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Photos of Blackalicious at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, Colorado

Bay area hip-hop crew Blackalicious, featuring Lateef the Truthspeaker and Chief Xcel, returns to the Vail Valley tonight. Frontman Gift of Gab will be absent for medical reasons, but more than capably filling the emcee role will be L Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Blackalicious comes to Avon ...

As one half of late-90's Hip-Hop champions Blackalicious , West Coast veteran rapper Gift Of Gab has enjoyed a lengthy career alongside his crew partner DJ Chief Xcel and the Quannum Projects collective he helped found almost twenty years ago.

One of my favorite rappers ever, Gift of Gab, probably most famous for his time in Blackalicious, is coming to Club Congress on March 4th . He has a new solo album, The Next Logical Progression , coming out on March 27th, so I imagine he'll performing some of that material as a preview, but whatever this guy does is amazing to me, so I'll be there along for the ride.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe ...

Blackalicious, an American hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California , made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ / producer Chief Xce , will perform at Club Elevate on Thursday, Jan. 29 as part of the Outdoor Retailer Market.

DNAE Beats performs Tuesday in Vail. Samana Lounge in Vail welcomes DNAE Beats with special guest Gift of Gab for their first Vail performance Tuesday night. DNAE Beats is a San Francisco beat maker/producer and Gift of Gab is an emcee best know for his work with Blackalicious.

Lateef the Truthspeaker performs at Mighty tonight.​ With a line-up that includes cut-and-paste maestro DJ Shadow, innovative rap duo Blackalicious, and the spirited funk styles of Latryx, the Q

Blackalicious have the whip smart rhymes and masterful beats to get your head bobbing and hips swaying. Gina gives you the low-down on this Bay Area duo--check them out at City Arts Fest this Saturday. [ more › ]

After several years of solo projects and other collaborations, DJ and producer Chief Xcel (aka Xavier Mosley) and MC Gift of Gab (aka Timothy Parker) have reunited, and the pair known as Blackalicious are bringing their show to Bear Tooth's First Tap. Parker and Mosley first met in 1987 at high school in Sacramento, Calif., but they didn't collaborate as Blackalicious until the early '90s when ...

If you haven’t checked out the Hyde Park 'Til Dark series, now’s the time. It’s an outdoor bash in the parking lot behind 13th Street Pub & Grill where they serve up home-style barbecue and beverages (there’s a full bar) while cranking the tunes. This Saturday, check out talented Blackalicious rapper Gift of Gab, who will let the rhymes fly. (But not the excessive profanity. This is a family ...

Here the Gift of Gab takes on matters of the environment. Not your usual rap subject matter, but that's the genius of the Gift of Gab. His rhymes are like a non-angry Eminem. This album is full of good clean rap you can listen to your daughter with. Think I hear a Brother Ali guest appearance on Dreamin'. Saw him with Blackalicious a few years ago, amazing.