IPL stands for Indian Premier League (not Intense
Pulse Light!) For me and I imagine a lot of us, it also stands for Inimitable
Pitbull Legend and I was in awe when I heard Pitbull was going to perform at
the Indian cricket tournament in Kolkata which is now running in it's sixth
season.
Word on the street is that once invited, it only took Pitbull a matter of
minutesto agree to perform at the IPL which is a LOT MORE TIME THAN it took for
me to park my culo in the best seat in the house at the 'IPL Opening Ceremony
Party' around the big TV screen hosted by pretty much most of the blokes in the
family, extended family and whoever else likes cricket living within a five
mile radius! Yes, incase you haven't figured it out yet although born and
raised in the UK, my roots are Indian. So I get asked "Err WHY are YOU
sitting here watching the IPL?...You don't watch cricket!" Eventually, they
tweaked the reason why I gate crashed the Cobra Beer 'n' samosa party, as my
sixty year old uncle exclaimed in his accent "OOOH LOOK! Your Peeet-bull
is on tele...haavay khaabar padi! " (Translation: Oh because Pitbull is
on! Now we know why you sitting here hogging the seat, drinking our beer &
nibbling on our grub and after he has finished performing p*** off and leave us
to it!)
Pitbull opened up so very appropriately rapping away “Why you think they call
me Mr Worldwide?” Enough said! What is it Pit says? "Don't talk about it,
be about it" And he is definitely BEING Mr Worldwide and reaching
audiences as far as Kolkata. The guy is back in India where they love him so
affectionately. True to himself yet again and as his lyrics go in Sexy People
‘That's why all opportunities...me lo como -I eat 'em!' I'm guessing that when
Pitbull hears King Khan of Bollywood and co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders,
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) caaalllliiing..He must have heard his inner Indian spirit
faaaalling and jumped on a jet to India!
Breaking into Hey Baby soon after, I don't think even DJ Chino could contain
his excitement at performing in the city of dreams and was caught out many
times by the cameras during Pit's performance gleaming, smiling and
delightfully punching his hand the air to the sounds whilst taking care of the
tracks of course. It was really enjoyable to watch Chino and the rest of the
team on stage enjoying themselves, bringing the stage alive and refreshing to
see the cameras getting more shots of all The Agents too and giving them the
time, close ups and credits that they too deserve - Yea we see you Papayo,
Jorge, David, Leo and you too Omar happily drumming away! Happy Birthday!
The Agents go into an incredible build up with what sounded like a Lenny
Kravitz style 'are you goin my way' intro before going into a Pitbull version
if Sexy and you now it! You guys are awesome, I wish I was there to hear the
sounds in the raw. I salute you!
Pitbull sang more of his signature tracks such as
International Love and went on engaging the crowds even more by demanding that
they answer as he asks them“ What I wanna know is do you want to stop the
party?…DO YOU Wanna stop the party?” And after he was satisfied with a roars of
NO from the audience Pit gives the instructions ”Then let’s give it to them
Chino!” Driving the crowds into a frenzy!
Feel This Moment was another track that drove the crowd wild
while there were lots of other things going on around him in the foreground
such as the hugest bunch of colourful balloons with a woman hanging off it
doing forward 360 degree flips attached to it.
There is no such thing as having too much of a good thing,
like Pitbull. Yet for Pitbull to give more to the crowds he demanded that they
too gave him everything that they got as he again turned to his DJ and
instructed “ Chino, drop that!” a cue to start, yes you’ve guessed it, Give Me
Everything. The part of the performance where Bollywood elite Shah Rukh Khan,
Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif also joined him on stage to cheer him on.
Don’t think India got much sleep that night after Pitbull’s excitable
performance! Pitbull well and truly dazzled the crowd.
It also seems that Pitbull’s suit survived the frying pan
that is the slime at the Kids Choice Awards only to go into the fire of the
Indian heat. I got to give it to you Pit, it's one of the hottest times of the
year there at the moment and performing in that heat and in a suit must be hot
and not as easy as you made it look! But I guess you had your shades on to
balance out the 'cool' effect.
They say 'like attracts like' and there are many entrepreneurial similarities
between King Khan, Kat and Pit. SRK is a very talented and successful Bollywood
actor and is also a bit like Pitbull in that his focus also on other angles and
revenue streams other than his core career, and you see him everywhere from
films, as a brand ambassador on television, billboards and other media
vehicles. King Khan has numerous powerful brand endorsements under his belt
such as Hyundai, Nokia, Tag Heur and more recently as an ambassador for mango
drink Frooti. Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif is also no stranger to endorsements
such as Lux and KODAK! (Snap! Pitbull!) And Pitbull? Well I don't need to go
through his empire with you as you already know!
Make no mistake, Pitbull is no stranger to India and India is also no stranger
to Pitbull. Pit had a concert there a few years back. But further back then
that, I remember going clubbing in India 2005 for the first time in Enigma
expecting bog standard commercial music. Hell No! I heard most of Pitbull's
M.I.A.M.I hits back to back, and this is all BEFORE YOU COULD HEAR ANY PITBULL
SONG IN THE LONDON CLUBS! I was in my element, as my friends who stood on the
sidelines watching me dance away whilst mouthing the lyrics word for word, as
they clutched at their drinks and shook their heads saying "You do know we
ain't gonna be able to get her out of this club now, don't you?"
Pitbull was said to have been treated to various delicacies
after his performance (did you enjoy the rasgullas?) Pit, if you got a taste
for spice after the trip I cook some mean curries so feel free to pop in, bring
The Agents too (and their equipment and we can have one big party!)
Rumour has it that Bollywood beauty Prianka Chopra is collaborating
with Pitbull for her next track ‘Exotic’ and was supposed to be whisking
Pitbull away after his performance to film the video for the song. THAT is
worldwide!
Pitbull, I have to say to you, I am happy and kicking myself too. Happy that you are really
doing the world wide thing and kicking myself in that for the last five years I
have a list of questions, some that nobody has yet asked you. One of them,
being that “Being Mr World Wide and location-wise performing around most of the
globe, would you consider taking world wide to the next level and collaborating
with traditional artists in some of these countries who perform songs in their
first languages too?” TICK. So that is one question off my list! I hope that
one day you will give me a shout and say “HEY Mamita! Lemme do this list of
questions with you….Dale!”
I hope that you bagged a Bollywood role while you were out
there too Pit!
Let’s all salute the World Wide Party starter, party sustainer, party leader!
Dale! EEEeeyOW!
By Serina
