Wednesday, Sep 12 - Front Room
Dead Prez
w/ Lushlife, Iron Solomon, DJs Total Eclipse And Gen.Erik
Wednesday, Sep 12
9:00 pm in the Front Room
$16a, $20d / 21+
dead prez is M-1 (left) and stic.man (right). Revolutionary Hip Hop with a Gangsta Lean. From their debut classic album Let’s Get Free, to their Turn Off the Radio mixtape series, all the way forward to M1′s forthcoming international project AP2P and stic.man’s current ground breaking “fit hop” album The Workout, dead prez’s RBG movement continues to evolve and represent Hip Hop culture authentically in this Age of Information. Never ones to rush their process, dead prez is preparing to reemerge from the training, the touring and the activism to release a new studio album. If you’ve been out the loop on what’s happening with DPZ, deadprez.com is where you can catch up on what you may have been missing and stay tuned for the new that is to come. Lots of exciting things on the way.
Though Lushlife describes himself as a “bedroom composer”, the em-cee/producer has been quietly crafting a catalog of sweeping full-lengths that do nothing to betray the dimensions of his small South Philly workspace. His latest, Plateau Vision finds Lush at his most self-possessed, effectively ignoring the outside world of Tumblr-paced album cycles and blog buzz, to create that rare, contemplative hip-hop LP; one that somehow balances its hazed-out cassette experimentations with the pop-friendly underpinnings of big-room hip-hop.
When Iron Solomon’s dad brought home a copy of N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton, a monster was born. The album’s collage style—laden with soulful samples, rumbling bass, chunky drum machines, rock guitar hits and brash yet socially conscious wordplay—would become the blueprint for Solomon’s creativity. When it came time for Solomon to create a sound of his own, Biggie, Jimi Hendrix, Barry White, The Fugees, Nirvana and Wu-Tang were all equally inspiring. As a lyricist, Iron Solomon channeled Jay-Z and Nas—balancing his braggadocios punchlines and decadent wordplay with descriptive depictions of everyday struggle, social commentary and introspective musings. New York City’s multi-cultural patchwork provided the perfect palette to draw from.
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