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X-WR-CALNAME:Rabbi Darkside - MetroSonics in New York City at Mercury 
	Lounge - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Rabbi Darkside - MetroSonics
DESCRIPTION: Rabbi Darksidehttp://www.myspace.com/rabbirapshttp://www.
	saywordentertainment.comRABBI DARKSIDE is a NYC freestyle legend\, kno
	wn to fellow MCs and crowds as one of the illest to bless the micropho
	ne. He has won countless battles and MC challenges in the new millenni
	um\, all while touring the U.S. and Europe with Brooklyn-based trio 3r
	d Party. His debut solo album\, "Building the Better Bomb" will be rel
	eased on July 19 2008\, right on the heels of his national TV feature 
	on MTV's "MADE\," starring as the Hip Hop head coach for the episode. 
	In addition to his artistry\, Rabbi D is one of the pre-eminent Hip Ho
	p arts educators in New York City\, with over 8 years of teaching expe
	rience in the public schools. On his global journey filled with teachi
	ng\, DJing and crowd rocking\, he has appeared alongside Talib Kweli\,
	 Slick Rick\, The Last Poets\, Wordsworth\, Pigeon John\, Common\, Kan
	ye West\, Weldon Irvine\, Czech Beatbox All Stars\, DJ JS-1\, Rahzel a
	nd Kenny Mohammad.  "Building the Better Bomb" is an unprecedented ven
	ture into rap-poetry-jazz-earthblues-boom-bap-soul-folk\, taking you f
	rom the frontlines of Iraq to the inside of the Oval Office\; the symp
	honic chaos of New York City Public Schools to the serenity of the Sin
	ai Desert\; the warmth of a woman's wholehearted embrace to the center
	 of a battle cypher. This is a project about the ever-present past and
	 the not-so-distant future\, capturing that duality which exists aroun
	d and within all of us. MetroSonicshttp://www.myspace.com/metrosonicsP
	aul Josephs A.K.A: P-Nerves\, was molded on the mean streets of New Yo
	rk where some of Harlem's greatest jazz players taught him to play gui
	tar. As the leader and MC of the band MetroSonics\, Paul brings a host
	 of influences and an epic imagination to the raw materials of hip-hop
	. His lyrical flights\, which reveal a fierce political and environmen
	tal awareness\, and his incisive guitar-playing combine with his uniqu
	e synthesis of a wide spectrum of musical traditions to make for an un
	paralleled musical experience. Beginning at age 16\, Paul was performi
	ng with some of the bright lights of New York's blues scene. He went o
	n to record a live album with jazz guitar great Rodney Jones' Soul Man
	ifesto project\, and to tour with such musical legends as Maceo Parker
	\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Idris Muhammed\, and Arthur Blythe. Most recentl
	y he was a regular sideman with and music director for Epic recording 
	artist Alice Smith. Other notable artists Josephs has performed\, tour
	ed\, or recorded with include funk group Groove Collective\, pop star 
	Citizen Cope\, soul stylist Imani Uzuri\, rock collective Earth Driver
	\, and hip-hop group The Roots. Paul is also a dedicated educator and 
	has worked in the New York City public school system\, specifically in
	 Brownsville and Red Hook\, Brooklyn\, for the past 7 years\, running 
	a self-designed hip-hop production course and teaching martial arts. 
LOCATION:Mercury Lounge @ 217 East Houston Street, New York, New York 
	10002 United States
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