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Sometimes, the hip-hop planets align and send their benefactions down upon Seattlest. This was probably why we ended up standing in line behind Nam at Chop Suey on Saturday night, waiting to get into the Little Brother show. (Watch for an interview with him later this week!) However, we give full credit to Northwest hip-hop promoters Obese Productions for the line-up that allowed us to finally see The Physics AND Grynch (at right). AND Dyme Def. AND a bigger-than-we-thought Little Brother! We didn't even have to leave the bar. Thank you, gods and hard workers of hip-hop.
The Physics used their stage time to profess their happy love for beer, the Internet, and weed. (A classic combination, we will add.) The guys were clearly thrilled to be there, but the crowd wasn't quite in lock-step with their beats until the rather catchy "Ready for We." Hear it here. What the Physics need is three more tracks like it. As a side note, The Physics brought the night's only female MC on stage, Miss Malice, to help out with the hook on "Ready For We".
Next up was our personal favorite performer of the evening, Grynch, with an incredibly powerful stage presence and a bewitching, velvet burly voice.
Great production backed Grynch's strong vocals, and his tightly-packed, easy grace behind the mic entranced us. Though Grynch was entirely able to held the crowd with only DJ Nphared's help, after a few songs Macklemore (and even Seattlest favorite GMK, for one beat) joined him onstage to multiply the set's star power. Allow us to point you towards Grynch's mixtapes, available for free download. We do also implore you to give this guy some money! Next chance to catch him is at The Vera Project on November 10.
Dyme Def rocked it how they usually do, tight with crowd-pleasing samples (Beastie Boys!) and cute choreographed stage antics. Every time we see these guys we are impressed by their well-rehearsed game. This was Brainstorm's first show since taking second place at the Red Bull Big Tune Championships, and he got plenty of love when he walked in. Seattlest's very stoned neighbor, however, expressed disdain for Dyme Def's work. "It's music television regurgitation," he scoffed. "And I steal that phrase from Bob Dylan, but it's what's happening here." We maintain that Dyme Def's a party, every time, and there's not one song we wish they wouldn't perform. Twice.
When Little Brother stepped up, the night exploded into melodic, strong, energetic national talent and Chop Suey got unbearably steamy. So much beer! So many heavy necklaces! Though Little Brother is one of the best on the national scene these days, Seattlest preferred when we could breathe. We spotted nearly every Seattle hiphop artist we know at one point or another during the show; at some point, we finally staggered out and thanked our lucky stars for having survived this ambitious, intense evening. Onwards and upwards, Seattle hip-hop. This was a big night!
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