Latyrx, Blackalicious, Lifesavas and Supergroup all bring their messages to the WOW Hall on Sunday night.
couresy of Quannam Projects
Hip-hop tour tears into town
■ Blackalicious and
Portland’s award-winning
Lifesavas will be among the
acts on the West World Tour
By SaraJarrett
Oregon Daily Emerald
It’s a hip-hop “West World
Tour” and our own Emerald City
made the list of stopping places.
Presented by Darkside Produc
tions, the soulful, music groups
Blackalicious and Latyrx, who
along with DJ Shadow make up
the independent recording label
Quannum Projects, will perform
at the WOW Hall on Nov. 14.
Debuting the same night will be
Supergroup, composed of Cool
Nutz, Vursatyl and Karim Panni
— who also owns Darkside Pro
ductions. The three are indepen
dent freelancers with very differ
ent styles and interests, Panni said
in a phone interview.
While running the company re
mains Panni’s focus, he said he
currently manages to find time to
work on Supergroup’s first single,
which will soon be released. Un
der his direction, Darkside Pro
ductions has successfully put on
“every single hip-hop perfor
mance in the area for the last three
years,” Panni said. The group also
presents major and underground
gigs in Portland .
“There at least five to six hun
dred people at every show,” he said.
Also performing on Sunday
will be Portland’s Lifesavas, made
up of Vursatyl and Jumbo the
Garbageman. The group was re
cently voted best hip-hop group in
Portland. In Panni’s opinion,
though, it surpasses every group
in every category.
“Lifesavas has conscious lyrics
and some of the best beats any
where,” he said. “They’re not
gansta rap — far from it.”
After the WOW Hall show, the
Lifesavas will join Blackalicious
and Latyrx for the European leg of
their tour. Panni predicts Life
savas is going to “blow up” after
the stint.
For this show, Blackalicious
will present a “well-rehearsed,
very eclectic set. We’re very tight
and very comprehensive with a lot
of positive energy,” Gift of Gab,
one half of the duo that makes up
Blackalicious, said in a phone in
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