“If you want a quantum perspective on why the Nuyorican scene happened like this,” reflects Williams, “this is the beginning of real gangsta rap on the radio. All the thought-provoking and wordplay rappers were being called ‘underground,’ so people were looking to be stimulated through hip-hop and not just have their gangsta identities confirmed. And those people were all showing up at poetry readings: ‘Ah, this is where the lyricists are!’”
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Bonobo
Saturday, Nov 14 @ Fox Theater, Oakland
Pretty Lights
Thursday-Sunday, Nov 19-21 @ Fox Theater, Oakland
Ozomatli
Saturday, Nov. 21 @ UC Theatre, Berkeley
Kamasi Washington
Saturday, Dec 5 @ UC Theatre, Berkeley
Steel Pulse
Thursday, Dec 31 @ UC Theatre, Berkeley
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