Running out of space here, so let’s get to the point: Scarub of revered Cali hip-hop crew Living Legends has a long-running project with Very (of Us Pros), his buddy from back in the day. They call it Afro Classics.

This isn’t some tossed-off side project, though. Afro Classics slays. The eight-year layoff between their albums (forced by the guys’ perfectionism and Living Legends’ success) produced no rust; the songs at www.myspace .com/afroclassicsmusic teem with easy flow, intelligent rhymes and banging, melodic beats that are simultaneously throwback and totally contemporary.

I did a big story on these guys last October. Search “Afro Classics” at www.bendbulletin.com and study up. Scarub and Very deserve your attention more than a lot of the big-name rap acts that roll through Bend.

Afro Classics, with Notes from Underground ; 9 tonight; $7, available at MadHappy Lounge (541-388-6868) and at the door; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-6868.