Fo’ Shua
Friday (July 23), 9:30pm, Maui Theatre, Lahaina, $55 / $75 / $125
“From the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate / The whole and not the half of it, vocab and not the math of it / Projectile that them blasted with, accurate assassin shit… / After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disc” [“Definition,” Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)] “No matter what disc recorder or part of town you livin’ in / I recommend you listenin’ to these distinguished gentlemen… We document the memorable / Then break ’em up like syllables… / We five-dimensional, audio, visual, physical, spiritual, lyrical… / We transmit another world” [“Another World,” We Are Hip Hop Me You Everybody (2003)] “You know the deal / It’s just me, yo… / Nine planets faithfully keep in orbit / With the probable tenth, the universe expands length / The body of my text possess extra strength / Power-lift the powerless up, out of this, towerin’ inferno / My ink so hot it burn through the journal…” [“Mathematics,” Black on Both Sides (2003)] “I’m Mos Definite, not think so / Flood your city with the black ink flow… / It’s all good, we all here, goin’ all out / All day, listen when this song say…” [“Close Edge,” The New Danger (2004)]. 856-7973; mauicelebrityseries.com, groovetickets.com
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