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Brother Ali
Also Playing: The Hood Internet and More Than Lights and Dada Trash Collage and DJ Snuggles
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Julian Murray
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Fri Dec 31
8 pm
Brother Ali, The Hood Internet, More Than Lights, Dada Trash Collage, and DJ Snuggles at Marriott City Center Grand Ballroom
Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali’s conviction seems to heat up, purify, and focus more intensely with each record. The big, bald, albino dude takes on enough morally juiced-up narrative to drown a lesser rapper, and usually succeeds in condensing it all down to searing blades of verse. “I ain’t into bein‘ ostentatious,” he says on 2009’s Us, but his righteous looks at such minefields as family life and homophobia can’t help but feel big and imposing in the best of ways. The Hood Internet is a Chicago mash-up duo best known for its compelling juxtaposition of rap and indie-rock, and a steady stream of remixes and jam-packed mix-tapes have served to highlight its ravenous musical appetite. The group has remained a studio phenomenon for the most part, but recent dates have revealed the act’s live iteration to be just as danceable as a frequent point of comparison: Girl Talk.
Marriott City Center Grand Ballroom 30 S 7th St, Twin Cities, MN
Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali’s conviction seems to heat up, purify, and focus more intensely with each record. The big, bald, albino dude takes on enough morally juiced-up narrative to drown a lesser rapper, and usually succeeds in condensing it all down to searing blades of verse. “I ain’t into bein‘ ostentatious,” he says on 2009’s Us, but his righteous looks at such minefields as family life and homophobia can’t help but feel big and imposing in the best of ways. The Hood Internet is a Chicago mash-up duo best known for its compelling juxtaposition of rap and indie-rock, and a steady stream of remixes and jam-packed mix-tapes have served to highlight its ravenous musical appetite. The group has remained a studio phenomenon for the most part, but recent dates have revealed the act’s live iteration to be just as danceable as a frequent point of comparison: Girl Talk.
Updated 12/20/2010
