Keak Da Sneak
Mac Dre and E-40 may well be the best-known faces of the Bay Areas synth-heavy hyphy rap movement, but few have been around as long as Keak Da Sneakcredited with shortening hyperactive to hyphy in the first place. First breaking out with mid-90s chart-topping group 3XKrazy, the prolific king of the supa dupa hyphy has dropped 16 solo albums since 1999, and deep into the Bays slanguage his barely decipherable gravely growl resides somewhere in the territory between Petey Pablo and Mystikal. Its not exactly music made for thoughtful discussions of its lyrical complexities, but nothing will better transport you to an Oakland sydeshow or impart the energy of an overcrowded club saturated in Remy Martin and weed smoke. With Spaceman, Mr. Dog, DJ Darwin. NICK FELDMAN
Sun., April 10, 8 p.m., 2011
