Talib Kweli is coming to Portland.
It was just announced that Kweli will be doing an all-ages show with DJ Jon at the Station on Saturday, April 21.
Read that to yourself again.

Talib Kweli. All ages. Portland.
Look for ticket giveaways on WRED 95.9 and at open mic night at the Big Easy on Monday the 16th. A local opening act is also in the works.
EYE9D lined up the show, tickets are $20, $25 at the door, and will be available at Bull Moose Music, Strawberries and online through EYE9D.

Some may describe Kweli as an “underground” rapper or “conscious” rapper. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but he’s put out some hot albums over the last nine years. Of course, that’s been measured with varying degrees of popularity and what record companies could call "mild commercial success."
He started it off with 1998’s "Black Star," the collaboration with Mos Def, and Reflection Eternal with Hi-Tek in 2000.
More recently you may have heard him on "Liberation," which was released last year with Madlib, or on "Dave Chappelle’s Block Party."

As some of you may already know, that’s gonna be a real thick week for hip hop in Portland. Labseven and Mr. Lif of the Perceptionists are playing the Station on April 19, Kool Keith (aka Dr. Octagon) of Ultramagnetic is at the Space on April 20, and Kid Koala is also at the Space on April 21.
If you’re anything like me, it’s gonna be an agonizing choice either way on April 21.

Either that or there’s gonna be a lot of hustling between the Space and the Station. Look for more next week.

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