Kev Choice Ensemble, one of the dopest hip-hop bands in the Bay Area, performed a "TRIBUTE-A TRIBE CALLED QUEST" on September 18th, 2009 at The Shattuck DownLow in Berkeley. The Tribute featured "Phife Dawg" of ATCQ as guest host. Special guest m.c.'s from the Bay Area Hip-Hop scene came thru and busted the verses from ATCQ classic's. This is a version of "Sucka Nigga" off of Midnight Marauders album featuring Zumbi of the Hip-Hop group ZION I as the guest MC bustin Q-Tips verse.

Kev Choice, an Oakland native, is a pianist/MC/producer/bandleader/composer, who focuses on bringing live elements to Hip-Hop that no other MC has been able to bring before. The Ensemble is comprised of some of the dopest up and coming musicians/producers/artist in the Bay Area. The have a diverse set of strenghts from straight ahead jazz players, church musicians, R&B/Soul/Hip-hop producers, music educators, writers, and classical musicians. This makes for a phenomenal mix and outstanding band with a performance that rivals the top bands in Hip-Hop/R&B/Soul.
Kev Choice Ensemble:
Kev Choice-MC/KEYS
Viveca Hawkins-Vocals
Hassan Herd-Drums
Dewey Tucker-Bass
Greggo Simmons-Guitar
Antario Holmes-Keys
Moeshe Million-Percussion
Aagee-DJ/Sound FX
Geechi Taylor-Trumpet
Charles "Coop" Cooper-Saxophone
Howard Wiley-Saxophone