Audio Gumbo

Tuesday night one of Atlanta’s hometown heroes blessed The Masquerade with his ghetto gospel.  Killer Mike shut shit down gloriously.  Appropriately so, the Into The Wild Tour kicked off in Atlanta and featured performances from Despot and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, as well as producer/rapper El-P.  But for me, that night was all about Mike Bigga; he made me “hip hop happy” (word to my dude blctxt for that one!) with his performance.  When I tell you this man has the energy of a cat 1/3 his size, you wouldn’t believe me until you witnessed him jump up over a speaker.  Mike performed most of his new album R.A.P. Music to a packed crowd, feeding off the frenzied energy like a hip hop zombie (too soon?).  He had suburban White kids chanting, “Fuck Reagan” and had way back supporters bouncing to “Kryptonite” like it was 2006.  And what’s “I’m On It” without Mr. Purple Ribbon himself?  Yep, Sir Lucious Leftfoot made an appearance that will surely be added to the Atlanta Hip Hop Archives.

Check out tour dates, video footage, and photos under the cut…

Peep the footage from 2 Dope Boyz.  Just a preview of what you can expect.

Don’t deprive yourself of an opportunity to see Killer Mike take you to chuuch.  He may be ’round your way soon:

06-22 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live

06-23 – Austin, TX – Mohawk

06-25 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent

06-26 – San Diego, CA – Casbah

06-28 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex

06-29 – San Francisco, CA – Regency

06-30 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne

07-01 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s

07-02 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Fortune

07-05 – Minneapolis, MN – Fineline

07-06 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

07-07 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop

07-08 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig

07-11 – Boston, MA – Paradise

07-12 – Pawtucket, RI – The Met

07-14 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocaderos

07-15 – Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel

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