The Very Good Agency

Beans

So today’s a little random for miss P as I thought I’d branch out a little, and try dipping my feet into the deep end of the Hip-Hop pool.

Thanks to my dry cleaners, the dipping has been a lot less painful than I thought, as I picked up a copy of the Melbourne International Arts Festival leaflet.

With a couple of quick flicks I found my man…
Mr Ballbeam, aka Beans.

“Hip-hop rebel.  Wordsmith extraordinaire.  Sonic architect.  Fashion renegade. Published poet.  Culture Star.”

With an introduction like that, this article has written itself. Beans was raised in White Plains, New York achieving his widest acclaim as instigator of the legendary NYC progressive rap crew, Anti Pop Consortium.  With one of the most unique and remarkable live performances around, Beans brings us Melbournesians a taste of the glory days of 80’s hip-hop.

Beans – Papercut

Having shared stages and toured with everyone from Radiohead to DJ Krush, Kool Keith to Aesop Rock & DJ Shadow, Beans drops into ‘The Forum’ on Flinders Street on the 23rd of October 2009 to redefine the word “fresh”, and bring to hip-hop an ear for uncompromising experimentalism and intellectual wordplay.

Be sure to check out more of Beans at:

www.myspace.com/mrballbeamakabeans

… miss P

Tags: gigs, hip hop

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