The Perceptionists: Mr. Lif, DJ Fakts One, Akrobatik
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Now you you can't ALWAYS get a fantastic show like Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and Tuesday night at The Social was a perfect example. Tuesday was Phat & Jazzy night featuring The Perceptionists, a hip hop trio that's been getting good reviews and touring quite a bit. Their album Black Dialogue has gotten decent reviews and I even bought a couple of their tunes online (5 O'Clock and Career Finders with Shock G of Digital Underground - remember THOSE guys???). Both songs sample jazz hooks and beats with smooth vocals - definitely a studio production judging from the live performance this past Tuesday.

Ed and I decided to break our No School Night Outings rule to check these guys out. We got there at 10pm after meeting up with some friends at The Filling Station, a local watering hole, to celebrate Ingrid's 23rd birthday (Happy Birthday Ingrid!). There must have been 3 or 4 opening acts, which normally I wouldn't complain about. But for the most part the opening acts started strong and ended kinda so-so.

Asamov from Jacksonville had a great group vibe and are popular in their hometown, but here they were just 5 guys on stage screaming at you.

Cool Calm Pete (nice name) featured three guys who seemed to have a better vibe. Odd that no one was black in the rap trio - but hey...music has no colors. Too bad the petite Japanese rapper had his mic on mute. His flow was too blurred compared to his Vanilla Ice counterpart, who seemed to be more energetic and clear - speak INTO the mic please.

Again these two were OK. Funny they came on later. You would think at a show the later the band came you would assume they would be better. Not necessarily so.