Los Angeles
Evidence (Of Dilated Peoples)
Saturday, April 14, 2012 (7:30 PM - 2:00 AM) | 
Viper Room 8852 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA
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Evidence (Of Dilated Peoples)
Evidence (Of Dilated Peoples)
It doesn’t take much to be a meteorologist in Los Angeles (usually just a short skirt and the ability to say “77 degrees and sunny”), so maybe that’s why the city’s most famous weatherman is a rapper. Evidence is that rapper…and producer, as well as the newest signee to Rhymesayers Entertainment. But for many, the Venice-native will always be known by the title of his critically-lauded solo debut, The Weatherman. “When some people freestyle, they say ‘I’ll be on the mic’ or ‘When i flow like this’—everyone has a crutch—and I guess that the easiest thing for me to incorporate was some kind of tornado or hurricane…or maybe it’s just all the syllables and the titles with weather,” Evidence says, laughing. “I can’t even stay away from it.” But it’s also a bigger idea that turns LA’s stereotypes on their heads. Yeah, it’s almost always sunny and there’s a whole lot of gangster rap, but it does occasionally rain in the city of angels and the underground hip-hop scene is a thriving one. It was there that Evidence made his name, as part of the legendary trio Dilated Peoples, alongside Rakaa Iriscience and DJ Babu. Starting with The Platform in 2000, the group released four well received albums that contained several hit singles, including the Kanye West assisted smash “This Way.” However, Evidence wanted more and after seeing his name appear on a flyer as “Evidence of Dilated Peoples,” he knew that he wanted his to be a brand of its own, saying “No one calls Ghostface Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang…and that’s a tribute to him as an individual artist.” Despite winning a GRAMMY for co-production on Kanye’s College Dropout and two JUNO’s for his work with Swollen Members, Evidence wasn’t yet a solo name to be recognized. Then in 2007, Evidence released The Weatherman LP, one of the most commercially and critically successful underground rap albums of the year. A solo effort ripe with introspection that ran the gamut from all his haters to the tragic passing of his mother, it was the album his fans were waiting for. With a foundation of sample-based hip-hop classicism (something that remains important to Evidence today), his debut wove together towering bangers like “Mr. Slow Flow” and uplifting cuts like “Chase the Clouds Away.” He then released The Layover EP on Decon Records and The Layover Mixtape with DJ Skee in 2008—showing marked improvement in his lyrical style—and he’s been touring ever since.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012 (7:30 PM - 2:00 AM)
Viper Room 8852 Sunset Blvd., Los AngelesCA