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...Message” teams up with the most outspoken and recognizable spoken word artist out there. Also performing are virtuoso turntablist Rob Swift (of the X-ecutioners crew) and gritty avant-rap enclave Dalek. Do not miss this chance to see a hip-hop legend alongside seriously leftfield innovators. Sunday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets $24 advance, $28 door. The Middle East, 472-480 Massachusetts Ave., (617) 864-EAST...
When he was a junior, Clayton started an audiovisual collective named Toneburst with like-minded friends from Harvard and the Massachusetts College of Art. Though it has since fallen into abeyance, Toneburst set a precedent for leftfield electronics in Boston’s house and techno-centric club scene. The group hosted DJ and live performances that culminated in a self-produced disc of excursions into hip-hop, jungle...
Doubles were Harvard’s weapon of choice in the fourth inning. as Wallace led off the frame with a two-bagger down the leftfield line. Carter followed up with a double of his own, tying up the game...
...Definitive Beat” is anything but. Clearly an attempt to outdo Leftfield at its own game, it fails, and miserably at that. While Leftfield’s pulsating “Phat Planet” is a listenable, likable tune suffused with kinetic joy and drenched in brilliant shades of electronic tones, Mirwais’ own entry resembles nothing so much as a broken record, mindlessly churning out the same garbage ad nauseam. The vital energy is lacking, leaving nothing behind but a sparse wasteland of broken notes...
...Matthew's rhymes flowed smoothly, and their old-school touches (human beatbox effects and a strong effort at turntablism). Perhaps the best display of their skills was "Topics," where the duo rapped about any topic the audience threw at them, improvising some delicious rhymes seemingly from leftfield: Christmas ("seemed last year I got a Sega Genesis/Now my Ma's my nemesis") and the X-Files ("it's really complex/To analyze what's next"). Scott & Chiqui displayed impressive pop-culture name-checking ("Just last week I saw Princess Amidala/Grab Portman by the collar"), a sense of humor (somehow Roy worked...