Last night I went to Tobacco Road in Downtown Miami to their 1st Annual Hip Hop thingamajjigger. Don’t really care about all that, I just went to go see Dead Prez. Now, getting there was a whole mission and a half. It did color my night with a slight patina of disappointment. Not in the show. Dead Prez was amazing. Those two brothers were on stage in dashikis, expressing their knowledge of self and history. I guess what did bother me is how things didn’t go as smoothly as I expected and I ended up spending more money than I intended. Doesn’t really matter at this point. I got to see Dead Prez for the first time. That overrides all other negative factors.
Like the overabundance of hipsters at the show. Apparently that’s Tobacco Road, hipster central in Downtown Miami. At least that’s what I’ve been told. Tell you this though, the crowd thinned out a bit once they realized what Dead Prez was about. Not many people can handle such raw, vibrant, unadulterated, and poetic truth.
Here are several of videos for those of you who are unfamiliar with this flonominal hip hop duo: