Kings of the mount

First things first. The Big Boi show. Off. The. Hook. Of course, it can’t be a surprise that, with the Outkast catalogue being what it is, he was gonna tear the goddamn house down. But he did, in a major way. Once he got on stage, it was nothing but the funk. We needed a big hip hop name like that to come through and do a show that’s not at the Bell Centre. Shout out to the promotion team that put it on. Although the opening line-up wasn’t really proper, a show like this was badly needed. We appreciate that. Keep ’em comin’.

Okay, so tonight we’re gonna hop over to Passeport for a couple drank-dranks and some serious bass music provided by humble selectahs Ghostbeard from Ninja Tune and Livingstone from Dig.I.Tal. Smooth way to start the weekend. Yeah, we all know the weekend starts on Thursday ’round here—don’t front, grandpa. After that, we can slide down to Saphir for the rest of the night, kick game to bi-curious young ladies and bust our fast-tempo moves to the back-breaking tunes provided by Mary Hell and the beatmaking half of Thunderheist, Grahmzilla.

Saturday will be the day to play. King of the Dot, Canada’s heaviest MC battle league, is in the building at les Trois Minots, and on the real, some egos might get bruised. Actually, I’m gonna be real with you. Cats are gonna get abused! Montreal, you do not wanna miss this—this fast-growing battle circuit is having its first Montreal edition. Be there and be loud.

Same night, if you can’t handle the high levels of testosterone, you should dip down to la Sala Rossa for a shakedown with Scott C, Andy Williams and their guest Mark de Clive-Lowe for the Goods, or check Rilly Guilty and Speakerbruiser Rob at Blue Dog, breaking your neck with dat new new new.

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