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...past decade, though, Andre and Big Boi have fused their personalities to create the best songbook in hip-hop. Songs like B.O.B. (Bombs over Baghdad) and Rosa Parks not only push the boundaries of the genre, they stimulate massive butt and brain vibrations. But as both men approach 30, their differences have hardened. Now they write songs separately, record in separate studios and sit for separate interviews. On Sept. 23, they are releasing separate albums, albeit in one boxed set, under the OutKast name. (Big Boi's disc is called Speakerboxxx; Andre's is The Love Below.) All this...
...much-hyped tour features interactive political forums led by infamous spoken-word artist Saul Williams and the even more infamous Larry Flynt, former publisher of Hustler. Concerts will be given by radical hip-hop activists Dead Prez, who have been under the radar ever since dropping their debut album Let’s Get Free, and DJ Kuttin Kandi of the 5th Platoon turntablist crew. 7 p.m. Free. Sanders Theatre...
...manufactures his songs from scratch, complimenting his urgent vocals with his own production. On his recently released Bazooka Tooth, he speaks on such topics as 9-11, violence in popular culture and mankind’s struggle against the machines of its creation. Ace takes the stage with Boston hip-hop legend Mr. Lif, and Def Jux collegue and collaborator El-P. $17.50 advance, $20 day of show; 18+. The Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston...
...even if the album doesn’t always do justice to the act, it should be more than enough to expand their audience for their next burst of deranged brilliance. They’re here, they’re weird, and they’re making basement hip-hop with uncommon glee...
Dabrye’s “Making It Pay” sets the stage in shades of grey, a slice of abstract hip-hop whose pulverizing bassline and stainless snares sound more computerized than crunk. But soon the album’s pulled in opposite directions by tracks like Charles Manier’s “At The Bottle” (whose post-Kraftwerk synths and four-on-the-floor thump sound made for anime dancefloors) and a Telefon Tel Aviv rework of Midwest Product’s “A Genuine Display...