featuring Landon Wordswell + M Shah
Doors: 8 p.m. || Show: 9 p.m. || 18 and up
$12: Advance || $15: Day of Show || $2 Minor Fee at the Door
::: Gift of Gab :::
Gift of Gab made his name as the technically adept MC in the vaunted underground rap duoBlackalicious, in partnership with producer/DJChief Xcel. BornTim Parker, he grew up mostly in Pacoima, part of L.A.’s San Fernando Valley region, but attended high school in Sacramento. There he first metChief Xcel(bornXavier Mosley) in 1987.Parker, then calling himselfTiny TorGabby T, was already developing keen skills as a battle MC, and he andMosleyteamed up the following year. After graduating,Parkerreturned to Los Angeles, but he andMosleykept up their partnership by phone. While attending UC-Davis,Mosleyfell in with a group of hip-hop eccentrics who became the SoleSides collective, andParkermoved up to the Bay Area to join him in 1991, now having settled onGift of Gabas his hip-hop alter ego.Blackaliciousissued their debut single, “Swan Lake,” on SoleSides in 1994, and several more followed, establishing their underground reputation and leading to a tour of Europe. They began work on a full-length album, during which time SoleSides shut down and reconfigured itself as Quannum; however, the process was long and laborious, asGift of Gabstruggled with an alcohol problem that took several years to overcome. Finally, in 1999,Blackaliciousre-emerg
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