Thursday is an epic night of hip-hop. The complete listings after the jump. If you don't have time to scroll, here are the night's top five, most essential shows:
1. 8Ball & MJG / Barbarella, 1:00 A.M.
It's easy to write off SXSW as a corporate schlock-fest for the industry to leach and network and fuck. Except that, the mere fact Tennesee titans have forthcoming work (Ten Toes Down, April 6) means they'll stop by and destroy a stage. By any measure, this is a good thing. They're heavy, respected, perpetually underrated, essential.
2. Slum Village / Victory Grill, 1:15 A.M.
Detroit night at an East 35 club I was once beaten up at culminates with the city's most influential rap outfit. Check for Elzhi and the undercards: Black Milk and battle-tested ace, Marv Won.
3. Killer Mike / Klub Krucial, 1:00 A.M.
It's pretty simple really, Mike has made 2010's premier mixtape, I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind, Pt. II.
4. GZA / Mohawk Patio, 12:00 A.M.
Hispter alert: the thinking man's favorite Wu-Tang member performs in the city's trendiest venue, with trendy indie bands.
5. Reflection Eternal / Ace's Lounge, 12:25 A.M.
Rap's leading East Coast Jewish journalist, Peter Rosenberg, hosts a night of his favorite East Coast artists culminating with Talib Kweli. Nevermind that New York's last great album was 2003's The Black Album.
Aces Lounge
(222 E 6th St) (21+) Peter Rosenberg Hosting New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap Rapid Ric (Between Sets) Between Sets Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap Peter Rosenberg's Noisemakers w/ Bun B 7:00 p.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Homeboy Sandman 9:00 p.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Kev Brown/Oddisee/Diamond District 9:20 p.m. Landover MD Hip-Hop/Rap Rakaa 10:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap 88-Keys 10:25 p.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No) 10:50 p.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap Strong Arm Steady 11:25 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Jean Grae 11:55 p.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap Reflection Eternal 12:25 a.m. Cincinatti OH Hip-Hop/Rap
Barbarella
(615 Red River St) (21+) Memphis Music Foundation ♪ Cory Branan & Ben Nichols 8:00 p.m. Memphis TN Singer-Songwriter ♪ Star & Micey feat Jody Stevens 9:00 p.m. Memphis TN Pop Harlan T Bobo 10:00 p.m. Memphis TN Rock ♪ Lord T & Eloise 11:00 p.m. Memphis TN Hip-Hop/Rap Hill Country Revue 12:00 a.m. Memphis TN Rock 8Ball & MJG 1:00 a.m. Memphis TN Hip-Hop/Rap
Beauty Bar
(617 E 7th St) (21+) IHEARTCOMIX/Green Owl Juiceboxxx 8:00 p.m. Milwaukee WI Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ CHLLNGR 9:00 p.m. Sacremento CA Electronic Zakee Kuduro 10:00 p.m. Brooklyn NY Electronic/Dance ♪ Acid Girls 11:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Electronic Franki Chan 12:00 a.m. Los Angeles CA DJ The Toxic Avenger 1:00 a.m. Paris FRANCE Electronic
Club 115
(115 San Jacinto St) (21+) Binary Audio Misfits 8:00 p.m. Toulouse FRANCE Hip-Hop/Rap 4th Pyramid 8:45 p.m. Toronto ON Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Josh Martinez 9:20 p.m. Vancouver BC Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ LidoLido 10:00 p.m. Haugesund NORWAY Hip-Hop/Rap The Paranoids 11:25 p.m. Beirut LEBANON Hip-Hop/Rap La Melodia 12:10 a.m. Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Movits! 1:00 a.m. Lulea SWEDEN Hip-Hop/Rap
The Independent
(501 N IH 35) (21+) ♪ Planet Asia 8:20 p.m. Fresno CA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Truth Universal 9:00 p.m. New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Kam Moye aka Supastition 9:30 p.m. Charlotte NC Hip-Hop/Rap People Under the Stairs 10:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Nappy Roots 10:40 p.m. Bowling Green KY Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Solillaquists of Sound 11:20 p.m. Orlando FL Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Blacklisted Individuals 12:00 a.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap Sage Francis 12:30 a.m. Providence RI Hip-Hop/Rap
Klub Krucial
(614 E 6th St) (21+) Lowkey 8:30 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Da C.O.D. 9:00 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Gerald G 9:30 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap YungRedd 9:55 p.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap Grit Boys 10:05 p.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Cool Nutz 10:30 p.m. Portland OR Hip-Hop/Rap Pill 11:00 p.m. Atlanta GA Hip-Hop/Rap The Jacka 11:30 p.m. San Francisco CA Hip-Hop/Rap Mistah F.A.B. 12:00 a.m. Oakland CA Hip-Hop/Rap The Pack 12:30 a.m. Berkeley CA Hip-Hop/Rap Killer Mike 1:00 a.m. Atlanta GA Hip-Hop/Rap
Mohawk Patio
(912 Red River St) (All Ages) Young Turks First Aid Kit 8:00 p.m. Enskede SWEDEN Alt Country SALEM 9:00 p.m. Traverse CIty MI Electronic jj 10:00 p.m. Gothenburg SWEDEN Avant/Experimental ♪ Holy Fuck 11:00 p.m. E Toronto ON Electronic/Dance GZA 12:00 a.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap The xx 1:00 a.m. London UK-England Avant/Experimental
Victory Grill
(1104 E 11th St) (All Ages) 14KT (Between Sets) Between Sets Ann Arbor MI DJ House Shoes (Between Sets) Between Sets Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Now On 9:05 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Mae Day 9:30 p.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap Ro Spit 9:55 p.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap Marv Won 10:20 p.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Miz Korona 10:45 p.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap Vaughan T 11:10 p.m. Ann Arbor MI Hip-Hop/Rap MonicaBlaire 11:35 p.m. Detroit MI Singer-Songwriter ♪ Invincible 12:00 a.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Finale 12:20 a.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap Black Milk 12:45 a.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap Slum Village 1:15 a.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap
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