BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//PinCalendar.com - Calendar //EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4576 DTSTART:20170703T050000Z DTEND:20170703T050000Z DESCRIPTION: $5 tickets still available at the the door! Please arrive ear ly! $5 ADV TICKETS 21+ 1366 N MILWAUKEE AVE Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) Gi ft of Gab made his name as the technically adept MC in the vaunted undergr ound rap duo Blackalicious\, in partnership with producer/DJ Chief Xcel. B orn Tim Parker\, he grew up mostly in Pacoima\, part of L.A.'s San Fernand o Valley region\, but attended high school in Sacramento. There he first m et Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley) in 1987. Parker\, then calling himself Tiny T or Gabby T\, was already developing keen skills as a battle MC\, an d he and Mosley teamed up the following year. After graduating\, Parker re turned to Los Angeles\, but he and Mosley kept up their partnership by pho ne. While attending UC-Davis\, Mosley fell in with a group of hip-hop ecce ntrics who became the SoleSides collective\, and Parker moved up to the Ba y Area to join him in 1991\, now having settled on Gift of Gab as his hip- hop alter ego. Blackalicious issued their debut single\, "Swan Lake\," on SoleSides in 1994\, and several more followed\, establishing their undergr ound reputation and leading to a tour of Europe. They began work on a full -length album\, during which time SoleSides shut down and reconfigured its elf as Quannum\; however\, the process was long and laborious\, as Gift of Gab struggled with an alcohol problem that took several years to overcome . Finally\, in 1999\, Blackalicious re-emerged with the A2G EP\, whose "Al phabet Aerobics" electrified the underground and marked Gift of Gab as a p rodigious new talent. That talent was confirmed by Blackalicious' first tw o full-lengths\, 2000's NIA and 2002's Blazing Arrow\, which elevated him to the status of perhaps the most underappreciated elite MC in hip-hop. In the wake of Blazing Arrow's critical hosannas\, Gift of Gabbranched out w ith a number of guest appearances\, recording with the likes of DJ Vadim\, British hip-hoppers New Flesh\, and Michael Franti &\; Spearhead. In e arly 2003\, he underwent emergency eye surgery necessitated by complicatio ns from diabetes\, but fortunately made a full recovery. Seeking outside c ollaborators to keep himself fresh for the third Blackalicious album\, Gif t of Gab embarked on a solo project for Quannum with two Seattle-based pro ducers\, Vitamin D and Jake One. Advance single "The Writz" appeared in la te 2003\, and the album itself\, 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up\, ar rived in the spring of 2004. Reviews of the production work varied widely\ , but overall the record -- a smooth\, mellow affair -- solidified Gift of Gab's position as one of the top MCs of his time\, underground or otherwi se.​ Landon Wordswell Landon Wordswell is a 29 year old Los Angeles\, CA resident by way of St. Louis. Those cities combined have influenced the e mcee's tenacity\, perspective\, and insight. Landon's stage performance &a mp\; delivery have been praised on tours both nationally &\; internatio nally for it's captivating crowd appeal &\; intricate rhyme schemes bei ng coupled with tightly knitted personal lyrics. He has mastered his stage performance over the years by performing nights for audience's enjoying i ntimate showings of 20 folks to state of the art venues mounting in as man y as 10\,000 heads in attendance. Along with touring the United States wit h his frequent tour partner\, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious)\, he has also co mpleted a full European tour with the legendary Artifacts. Landon Wordswel l has also performed alongside greats such as Mos Def\, The Game\, Talib K weli\, Slum Village\, Warren G\, Mobb Deep\, Blackalicious\, Lyrics Born\, Black Milk\, Zion I\, Raekwon (Wu-Tang)\, Jeru The Damaja\, Guilty Simpso n\, Sir Mix-A-Lot\, Devin The Dude\, Binary Star\, Aceyalone\, Freestyle F ellowship &\; many\, many more! Neak If your father\, Robert Kelly of t he R&\;B/Gospel/Soul group "The Kelly Brothers\," performed alongside F unk &\; Soul legends like James Brown &\; Sam Cooke\, chances are be ing a product of your environment meant only one thing…following the pat h of musicianship set directly before him. Chicago-based Hip-Hop artist Ne ak draws vivid verbal portraits which find inspiration in the spirit of U. S. culture and his own deep-seating personal experiences. Naming Nas\, Mos Def\, Common\, Lupe Fiasco\, MF Doom\, Elzhi\, Jay-Z\, etc. as his main l yrical influences\, Neak preserves the aesthetics of true-to-life Rap\; au thenticity\, originality\, and excellence all evoke a heartfelt emotion fo r listeners of his music. theWHOevers theWHOevers is the eclectic hip-hop duo of DotKom and J. Arthur out of Chicago. With one foot firmly planted i n the boom-bap motifs of hip-hop's golden age and another reaching forward into the future of the genre\, the pair creates music that is at once com fortable and progressive. Although its evident the duos musical roots are influenced by a number of musical genres\, they use inspiration\, imaginat ion and life experiences to produce honest lyrical content\, consistently winning over even the most diverse crowds. Mostafa Mostafa is a lyricist b ased out of the Northwest with a passion for the words. As a firm believer in the theory "Art imitates life"\, he constantly strives to bring the re ality of life as he knows it through the music in a creative way. His ener getic live performance and vocal clarity on stage has allowed him to tour nationally with Gift Of Gab (Blackalicious) and Landon Wordswell\, as well as share stages and collaborate with artists such as Talib Kweli\, Dead P rez\, Heiroglyphics\, Zion I\, Oddisee\, Lyrics Born and many more. Sponso red by New Belgium Brewing DTSTAMP:20260606T202326 LOCATION:Emporium Chicago - Arcade Bar Venue SUMMARY:Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) /Landon Wordswell/ Neak /TheWhoevers URL:https://www.pincalendar.com/liveloop/calendar/calendar-573/event/4576/ ?q=ical END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR