This is what I'm talking aaaaaay-bout! As we step into the large suite of Shavo Odadjian from System of the Down at (hotel name omitted for privacy reasons), not only are we greeted by the sounds of Wu-Tang Forever's "Reunited" ("Reunited, double LP, the world excited") but the view off his balcony is immaculate. You can see just about every major hotel from here. It's overwhelmingly peaceful.

Shavo, who was raised by his grandmother, has the hospitality still with him. He offers me, Sway and the other members of our crew just about everything except the shirt off his back. His casa es our casa -- or something to that effect.

He throws on some Public Enemy and starts playing the guitar over "Welcome to the Terrordome," reciting all the words verbatim. It's time to hit the club, so we mosey down to the Hard Rock Hotel because they have a slammin' club called Body English.

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