Gift of Gab plays Liquid Lounge in Bend

Published 5:00 am Friday, September 27, 2013

Maybe it’s my browser, but when I visit Gift of Gab’s website — www.giftofgab.tv — and click on stuff, nothing happens.

No “Music.” No “About” section. No nothing.

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Which is fine. When you’re a busy big-timer of West Coast rap who spends lots of time on the road, it’s not easy to keep your website running smoothly.

Fortunately, I know all “about” Gift of Gab. He was half of the seminal indie-rap act Blackalicious, a member of the legendary Quannum Projects hip-hop family, and is known as one of the most verbally gifted MCs of all time.

“His raps are jam packed,” says Allmusic in its “Blazing Arrow” album review, “with internal rhymes, allusions, metaphors, ten-cent words, and amazing tongue-twisting feats of skill.”

As for his music, if you hit up the ever-reliable YouTube, you can hear a bunch of tracks from his 2012 solo album “The Next Logical Progression,” which features typically mind-bending rhymes and vibrant, future-funky beats.

Better yet, show up to Gab’s show Thursday at Liquid Lounge and buy a copy of the record from him. Artists make their living on the road these days, you know.

Gift of Gab, with Landon Wordswell, Tim Hoke and more; 9 p.m. Thursday; $10 plus fees in advance at the website below, $10 at the door; Liquid Lounge, 70 N.W. Newport Ave., Bend; www.j.mp/giftofgabinfo.

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