While you were reading this sentence, Lil B put out three new mixtapes. Altogether, they feature Lil B rapping over two Clams Casino beats, a sincere cover of Palace Music’s “The Mountain Low,” and a song called “BreakingBASED.” Some of it’s pretty good, some of it’s not. That’s the Lil B way. When you’re living life the #BASED way, though, you don’t have a lot of time to play live dates. It’s just not based! What sort of event could prompt Lil B to leave his Basedquarters and present himself directly to the people?
Enter Louisville’s Cropped Out Festival, a celebration of independent music that frequently dips into the world of outsider art. The festival has booked Lil B to headline its second day, Saturday, September 29. While Lil B is the fest’s first hip-hop act, he honestly fits in pretty well with some of its other big names, R. Stevie Moore and Jandek. Who is Lil B but the Jandek of hip-hop? Or, really, who else could be the Jandek of hip-hop besides Lil B? Other acts set to play Cropped Out include David Liebe Hart, Chain and the Gang, Merchandise, Wooden Wand, and Neil Hamburger. If you want to make sure you see Lil B and Neil Hamburger in the same weekend before you die, then you’d better go buy tickets here or at Louisville record stores Astro Black Records and Please & Thank You.
Meanwhile, Lil B just finished a couple dates in Canada and is starting a short (and #rare) mini-tour of the US today in Madison, WI. Here are the dates:
09.24.12 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
09.25.12 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird
09.28.12 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
09.29.12 - Louisville, KY - Cropped Out 2012
09.30.12 - Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs
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