Free Pharoahe Monch concert
Tomorrow at the Loft, car manufacturer Toyota Scion presents an evening with Pharoahe Monch in the latest installment of its Live Metro series. As usual, the show is free. But the audience should bring its good manners in return. At the last Live Metro concert in December, the crowd was so impatient to see Slick Rick that they barely clapped for his sterling backing band, Connie Price & the Keystones. And you’d figure that a hip-hop audience would recognize the opening act, Percee P, a prime influence since his epic 1988 single “Let the Homicides Begin,” right? Nope. The crowd didn’t even acknowledge his existence.
So yes, cheer loudly for Pharoahe Monch, but give some dap to Orgone, the L.A. funk band that will work its ass off to convert Organized Konfusion’s “Stress” and Pharoahe’s “Simon Says” into bristling live jams. And don’t forget to say thanks to DJ Eleven from the Rub, who will open the night with a selection of killer tunes. In short, don’t be one of those idiots who only claps for the headliner.
RSVP for Pharoahe, Orgone and DJ Eleven at www.scion.com/livemetro. But make it quick — the list closes at noon tomorrow.