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Souls Of Mischief, The Pharcyde, and Tha Alkaholiks are teaming up to commemorate not just the milestones of their iconic albums but also the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop.
In a post on Souls Of Mischief’s official Instagram account, the group shared a flyer for the upcoming event which will take place at the Novo in Lost Angeles on August 13.
Dubbed a “special performance,” the one-night-only show will see the three groups each perform their landmark album in its entirety: 93 ‘Til Infinity (Souls Of Mischief), Bizarre Ride II (The Pharcyde), and 21 & Over (Tha Alkaholiks).
Check out the show flyer below and get tickets here.
Souls Of Mischief — which comprises A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai — have had a busy year. The foursome announced back in February they would also be going on an anniversary tour in celebration of their debut album, which was released 30 years ago.
The world tour kicked off in March in Bristol, United Kingdom. The trek includes 93 dates around the globe, and so far has included shows in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, and Athens. The European tour stop ended back in April in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Last month, the group began the North American leg in Monterey, California. They also plan to make pit stops in big cities like Toronto, New York City, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Kansas City, Memphis, San Antonio, San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and more.
The Souls, who, along with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, DJ Tourē, and producer Domino formed the Hieroglyphics collective, released their debut album, 93 ‘Til Infinity, on February 13, 1993, via Jive Records.
Celebrated for its internal rhyme schemes, live bass beats, and obscure jazz and funk samples, the album spawned the singles “That’s When Ya Lost,” “Never No More,” and the LP’s groundbreaking title track. Acting as an apt metaphor for the album’s enduring appeal, the latter is still an essential cut for any rap fan.
Reneé Rapp is seen as a “huge inspiration” by SZA.
The 25-year-old artist performed SZA’s Good Days in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, accompanied by two acoustic guitarists and a harp player. SZA, 35, was deeply moved by the rendition.
She posted a short video of the moment on Instagram Stories and wrote: “Renee is a HUGE inspiration, energy, voice spirit.”
During her chat with the BBC, Renee shared her thoughts about the track. She said: “I mean, I love SZA. I mean, she was one of my favorite artists in high school. And she's remained one of my favorite artists to this day. I think she's amazing. She's also, I mean, she's an incredible songwriter, but I think because she has so much swag. People don't realize how good of a singer she is. She's a fantastic vocalist and is really, really, really articulate. And I don't cover a lot of songs anymore. So I wanted to cover something that was, like, slightly challenging and also really vocally impressive, and frankly, hard for me to do.”
Renee is currently in the middle of promoting her second album, Bite Me, and opened up about how much more enjoyable it was to create compared to her first project.
She explained: “I mean, I feel like everything was incredibly different. I stopped listening to people that don't make music, because if you don't make music, then why the hell am I listening to you. And I also think the biggest difference, I think I just got a lot better. I think I have just become a better songwriter. I think I understand how to make pop music now in a way that I didn't really before. And I was very sure about what this album was and thematically, what it needed.
“So I felt like I was quite like, headstrong in like, what was gonna work and what wasn't. Because, nobody knows something better than yourself. I think a lot of things were different. I also just, like, had a lot of fun making it, like, I made it with like, three people, mostly, like, it was always like, four of us in the studio all the time, and we got so close, and some of us were already so close. So it was also just like a mess. It was such a mess, like we were just tweaking every day. It was so fun. And I don't think I enjoyed making the first one as much.”
