The Mighty Underdogs @ Bluebird
I went and checked out The Mighty Underdogs @ the Bluebird last night. If you’re not familiar with them, they are Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Lateef (Latryx, Maroons, DJ Shadow), and Headnodic (Crown City Rockers – formerly known as Mission).
They’re out touring promoting their new album Dropping Science Fiction. I haven’t heard the whole album and listening to the new songs live in a venue with not the best sound system forces me to check it out with my headphones before I can form a solid opinion on it.
From what I did hear, there was some good stuff for sure, but nothing I truly fell in love it. Their performance was off the hook though, and of course Gift killed it with the mad lyricism!
Headnodic definitely added some beat flare with his DJ and MPC production skills. Lateef, added his rhythmic jazzy rhyme style, which they all make this a very dynamic Quannum crew.
Gotta love it when they throw down the classics too, Gift of Gab hit up some old Blackalicious hits and had the crowd bumping!