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Tangled Cords, Clear Message

“You know it’s underground when the rappers have to untangle their own microphones,” said Afrobatik, as he and the rest of the Perceptionists, Mr. Lif and DJ Fakts One, prepared for their set at the Def Jux Presents III tour on Sunday night at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago. The cables were twisted into a knot after 4th Pyramid and SA Smash kicked off the night, but the Perceptionists managed to deal with the minor inconvenience and deliver an intense, politically charged performance that topped a bill also featuring indie-rap hero Murs and none other than Humpty Hump himself, Shock G, formerly of Digital Underground. Read the rest of this entry »

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Written by Matt Wood

April 26th, 2004 at 9:21 pm

Posted in Essays

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