Last night, Terminal 5 hosted the fourth annual Hennessy Artistry event. Which is what exactly? Well, the famous cognac basically holds superswanky parties in four states (the show visited Chicago, Atlanta and Houston before winding up in NYC), curated by hip-hop and pop icons. This year’s lineup was pretty spectacular: The Roots and Common welcomed rising talent such as Colin Munroe (read our interview here), with special guests Caron Wheeler (of Soul II Soul), Q-Tip and Queen Latifah. Gossip mag readers may thrill to learn that guests included Eve, Penn Badgley, Lucy Liu, and Ashanti.

The show itself had all the razzle-dazzle you’d expect of an event put together by the blingy booze brand; chandeliers, Hennessy cocktails and a hugely up-for-it crowd. It’s not hard to feel elevated, though, watching the Roots—whose tuba-fattened funk was irresistible as ever. Common had ladies literally screaming at him from the front row, and kindly took his own picture on a fan’s camera phone (see our pictures above). Colin Munroe sang like an angel, and wore the most disgusting skinny jeans known to man; Caron Wheeler sang gorgeous, smooth renditions of “Keep on Movin’” and “Back II Life”; Q-Tip delivered a crazily bouncy “Bonita Applebum”; and Queen Latifah kicked ass (of course she did). The show felt like a coming together of old friends—and while it might’ve been exciting to see some of this year’s emerging mixtape rappers shaking things up, this was still a heck of a party.