All roads last Thursday led to The Jazz Cafe for the London leg of the Talib Kweli UK tour. On support duties were London collective OthaSoul with Itch Fm’s very own DJ Chux on the cut. Jungle VIP and Dozer Carter are the integral members of the soul/boom bap collective, representing north London. Tracks performed are from their debut album ‘The Remedy’
Next up on the Talib Kweli support bill was eclectic songstress Olah Bliss, she gave a vibrant performance of her new material freshly recorded in Los Angeles. With her flowing blonde plaits and very tight band musicianship, especially from the drummer.
Watch Olah Bliss and band in action :-
After Olah Bliss, next up we had the boom bap duo DJ RD & rapper Larynx supported on beatbox by award winning MC Zani.. This duo have managed to grace the stage with legends Raekwon and Nas in 2015 and have released an EP and a mixtape via Coast2Coast. Their most recent musical offering being the ‘Glory & Paper’ mixtape distributed by Dat Piff.
During his set Talib Kweli brought out the infectiously talented New York singer / songwriter Yummy Bingham, looking regal with her flowing mane of white plaits she demolished her set with a rendition of her De La Soul collabo ‘Much More’ alongside her solo material, to whoops and screams of appreciation.
The headline act on his 5th appearance in the UK this year was one of half of Reflection Eternal. Brooklyn native Talib Kweli, running through a kaleidoscopic repertoire of hits from his near two decade catalogue. He had the boom bap audience eating from the palm of his hands. The partisan crowd all participating in Talib’s tribute to the now deceased Detroit beat God to the stars, J Dilla
Watch Talib Kweli perform Slum Village ‘Look Of Love’
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