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She is holding a microphone up to her mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-768x540.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Latifah performing in Chicago in 2020. \u003ccite>(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Queen Latifah, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first rap song she and a lot of others heard and memorized where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey. But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “ Planet Rock. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oscar-nominated actor can be seen chasing bad guys on CBS’ \u003cem>The Equalizer\u003c/em>, many forget her roots as a rapper, with hits like “U.N.I.T.Y.” and “Just Another Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It changed the sound,” she said. “It’s more of a synthesized, 808s, hi-hats. The whole sound of it was different. Some of hip-hop in the original days was live music. It was live bands playing break records. Like ‘Good Times’ was the beat to ‘Rapper’s Delight.’ Some of those records took actual disco records, played the music and rhymed to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>E-40\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13840957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13840957\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While heading to school as a seventh grader in 1979, E-40 heard a new rap tune on a local radio station that normally played R&B and soul music in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13932488']It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.” That’s when he knew hip-hop was going to be a part of his life forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like ‘Ohh, this is hard. I’m hooked,’” said E-40, who recalled the moment while driving to Franklin Middle School in Vallejo, California. He and fellow rapper B-Legit used to sport the same kind of fedora hats and big gold rope chains Run-D.M.C. performed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From then on, I loved rap. In 1979, when I first heard The Sugarhill Gang, I wanted to be a rapper. I would play around with it … We grew up on New York rap. All of us did. We wanted to be hip-hop. We wanted to breakdance. We did it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that changed everything after we heard Sugarhill Gang. Next thing you know, you’re hearing Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow and ‘Roxannne, Roxanne.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lil Jon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling Black man wearing sunglasses, a grey hoodie and blue jeans sits on a couch next to a black wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Jon backstage before a DJ set at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco, 2016. \u003ccite>(Kelly Sullivan/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rapper’s Delight” was probably the first hip-hop song Lil Jon heard. But he became a “super fan” of the genre as a middle schooler in Atlanta after seeing rap groups the Fat Boys and Whodini. It was his first time seeing professional rappers onstage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I might have been a fan of rap before, but I had never been to a rap concert. I’ve never seen rappers in person,” he said. “Maybe just in the magazines. That turned me into like … a super fan of hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first hip-hop record Lil-Jon bought was Run D.M.C.’s “Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said. “We put the album on at his house. We were going crazy over listening to lyrics and beats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Roxanne Shante\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930911\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930911\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman stands onstage smiling broadly. She is wearing an off the shoulder red gown and holding her hands out in a half shrug.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne Shante at the 2023 Black Music Honors in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003ccite>(Nykieria Chaney/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxanne Shante’s first rap experience didn’t come in song form. She was introduced to hip-hop through the late comedian-poet Nipsey Russell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13931795']“He had the ability to rhyme at any time,” said Shante, a host for SiriusXM’s Rock the Bells Radio. At age 14, she became one of the first female rappers to become popular after her song “Roxanne’s Revenge” and gained more notoriety as a member of the Juice Crew. She also took part in \u003cem>Roxanne Wars\u003c/em>, which was a series of hip-hop rivalries in the mid-1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shante said “Rapper’s Delight” was the record most parents brought into their home as the “party song.” But in her mind, Russell had just as much of an impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would be my first encounter with loving what would become hip-hop,” she continued. “This way of having a certain cadence, this way of being able to do these certain rhymes was just incredible to me … He was able to freestyle all day, every day. And that’s who I am. That’s what I still do today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Too Short\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13922549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13922549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg\" alt=\"a Black man raps into a microphone on a stage with the words 'Too $hort' behind him in blue lights\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-2048x1395.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1920x1308.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Too Short performs during the ‘25th Anniversary of Doggystyle’ tour at Oracle Arena, Oakland. \u003ccite>(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s 1979. Too Short was around 13 years old. He normally listened to a variety of funk songs ranging from the Ohio Players’ “Love Rollercoaster” and Funkadelic’s “Knee Deep.” Then one day at his father’s house, he heard “Rapper’s Delight” blaring through a stereo system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13927349']“I was on my funk stuff, then this ‘Rapper’s Delight’ record came out and it was like 15 minutes long,” he recalled. “I’d be at my pop’s house just bumping the loud stereo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As “Rapper’s Delight” gained momentum in 1980, Too Short gravitated more toward beatboxing. That led him to hit up the local record store where he would buy the latest hip-hop album then blasted it on his radio for anyone to hear in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to get a radio with two speakers. That was mandatory,” he said. “I was the guy with the radio who was hitting play going ‘You ain’t never heard that before’ … I had the whole room, the whole bus jumping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Doug E. Fresh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man raises both his arms in the air and strides forward on stage. He is wearing a white t-shirt, black jacket and black pants. Stage lights beam all around him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1020x705.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug E. Fresh onstage in New York City in 2023. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time changed the trajectory of Doug E. Fresh’s life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember when my sister came home and told me about a guy named D.J. Hollywood, who we considered the first real M.C.,” he said. “She came home and told me about a rap he had. And the rap went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding, dong, dong, dong the dang, the dang, dang, dang, the ding dong dong. To the hip hop…’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh then added: “I turned around and said, ‘Teach me that, show me.’ And after that, it’s been me and hip-hop since that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Kid Capri\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mixed race man wearing a black Givenchy t-shirt smiles from behind DJ decks, holding one side of a set of headphones on his head.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kid Capri DJing in Houston in 2023. \u003ccite>(Marcus Ingram/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Kid Capri, arguably one of hip-hop’s most famous DJs in the ‘90s, grew up on soul music. His father was a soul singer. His grandfather played the trumpet. And his uncle, Bill Curtis, was the leader of the Fatback Band — which he says made the first hip-hop single “King Tim III (Personality Jock) ” before “Rapper’s Delight” was released a few months later in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13932030']Capri’s uncle gave him the opportunity to hear a rap song for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was right there,” Capri said about the Fatback Band, a funk and disco ensemble who became known for their R&B hits including “(Do the) Spanish Hustle,” “I Like Girls” and “I Found Lovin’.” But it was “King Tim III” that had a strong influence on him — especially since it came from family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world thinks ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was the first rap record, but it was ‘Personality Jock,’” he said. “My uncle, he’s my family. He’s the one that did it. So, I’ve always been around it. That’s what made me be so infectious in it, because I’ve seen every level to where I’m at right now. I took all those things important to me on stage right now. When you see me on stage, you can see all those things wrapped up in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Method Man\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932760\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932760\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"A muscular Black man, wearing an NY baseball cap, white t-shirt and blue jeans strides across a stage, microphone held up to his open mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-768x521.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Method Man performing in Atlanta in 2023. \u003ccite>(Prince Williams/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first-ever rap song Method Man ever heard. But the first hip-hop song that really resonated with him was Run-D.M.C.’s “ Sucker MCs (Krush-Groove 1 ).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had never heard this record and I thought I was up on everything at the time,” Method Man said of the 1983 song, which proceeded Run-D.M.C.’s first single “It’s Like That” from their self-titled album. He said “Sucker MCs” helped pave a way to usher in a new school of hip-hop artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were on a sixth-grade class trip to Long Island, and everybody was singing it word-for-word,” the \u003cem>Power Book II: Ghost\u003c/em> actor remembered. “They must have played that record 24 times on our class trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big Daddy Kane\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up image of a Black man wearing a white shirt and rapping into a microphone on stage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Daddy Kane performing in 2015. \u003ccite>(Donna Ward/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around age 12, Big Daddy Kane might not have remembered all of his homework assignments, but he certainly could recite every lyric to the late Jimmy Spicer’s 1980 song “Adventures of Super Rhymes,” one of hip-hop’s first songs recorded in a studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kane heard “Rapper’s Delight” first, but Spicer’s storytelling on the 15-minute song resonated with him the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this song came out, just the way Jimmy Spicer was styling on them and telling the story about Dracula and a story about Aladdin, I thought it was real slick,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Jazzy Jeff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932448\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a white t-shirt and gold and white striped hat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jazzy Jeff DJs on stage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Jazzy Jeff always had an affinity for music. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I get on the mic to rock the house. Then all of a sudden, I hear words behind me as I’m rockin’. I lipsync. The words keep going. (Expletive) are rockin’ for like 20 minutes,” said Chuck D, a member of the rap group Public Enemy who created “ Fight the Power,” one of hip-hop’s most iconic and important anthems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After it’s all over, cats are giving me high pounds like ‘You went on and on to the break of dawn dawg,’” he continued. “Back then, it’s about how long you can rap. I went and turned to the DJ and looked at the red label that said ‘Sugarhill Gang ‘Rapper’s Delight.’’ I was like ’Oh, they finally did it.’ They were talking all summer long that rap records were going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was stunned: “I was, like, ’It’s inconceivable. How could a rap be a record?′ I couldn’t see it. Nobody could see it. And then when it happened, boom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Queen Latifah\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman in an olive green jumpsuit performs on stage. She is holding a microphone up to her mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-768x540.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Latifah performing in Chicago in 2020. \u003ccite>(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Queen Latifah, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first rap song she and a lot of others heard and memorized where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey. But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “ Planet Rock. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oscar-nominated actor can be seen chasing bad guys on CBS’ \u003cem>The Equalizer\u003c/em>, many forget her roots as a rapper, with hits like “U.N.I.T.Y.” and “Just Another Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It changed the sound,” she said. “It’s more of a synthesized, 808s, hi-hats. The whole sound of it was different. Some of hip-hop in the original days was live music. It was live bands playing break records. Like ‘Good Times’ was the beat to ‘Rapper’s Delight.’ Some of those records took actual disco records, played the music and rhymed to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>E-40\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13840957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13840957\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While heading to school as a seventh grader in 1979, E-40 heard a new rap tune on a local radio station that normally played R&B and soul music in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.” That’s when he knew hip-hop was going to be a part of his life forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like ‘Ohh, this is hard. I’m hooked,’” said E-40, who recalled the moment while driving to Franklin Middle School in Vallejo, California. He and fellow rapper B-Legit used to sport the same kind of fedora hats and big gold rope chains Run-D.M.C. performed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From then on, I loved rap. In 1979, when I first heard The Sugarhill Gang, I wanted to be a rapper. I would play around with it … We grew up on New York rap. All of us did. We wanted to be hip-hop. We wanted to breakdance. We did it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that changed everything after we heard Sugarhill Gang. Next thing you know, you’re hearing Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow and ‘Roxannne, Roxanne.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lil Jon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling Black man wearing sunglasses, a grey hoodie and blue jeans sits on a couch next to a black wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Jon backstage before a DJ set at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco, 2016. \u003ccite>(Kelly Sullivan/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rapper’s Delight” was probably the first hip-hop song Lil Jon heard. But he became a “super fan” of the genre as a middle schooler in Atlanta after seeing rap groups the Fat Boys and Whodini. It was his first time seeing professional rappers onstage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I might have been a fan of rap before, but I had never been to a rap concert. I’ve never seen rappers in person,” he said. “Maybe just in the magazines. That turned me into like … a super fan of hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first hip-hop record Lil-Jon bought was Run D.M.C.’s “Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said. “We put the album on at his house. We were going crazy over listening to lyrics and beats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Roxanne Shante\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930911\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930911\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman stands onstage smiling broadly. She is wearing an off the shoulder red gown and holding her hands out in a half shrug.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne Shante at the 2023 Black Music Honors in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003ccite>(Nykieria Chaney/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxanne Shante’s first rap experience didn’t come in song form. She was introduced to hip-hop through the late comedian-poet Nipsey Russell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“He had the ability to rhyme at any time,” said Shante, a host for SiriusXM’s Rock the Bells Radio. At age 14, she became one of the first female rappers to become popular after her song “Roxanne’s Revenge” and gained more notoriety as a member of the Juice Crew. She also took part in \u003cem>Roxanne Wars\u003c/em>, which was a series of hip-hop rivalries in the mid-1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shante said “Rapper’s Delight” was the record most parents brought into their home as the “party song.” But in her mind, Russell had just as much of an impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would be my first encounter with loving what would become hip-hop,” she continued. “This way of having a certain cadence, this way of being able to do these certain rhymes was just incredible to me … He was able to freestyle all day, every day. And that’s who I am. That’s what I still do today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Too Short\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13922549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13922549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg\" alt=\"a Black man raps into a microphone on a stage with the words 'Too $hort' behind him in blue lights\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-2048x1395.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1920x1308.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Too Short performs during the ‘25th Anniversary of Doggystyle’ tour at Oracle Arena, Oakland. \u003ccite>(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s 1979. Too Short was around 13 years old. He normally listened to a variety of funk songs ranging from the Ohio Players’ “Love Rollercoaster” and Funkadelic’s “Knee Deep.” Then one day at his father’s house, he heard “Rapper’s Delight” blaring through a stereo system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I was on my funk stuff, then this ‘Rapper’s Delight’ record came out and it was like 15 minutes long,” he recalled. “I’d be at my pop’s house just bumping the loud stereo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As “Rapper’s Delight” gained momentum in 1980, Too Short gravitated more toward beatboxing. That led him to hit up the local record store where he would buy the latest hip-hop album then blasted it on his radio for anyone to hear in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to get a radio with two speakers. That was mandatory,” he said. “I was the guy with the radio who was hitting play going ‘You ain’t never heard that before’ … I had the whole room, the whole bus jumping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Doug E. Fresh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man raises both his arms in the air and strides forward on stage. He is wearing a white t-shirt, black jacket and black pants. Stage lights beam all around him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1020x705.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug E. Fresh onstage in New York City in 2023. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time changed the trajectory of Doug E. Fresh’s life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember when my sister came home and told me about a guy named D.J. Hollywood, who we considered the first real M.C.,” he said. “She came home and told me about a rap he had. And the rap went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding, dong, dong, dong the dang, the dang, dang, dang, the ding dong dong. To the hip hop…’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh then added: “I turned around and said, ‘Teach me that, show me.’ And after that, it’s been me and hip-hop since that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Kid Capri\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mixed race man wearing a black Givenchy t-shirt smiles from behind DJ decks, holding one side of a set of headphones on his head.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kid Capri DJing in Houston in 2023. \u003ccite>(Marcus Ingram/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Kid Capri, arguably one of hip-hop’s most famous DJs in the ‘90s, grew up on soul music. His father was a soul singer. His grandfather played the trumpet. And his uncle, Bill Curtis, was the leader of the Fatback Band — which he says made the first hip-hop single “King Tim III (Personality Jock) ” before “Rapper’s Delight” was released a few months later in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Capri’s uncle gave him the opportunity to hear a rap song for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was right there,” Capri said about the Fatback Band, a funk and disco ensemble who became known for their R&B hits including “(Do the) Spanish Hustle,” “I Like Girls” and “I Found Lovin’.” But it was “King Tim III” that had a strong influence on him — especially since it came from family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world thinks ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was the first rap record, but it was ‘Personality Jock,’” he said. “My uncle, he’s my family. He’s the one that did it. So, I’ve always been around it. That’s what made me be so infectious in it, because I’ve seen every level to where I’m at right now. I took all those things important to me on stage right now. When you see me on stage, you can see all those things wrapped up in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Method Man\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932760\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932760\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"A muscular Black man, wearing an NY baseball cap, white t-shirt and blue jeans strides across a stage, microphone held up to his open mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-768x521.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Method Man performing in Atlanta in 2023. \u003ccite>(Prince Williams/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first-ever rap song Method Man ever heard. But the first hip-hop song that really resonated with him was Run-D.M.C.’s “ Sucker MCs (Krush-Groove 1 ).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had never heard this record and I thought I was up on everything at the time,” Method Man said of the 1983 song, which proceeded Run-D.M.C.’s first single “It’s Like That” from their self-titled album. He said “Sucker MCs” helped pave a way to usher in a new school of hip-hop artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were on a sixth-grade class trip to Long Island, and everybody was singing it word-for-word,” the \u003cem>Power Book II: Ghost\u003c/em> actor remembered. “They must have played that record 24 times on our class trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big Daddy Kane\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up image of a Black man wearing a white shirt and rapping into a microphone on stage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Daddy Kane performing in 2015. \u003ccite>(Donna Ward/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around age 12, Big Daddy Kane might not have remembered all of his homework assignments, but he certainly could recite every lyric to the late Jimmy Spicer’s 1980 song “Adventures of Super Rhymes,” one of hip-hop’s first songs recorded in a studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kane heard “Rapper’s Delight” first, but Spicer’s storytelling on the 15-minute song resonated with him the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this song came out, just the way Jimmy Spicer was styling on them and telling the story about Dracula and a story about Aladdin, I thought it was real slick,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Jazzy Jeff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932448\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a white t-shirt and gold and white striped hat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jazzy Jeff DJs on stage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Jazzy Jeff always had an affinity for music. But when the \u003cem>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u003c/em> star heard “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time, he felt like the song spoke to him like no other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that was the first time I felt like the music was mine,” he said. “Before then, I loved the music, but the music was kind of my older brothers and sisters, and I just liked it because it was theirs. This was the one that somebody made just for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jermaine Dupri\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/gettyimages-974991902_wide-00a7268466f1d74f29c7c836e83219f92b347249-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man with a bald head wears sunglasses and a tuxedo on a red carpet. 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"content": "\u003cp>On Friday, Aug. 11, the world will gather around turntables, giant speakers and open dancefloors for a collective celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The date marks the night in 1973 when Cindy Campbell and her brother Clive, aka DJ Kool Herc, combined forces for a back-to-school party in the Bronx that would change the world. The dance was soundtracked by early forms of breakbeat DJing and MCing, and is widely referred to as the first legit hip-hop event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five decades later, we’re still partying. Here’s a list of August events around the Bay Area in celebration of hip-hop’s golden jubilee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13923938']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-the-roots-of-culture/\">The Roots of Hip-Hop Culture: Friday Nights at OMCA\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25\u003cbr>\nOakland Museum of California\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Museum of California holds it down every Friday of the month as host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929183/at-the-bay-area-hip-hop-archives-leaving-a-legacy-is-an-art\">Jahi\u003c/a> leads attendees through the roots of the culture. Diamano Coura West African Dance Company performs on Aug. 4; Aug. 11 features an induction ceremony for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929183/at-the-bay-area-hip-hop-archives-leaving-a-legacy-is-an-art\">Bay Area Hip-Hop Archives\u003c/a>, DJs Davey D and Jahi, a turf dancing class with Telice Summerfield, and a meet-and-greet with stock-car racer Cameron “Cam-Man” Carraway. Destiny Muhammad plays Bay Area hip-hop on jazz harp and Aimee Rose leads a TropiCali Dancehall Class on Aug. 18; programming concludes Aug. 25 with an evening of aerosol art with Refa One and hands-on beat making activities led by Seti X of June Jordan School for Equity. KQED’s \u003cem>If Cities Could Dance\u003c/em> series will screen Aug. 4 and 11, and its series \u003cem>What’s Pimpin’\u003c/em> will screen Aug. 18 and 25. \u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-the-roots-of-culture/\">More here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932671\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Daddy Kane pictured in 2015. 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The stage’s host will be San Jose emcee DEM ONE. \u003ca href=\"https://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/\">More here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theblackexcellenceband.com/event-details-registration/hip-hop-50th-anniversary-celebration\">Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary Celebration: Honoring the Culture\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Friday, Aug. 11\u003cbr>\nContinental Club, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A live graffiti exhibition and breakdance session, with performances by DJ Truth & Lax The Monk and a live set from the Black Excellence Band. \u003ca href=\"https://www.theblackexcellenceband.com/event-details-registration/hip-hop-50th-anniversary-celebration\">More here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13928550']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vibe-vandals-presents-a-tribute-to-50-years-of-hip-hop-culture-tickets-669133174337?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&from=ff7d6b7a315811eebf099a3000f21aef\">Vibe Vandals’ Tribute to 50 years of Hip-Hop Culture\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Aug. 11\u003cbr>\nNeck of the Woods, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Richmond District’s best dive club celebrates hip-hop with performances by Z-Man, True Justice, Vocab Slick, The Watershed, On Tilt, Outsiders Syndicate and JUJUGXLLERY.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-life-in-hip-hop-talk-show-tickets-670900069167?aff=oddtdtcreator\">A Life in Hip-Hop: Talk Show\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Aug. 12\u003cbr>\nKinfolx Cafe, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writer and creative \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861253/rightnowish-mike-nicholls-and-umber-magazine\">Mike Nicholls\u003c/a> shares his personal story within hip-hop culture, in an event that features artists Eddou XL, Grand Nationxl’s Mani Draper, and DJ Nina Sol. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-life-in-hip-hop-talk-show-tickets-670900069167?aff=oddtdtcreator\">More here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-4-hope-benefit-ft-rodney-o-dj-joe-cooley-commemorate-hip-hop-50-tickets-665037654527?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">United 4 Hope Benefit With Rodney O and Joe Cooley\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Aug. 12\u003cbr>\nExecutive Order, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The L.A. old-school legends Rodney O and Joe Cooley join DJs Rick Lee, Scotty Fox and Icy Ice at a benefit for Bay Area nonprofit Beats 4 Hope. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-4-hope-benefit-ft-rodney-o-dj-joe-cooley-commemorate-hip-hop-50-tickets-665037654527?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13894666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13894666\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/rockyrivera-snakeskin-vivianchen-164final-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky Rivera and DJ Roza. \u003ccite>(Vivian Chen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.undiscoveredsf.com/#event-info\">SOMA Pilipinas’ UNDISCOVERED Block Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Aug. 19\u003cbr>\nVarious venues in SOMA, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary coincides with the seventh season of the Filipino creative market UNDISCOVERED, and they celebrate both with a series of three block parties. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932533\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at the Days With Zahrah Getaway in Napa, May 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KQED’s year-long exploration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a> history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele has never been a typical R&B singer. From the start of her career in the late ’90s, the Oakland-born vocalist has defied categorization. Her breakthrough 2001 single “Closer” arrived amidst a landscape of slickly produced, radio-friendly R&B, hip-hop/soul hybrids, and then-trendy neo-soul. Produced by Amp Live of hip-hop duo Zion I, with keyboards by Mike Tiger, “Closer” broke the mold with its warm, organic sound and inspirational, near-universal message of moving closer to one’s dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song quickly became a Bay Area staple, landing in KMEL rotation — a rarity for an independently released R&B song. Before long, “Closer” entered the station’s nightly “7 at 7” countdown, and began moving up in the rankings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was one point where they were going down the list, and 50 Cent was number two,” the singer recalls today. “And I was like, damn, I was bumped off the list. And then it got to number one and I was so happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9fkGCCV1o\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nThat moment literally moved Goapele closer to her dreams. “It was just so affirming for my city to embrace what I was doing, and music that was so close to my heart, and music that I didn’t know what genre it fit into.” It was also a validation of the Bay’s independent spirit, rather than “emanating something that’s already out there,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closer” became an anthem for people achieving a goal or moving forward in life. “I’ve sung it at a lot of colleges over the years. I’ve sung at weddings. I’ve ran into a lot of people that said it was their high school graduation song,” the singer recalls. The song has been embraced by rappers and singers alike, including Drake, YG, Kendrick Lamar and Chris Brown, as well as countless freestyle and mix-tape emcees. “I’m really grateful that it has stood the test of time and resonated with people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13923938']She attributes this phenomenon to “how the drums hit” and how Tiger’s chord progression “just gives a certain feeling of like, upliftment and frustration at the same time that I think so many of us relate to.” People also relate to its central theme of “striving to get to the next level. And it can feel like a struggle sometimes even in the midst of glimpses of, you know, success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song remains a staple of Goapele’s live sets, even though she’s recorded plenty of new music in the 20-plus years since “Closer”’s release. She admits there was a time when she was over it, and wanted to focus on fresh material. But then she realized, “people in the audience really wanted to hear it. And I just, I had to take a step back and think about my favorite artists. Like, I love a lot of their old music. You know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a black flowy top performs while smiling at a microphone\" width=\"800\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1020x842.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-768x634.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1536x1268.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-2048x1691.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1920x1585.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at S.O.B.’s in New York City in 2003. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s 2001 album of the same name sold approximately 65,000 units on consignment, launching her as a viable new artist with a strong following. Since then, the singer has released four full-length albums and an EP, numerous music videos and a lifestyle brand (Dreamseekers) while performing live all over the world. She’s carved out a lane as a true original, never following current trends, yet always relevant, as her range has expanded from soulful, slow-tempo ballads to pulse-pounding club jams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after her live performance at the inaugural Days with Zahra festival in Napa — as she readies herself for the release of another album, titled \u003cem>Colors\u003c/em> — she reflected on her long association with Bay Area hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An agent for social change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, Bay Area hip-hop was an important part of Goapele’s experience growing up, one that shaped her path as an artist. The first local rapper she recalls listening to was MC Hammer, when she was in junior high school, followed by Hieroglyphics. By the time she got to high school, she says, “for me it was all about underground hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in her career, she sang over hip-hop instrumentals at local spots like Mingles and La Peña. “My brother was a DJ. And so, you know, dub plates were popular.” A dub plate-style version sung over the remix of Supercat’s “Dolly My Baby” turned into one of her first singles, “Childhood Drama” — which she recently sung live in Jamaica with DJ Shortkut after not performing it in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s first local rap collaborations were with Zion I, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Y1oB29QockI\">E-40\u003c/a>, and Hieroglyphics members A-Plus, Casual, and \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/CEKiGFLJRoA\">Pep Love\u003c/a>; the Oakland hip-hop collective also helped her independent label Skyblaze get distribution. She went on to team up with many Bay artists including \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXi7Cr9sIQ\">Mac Mall\u003c/a>, Clyde Carson, and Keak Da Sneak, and, more recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJxJ6TV8do\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a>. “I was definitely surrounded by a lot of rappers,” she reminisces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKiGFLJRoA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nShe’s since recorded with national artists like Dwele and West Coast rap legends \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKwYCW7IDc\">Snoop Dogg\u003c/a>, Aceyalone and Planet Asia. But she says she won’t work with just any artist. “My criteria for working with anyone is just that it’s a positive vibe and we mutually want to work together… I’m open to, you know, so many different stories. But when it comes to the music I’m putting out, I just don’t want it to have a negative effect on the culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s standards for collaboration and her value system reflect both her cultural background and the values of her native region — known for its activists, community-based organizations and political and social discourse in its artistic output and cultural aesthetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13250203']As the daughter of South African exile Douglas Mohlabane and the sister of Namane Mohlabane — a co-founder of DJ collective Local 1200 — activism came naturally to Goapele. Her father was active in the anti-apartheid movement and a mainstay of a Bay Area South African exile community, while Local 1200 was known not just for their DJ skills, but their support of social justice causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the campaign against California’s draconian youth crime bill, \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2000/21_03_2000.html\">Prop. 21\u003c/a>, Goapele collaborated with singer Kimiko Joy and female emcee Toy for an updated version of Billie Holiday’s “Don’t Explain” that tackled the weighty issue of the criminalization of youth and the prison-industrial complex. The title track of her 2005 major label debut, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxiCibEfgc\">Change It All\u003c/a>,” addressed school closures, economic inequality, and the need to do better as a society. In 2006, she was named a Human Rights Cultural Hero by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights during the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not an overtly political artist who spouts rhetoric and ideology at every opportunity, she’s stayed down and still “got a pound for the cause,” to paraphrase Digital Underground’s Shock G — another of the artists she says inspired her when she was coming up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 729px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with short hair in a suit poses in front of a display about the Black Power movement\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg 729w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249-160x225.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele poses in the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles after a 2012 performance. \u003ccite>(Mark Sullivan/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transformative change and revolutionary content can take many forms — including music that adds something different and compelling to the sonic landscape. At the time of its release, Zion-I’s 2003 album \u003cem>Deep Water Slang V2.0\u003c/em> was dismissed by some critics who had trouble relating to its diverse influences and experimental qualities. Those qualities, however, are precisely what make the album stand out some 20 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele contributed vocals to three of the album’s standout tracks — “Flow,” “Sorry” and “Boom Bip.” Producer Amp Live plays around with ambient textures and non-cliched sonic approaches that seemingly expand hip-hop’s reach; meanwhile, Goapele supplies the hooks, reinforcing Zumbi’s conscious manifestos and emotional Zen-states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOQdKhEsFQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“So don’t fight the feeling / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere / open your mind / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere,” she sings on “Boom Bip” — subverting a pimpish credo associated with Too Short and Rappin’ 4-Tay to express a more holistic and spiritually affirming mentality. On “Flow,” the hook places the word “flow,” sung by Goapele, up against a bed of minimal keyboards, upright bass, and Vin Roc’s turntable cuts. Her vocals on “Sorry” are buried deep within a mix of flute, viola, electric piano and cello — all of which contribute to an emotionally resonant song that’s more about feeling than swagger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite “Flow” being one of her favorite collaborations, Goapele can’t quite recall how it came about. “I worked with Zion I off and on for years,” she says. “We even had a studio right next to them at 880 (Studios in Oakland)… Amp just like, had a way of creating things like a puzzle. And sometimes, I would come in there and record an idea over a piece of a song. And by the time I heard it, you know, he had, like, made this whole new arrangement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='forum_2010101889218']Then there was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKiGFLJRoA\">The Daze\u003c/a>,” a track from her \u003cem>Even Closer\u003c/em> album featuring Zion I and Casual of Hieroglyphics, which was recorded at Amp’s home studio in El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was walking into the home studio and Amp had the vibe, you know, already set in. And Steve (Zumbi) was working on his verses. And I was just like, adding whatever I could… I can remember the night that we recorded that just by the raw energy. And it was really just like a couple takes, you know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a white and red dress and black and white sneakers performs onstage at a music festival in Golden Gate Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs onstage during the 2008 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jason Merritt/FilmMagic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten years later, in 2013, Goapele again collaborated with Zion I on the sublime hip-hop love song, “Life’s Work” — which eschews playerisms in favor of committed monogamy. Zumbi’s love-affirming testimonials contrast beautifully with Goapele’s romantic vocals, and it’s difficult to imagine the song working as well without her contribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s association with Hieroglyphics also spanned many projects. She’s made songs with Pep Love, Casual and A-Plus, along with the single and video, “Soweto,” which features the entire crew. She remembers Hiero had rented a house with a home studio in Venice Beach, and A-Plus asked her to drop some vocals on a track he was working on. “The guitar was just giving me African highlife vibes,” and the song’s hook, she says, was “just what I was feeling like, no matter where you go. We’re the same. We have the same story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video, she recalls, was shot in Joshua Tree National Park on one of the hottest days of the year — the temperature reached 120 Fahrenheit. “I almost did not make it through that video, but the video ended up being beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHtCG5wqYs\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Motherland and the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Goapele’s more interesting collaborations came about in 2010, when she worked with South African emcee Hip Hop Pantsula for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEPNCz98_c\">Victory\u003c/a>,” a song recorded in English, Setswana, and Xhosa, which drew attention to humanitarian efforts in South Africa and the African Diaspora. Pantsula, she says, “was incredibly talented, and I want to say kind of spearheaded or was big in the Motswako movement, which was a South African/SWANA hip-hop scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pantsula, aka Double HP, who joined the ancestors in 2018, was hailed as a “musical icon” by the African National Congress. Goapele remembers being in South Africa and seeing some of his concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of rapping in Setswana and English… But the song “Victory,” it was just so exciting that the World Cup was in South Africa. I definitely was feeling a sense of pride even from afar. And I went out there to perform at the MAMA Awards. It was like an MTV Africa show, and they flew me out there along with The Game, and Clyde Carson from the Bay, who I also worked with on a bunch of other songs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13932534 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with braids smiles holding a microphone on stage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at the Days With Zahrah Getaway in Napa, May 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked to draw a comparison between South African and Bay Area hip-hop, she says, “There wasn’t a huge music industry in the Bay Area. There’s a lot of labels in South Africa, but I feel like people have really had to create their thing from the ground up. And so there’s like maybe an organic feel to it and an edge and a soulfulness that it has.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls listening to the South African band Shava, who sing in her native tongue of Setswana. “The production was just so beautiful and vibey. The drums are always a little behind the beat. There’s similar production and feels that I think probably come out of a context of influences, like the culture just being soulful and raw and there’s definitely a spirit of resistance, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEPNCz98_c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“But in South Africa, it’s the triumph and struggle that’s still there. Like, my dad had to leave because of the apartheid system and, in the nineties, so much turmoil and turnover in leadership. Equality is something that’s still trying to come about. There’s so much economic disparity. People were pushed out to almost like, reservations … I came out of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That struggle has bred not just resistance, but cultural resilience. “There’s so much depth and raw talent that has come back, persevered through that. So there’s something to be said for that. How that affects the sound and the vibe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, in some ways, South Africa is exactly like the Bay Area. But in other ways, it’s completely different. Goapele remains connected to both places and cultures. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She attributes this phenomenon to “how the drums hit” and how Tiger’s chord progression “just gives a certain feeling of like, upliftment and frustration at the same time that I think so many of us relate to.” People also relate to its central theme of “striving to get to the next level. And it can feel like a struggle sometimes even in the midst of glimpses of, you know, success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song remains a staple of Goapele’s live sets, even though she’s recorded plenty of new music in the 20-plus years since “Closer”’s release. She admits there was a time when she was over it, and wanted to focus on fresh material. But then she realized, “people in the audience really wanted to hear it. And I just, I had to take a step back and think about my favorite artists. Like, I love a lot of their old music. You know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a black flowy top performs while smiling at a microphone\" width=\"800\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1020x842.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-768x634.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1536x1268.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-2048x1691.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1920x1585.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at S.O.B.’s in New York City in 2003. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s 2001 album of the same name sold approximately 65,000 units on consignment, launching her as a viable new artist with a strong following. Since then, the singer has released four full-length albums and an EP, numerous music videos and a lifestyle brand (Dreamseekers) while performing live all over the world. She’s carved out a lane as a true original, never following current trends, yet always relevant, as her range has expanded from soulful, slow-tempo ballads to pulse-pounding club jams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after her live performance at the inaugural Days with Zahra festival in Napa — as she readies herself for the release of another album, titled \u003cem>Colors\u003c/em> — she reflected on her long association with Bay Area hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An agent for social change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, Bay Area hip-hop was an important part of Goapele’s experience growing up, one that shaped her path as an artist. The first local rapper she recalls listening to was MC Hammer, when she was in junior high school, followed by Hieroglyphics. By the time she got to high school, she says, “for me it was all about underground hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in her career, she sang over hip-hop instrumentals at local spots like Mingles and La Peña. “My brother was a DJ. And so, you know, dub plates were popular.” A dub plate-style version sung over the remix of Supercat’s “Dolly My Baby” turned into one of her first singles, “Childhood Drama” — which she recently sung live in Jamaica with DJ Shortkut after not performing it in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s first local rap collaborations were with Zion I, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Y1oB29QockI\">E-40\u003c/a>, and Hieroglyphics members A-Plus, Casual, and \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/CEKiGFLJRoA\">Pep Love\u003c/a>; the Oakland hip-hop collective also helped her independent label Skyblaze get distribution. She went on to team up with many Bay artists including \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXi7Cr9sIQ\">Mac Mall\u003c/a>, Clyde Carson, and Keak Da Sneak, and, more recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJxJ6TV8do\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a>. “I was definitely surrounded by a lot of rappers,” she reminisces.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/CEKiGFLJRoA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/CEKiGFLJRoA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nShe’s since recorded with national artists like Dwele and West Coast rap legends \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKwYCW7IDc\">Snoop Dogg\u003c/a>, Aceyalone and Planet Asia. But she says she won’t work with just any artist. “My criteria for working with anyone is just that it’s a positive vibe and we mutually want to work together… I’m open to, you know, so many different stories. But when it comes to the music I’m putting out, I just don’t want it to have a negative effect on the culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s standards for collaboration and her value system reflect both her cultural background and the values of her native region — known for its activists, community-based organizations and political and social discourse in its artistic output and cultural aesthetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As the daughter of South African exile Douglas Mohlabane and the sister of Namane Mohlabane — a co-founder of DJ collective Local 1200 — activism came naturally to Goapele. Her father was active in the anti-apartheid movement and a mainstay of a Bay Area South African exile community, while Local 1200 was known not just for their DJ skills, but their support of social justice causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the campaign against California’s draconian youth crime bill, \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2000/21_03_2000.html\">Prop. 21\u003c/a>, Goapele collaborated with singer Kimiko Joy and female emcee Toy for an updated version of Billie Holiday’s “Don’t Explain” that tackled the weighty issue of the criminalization of youth and the prison-industrial complex. The title track of her 2005 major label debut, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxiCibEfgc\">Change It All\u003c/a>,” addressed school closures, economic inequality, and the need to do better as a society. In 2006, she was named a Human Rights Cultural Hero by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights during the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not an overtly political artist who spouts rhetoric and ideology at every opportunity, she’s stayed down and still “got a pound for the cause,” to paraphrase Digital Underground’s Shock G — another of the artists she says inspired her when she was coming up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 729px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with short hair in a suit poses in front of a display about the Black Power movement\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg 729w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249-160x225.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele poses in the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles after a 2012 performance. \u003ccite>(Mark Sullivan/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transformative change and revolutionary content can take many forms — including music that adds something different and compelling to the sonic landscape. At the time of its release, Zion-I’s 2003 album \u003cem>Deep Water Slang V2.0\u003c/em> was dismissed by some critics who had trouble relating to its diverse influences and experimental qualities. Those qualities, however, are precisely what make the album stand out some 20 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele contributed vocals to three of the album’s standout tracks — “Flow,” “Sorry” and “Boom Bip.” Producer Amp Live plays around with ambient textures and non-cliched sonic approaches that seemingly expand hip-hop’s reach; meanwhile, Goapele supplies the hooks, reinforcing Zumbi’s conscious manifestos and emotional Zen-states.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/gsOQdKhEsFQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gsOQdKhEsFQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“So don’t fight the feeling / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere / open your mind / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere,” she sings on “Boom Bip” — subverting a pimpish credo associated with Too Short and Rappin’ 4-Tay to express a more holistic and spiritually affirming mentality. On “Flow,” the hook places the word “flow,” sung by Goapele, up against a bed of minimal keyboards, upright bass, and Vin Roc’s turntable cuts. Her vocals on “Sorry” are buried deep within a mix of flute, viola, electric piano and cello — all of which contribute to an emotionally resonant song that’s more about feeling than swagger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite “Flow” being one of her favorite collaborations, Goapele can’t quite recall how it came about. “I worked with Zion I off and on for years,” she says. “We even had a studio right next to them at 880 (Studios in Oakland)… Amp just like, had a way of creating things like a puzzle. And sometimes, I would come in there and record an idea over a piece of a song. And by the time I heard it, you know, he had, like, made this whole new arrangement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Then there was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKiGFLJRoA\">The Daze\u003c/a>,” a track from her \u003cem>Even Closer\u003c/em> album featuring Zion I and Casual of Hieroglyphics, which was recorded at Amp’s home studio in El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was walking into the home studio and Amp had the vibe, you know, already set in. And Steve (Zumbi) was working on his verses. And I was just like, adding whatever I could… I can remember the night that we recorded that just by the raw energy. And it was really just like a couple takes, you know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a white and red dress and black and white sneakers performs onstage at a music festival in Golden Gate Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs onstage during the 2008 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jason Merritt/FilmMagic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten years later, in 2013, Goapele again collaborated with Zion I on the sublime hip-hop love song, “Life’s Work” — which eschews playerisms in favor of committed monogamy. Zumbi’s love-affirming testimonials contrast beautifully with Goapele’s romantic vocals, and it’s difficult to imagine the song working as well without her contribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s association with Hieroglyphics also spanned many projects. She’s made songs with Pep Love, Casual and A-Plus, along with the single and video, “Soweto,” which features the entire crew. She remembers Hiero had rented a house with a home studio in Venice Beach, and A-Plus asked her to drop some vocals on a track he was working on. “The guitar was just giving me African highlife vibes,” and the song’s hook, she says, was “just what I was feeling like, no matter where you go. We’re the same. We have the same story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video, she recalls, was shot in Joshua Tree National Park on one of the hottest days of the year — the temperature reached 120 Fahrenheit. “I almost did not make it through that video, but the video ended up being beautiful.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XJHtCG5wqYs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XJHtCG5wqYs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>The Motherland and the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Goapele’s more interesting collaborations came about in 2010, when she worked with South African emcee Hip Hop Pantsula for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEPNCz98_c\">Victory\u003c/a>,” a song recorded in English, Setswana, and Xhosa, which drew attention to humanitarian efforts in South Africa and the African Diaspora. Pantsula, she says, “was incredibly talented, and I want to say kind of spearheaded or was big in the Motswako movement, which was a South African/SWANA hip-hop scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pantsula, aka Double HP, who joined the ancestors in 2018, was hailed as a “musical icon” by the African National Congress. Goapele remembers being in South Africa and seeing some of his concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of rapping in Setswana and English… But the song “Victory,” it was just so exciting that the World Cup was in South Africa. I definitely was feeling a sense of pride even from afar. And I went out there to perform at the MAMA Awards. It was like an MTV Africa show, and they flew me out there along with The Game, and Clyde Carson from the Bay, who I also worked with on a bunch of other songs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13932534 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with braids smiles holding a microphone on stage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at the Days With Zahrah Getaway in Napa, May 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked to draw a comparison between South African and Bay Area hip-hop, she says, “There wasn’t a huge music industry in the Bay Area. There’s a lot of labels in South Africa, but I feel like people have really had to create their thing from the ground up. And so there’s like maybe an organic feel to it and an edge and a soulfulness that it has.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls listening to the South African band Shava, who sing in her native tongue of Setswana. “The production was just so beautiful and vibey. The drums are always a little behind the beat. There’s similar production and feels that I think probably come out of a context of influences, like the culture just being soulful and raw and there’s definitely a spirit of resistance, you know?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/IpEPNCz98_c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/IpEPNCz98_c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“But in South Africa, it’s the triumph and struggle that’s still there. Like, my dad had to leave because of the apartheid system and, in the nineties, so much turmoil and turnover in leadership. 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"content": "\u003cp>Sunday evening, as the moon rose over the peach-colored Napa sky, Blue Note Jazz Festival artist-in-resident Robert Glasper got carried away in the music. His band was in the pocket, and Bilal had just demonstrated his formidable vocal range, improvising with Lalah Hathaway. Up next, Rakim took the stage. After dropping a couple verses, the legendary MC almost walked off and called it a night — until host Dave Chappelle beckoned him back by rapping a few of Rakim’s lyrics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rakim performed a soulful rendition of “Paid in Full,” but when he finished rapping, the band didn’t stop. The wine and good vibes were flowing, and more artists spontaneously emerged from backstage. Chance the Rapper, due to headline the festival in half an hour, came up to pay respects to Rakim, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CoUjI38ADbo/\">paved the way\u003c/a>. Meeting for what seemed like the first time, they traded verses — and were soon joined by Vic Mensa, Talib Kweli and De La Soul’s Maseo, who gave Rakim a heartfelt salute. 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She could’ve been describing any number of the artists at the festival, whose individual styles are leaves and branches of the same tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds corny, but when I’m on stage and I’m immersed in the music, it’s the only time I am freed of that inner dialogue about my gender and my race,” Ndegeocello continued. “It’s the only time I just feel at one with others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hip-hop is ‘one of the few things that is able to bridge the diaspora,’ Gabrielle Union told KQED’s Eric Arnold backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival. ‘And any time you start to bring people together and so they could realize their true power, that’s going to be dangerous and controversial.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That feeling of oneness was underscored by the occasion of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, and many at the festival looked back at how far the culture has come. “I’m glad to be part of it, and I’m a teacher,” Madlib humbly reflected to Arnold. “Youngins are coming after me. That’s all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout Blue Note, which took place July 28–30 at its new home, Silverado Resort in Napa, fans and artists alike showed each other heartfelt love and gratitude for these collective moments. 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Her dreamy vocals in “Whipped Cream,” a neo-soul ballad from her 2019 album \u003ci>Shea Butter Baby,\u003c/i> entranced the crowd — who fanned themselves profusely from the heat, Lennox’s raw sensuality, or both. Her stirring performance of “New Apartment” was a welcome anthem about independence and self-love. “Waste My Time,” a wry and bumping inclusion, was a reminder of her narrative range, which ended with a contemptuous “boy byeeeee!” And equally unforgettable was her citrusy orange lace corset and wrap skirt, which matched her backup singers’ monochromatic fits — orange headscarves, berets, knitwear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gloriously sensual hits like “Stop By” dominated her set, but Lennox sees her music moving in a tender direction, while staying true to her sensuality. Backstage, she said, “My music’s always going to be sexy because that’s innate to me, but I also see it going towards love. 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That Tweet has since been deleted, and Lennox released her single “My Phone Can Die” in May. Her vulnerability and intimacy with the festival crowd felt like a reassurance that she’ll be gracing us with her presence for a while longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also reassuring were even more reflections on where she sees her music going. “I would say it’s just soulful — it’s continuing to be myself,” she said. “It’s R&B in a space where I’m welcoming that alternative quirky side and putting myself back into my music.” \u003cem>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De La Soul and Talib Kweli perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Robert Glasper and De La Soul share a moment of gratitude\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Robert Glasper’s performance with De La Soul and several interjections by artists like saxophonist Terrace Martin and Parliament-Funkadelic’s legendary George Clinton was an obvious hit of the day, pulling a large, energetic and intergenerational crowd. Glasper delivered a rousing keyboard solo that only lulled slightly when Dave Chappelle approached, whispered something into Glasper’s ear, and the two erupted into laughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like seeing Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee in a bar fight,” Chappelle quipped when The Roots member James Poyser joined Glasper at the keyboards. Chappelle got additional laughs when he mimed stroking the keys, lips pursed around a cigarette, while Poyser played for real behind him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De La Soul perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>De La Soul and Glasper’s set roared to life from the get-go and was relentless to the end. From “Into the Woods” off De La Soul’s 1994 album \u003cem>Buhloone Mindstate\u003c/em> to “Rock Co.Kane Flow,” De La Soul had the crowd firmly in their grasp. The artists stopped dramatically mid-flow, Poyser’s hand hovering over the keyboard and Kelvin Mercer collapsed on the stage only to spring back to life and double down on the beat. “Louder!” Mercer yelled into the audience during “Stakes is High,” and received a robust response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercer noted his respect for the turnout: “Oh shit, it’s a bunch of Black people,” he said. “They’re well established, and they’re chilling.” The presence of other cultural icons like Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul in the crowd lent emphasis to his point. “This right here is the culture,” shouted Wade, his arm over Paul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincent Mason of De La Soul at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mercer, wearing a black “Stakes Is High” tee, took a moment during the performance to speak on the emotional stakes of De La Soul’s hugely influential discography. “Don’t be afraid of your age — we made it,” he said, making references to the group’s songs about friends who died young, including De La Soul’s late member Trugoy the Dove, who died earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercer also talked about the significance of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, saying, “Hip Hop is a feeling — the veins of it is a feeling — and we’ve been blessed as De La Soul to make songs that give us that feeling.” \u003cem>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Digable Planets reimagine ‘Reachin” with jazz\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a troubled world, Digable Planets’ \u003ci>Reachin’ (A Refutation of Time and Space)\u003c/i> is a sunbeam of goodness. And it just so happens that the trio celebrates their 1993 debut album’s 30th birthday during the golden anniversary of hip-hop culture. The group’s Saturday afternoon Blue Note set felt like an especially auspicious occasion as they performed new versions of classics like “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat),” “Jettin’” and “Nickel Bags.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariana Ladybug Mecca Vieira of Digable Planets performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Planets built their vibey sound with samples from Herbie Hancock and Parliament-Funkadelic, and their mega-talented live band (led by guitarist Thaddeus Turner, with rising star Kassa Overall on drums) gave the music new, shimmering dimensions. Butterfly, Ladybug Mecca and Doodlebug were crisp, refined and funky as ever, allowing us to rediscover the Brooklyn of their imaginations with eyes full of awe and wonder. \u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932328\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yussef Dayes performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A rising London star makes his mark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A journey to the smaller, out-of-the-way Blue Note stage on Saturday proved well worth it for Yussef Dayes’ golden-hour set. The percussion wizard, a star of London’s lauded jazz scene, was perched atop an elaborate drum kit at center stage, speaking to the crowd through rhythm. Dayes played his drums with such finesse that they sounded almost like melodic instruments: at different points throughout his set, his drums sang and whispered invitations to groove to the fusion of Afro-diasporic rhythms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932352\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meshell Ndegeocello watches Yussef Dayes perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The potent jazz, funk, soul and drum’n’bass fusion that Dayes’ band concocted on stage sounded deceptively laid back, belying each person’s incredible skill. Piano player Elijah Fox (a rising star himself who was recently featured on Kali Uchis’ latest album and sampled by Drake) seemed possessed by the groove, shifting the mood from romantic and cinematic to psychedelically otherworldly, with bassist Rocco Palladino’s deep grooves anchoring his explorations. Meshell Ndegeocello, who performed a heartfelt, vocal-driven set earlier in the afternoon, stood on the side of the stage the whole show, raising her hands in praise and losing herself in the music. Like the rest of us in the audience, she didn’t stop smiling. \u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932446\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nas performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Straight out the dungeons of rap’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Considering he’s written some of the most memorable bars in rap history, Saturday’s headliner, Nas, didn’t need pomp and circumstance to impress. As he traveled through his decades-long catalog, he gave the people what they wanted, focusing heavily on his mid-’90s \u003ci>Illmatic\u003c/i> era, and transporting us into a Queensbridge childhood that continues to be his wellspring of inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932320\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nas headlines night two of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nas arrived looking casual in black Air Forces and a tracksuit, but he conveyed a regal aura. With a minimal three-piece band, DJ and backing vocalist, he rapped with a searing precision, reminding us why he’s motivated generations of MCs to put pen to rhyme book. As he delivered hard-edged verses about a cutthroat world of street intrigues, his stoic demeanor at times would crack, revealing a dimpled smile each time he felt the magnitude of tens of thousands of cheers. The intergenerational audience was feeling themselves, yelling the words, and dancing along to his more club-oriented 2000s hits, each person time-traveling to the first time they were moved by this once-in-a-generation street poet.\u003cem> —Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young drummer and pianist perform in front of a purple and blue backdrop. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domi and JD Beck perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Newcomers DOMi and JD Beck win over the crowd\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Plenty of newness has infused jazz in the past decade, but DOMi and JD Beck are particularly special outliers. Mixing the sounds of Weather Report and Squarepusher with Drain Gang aesthetics, the keyboard/drums duo on Sunday afternoon seemed to know their uphill battle in winning over the crowd. (Announcing a mid-set medley, Beck quipped that “nobody asked and nobody cares, so we’re just gonna play it.”) By the end of the set, though, after a tribute to Wayne Shorter (“Endangered Species”) and their own dizzying material, they got a rousing ovation. To celebrate, DOMi said, “It’s time for some underage drinking!” \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932376\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby McFerrin (left) performs with his son Taylor McFerrin at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A family affair with Taylor McFerrin with Bobby McFerrin\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Near the end of his set with his father, Taylor began talking about Bobby McFerrin’s debut album, released when he was one year old. This led into a rendition of that album’s “Sightless Bird,” augmented onstage by Taylor’s sister, Madison. The family affair continued with Little Dragon’s “Twice,” done in a slow burning style by Taylor and Madison, which, for five minutes on a Sunday afternoon, hypnotized the rapt crowd. \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932398\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rakim performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff bring new life to classics\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rakim isn’t a rapper so much as a vessel of the divine, and onstage, he tore through his set with his commanding, regal style. From opener “My Melody” to chiseled-in-stone classics like “I Ain’t No Joke,” “Microphone Fiend” and “Move the Crowd,” Rakim had one of hip-hop’s greatest DJs on hand for spontaneous segues and remixes. (As a clear upgrade from Rakim’s original DJ Eric B., Jazzy Jeff proved his skills with a furious scratch breakdown of L.L. Cool J’s “Rock the Bells.”) Singalongs were constant; shout out to superfan Adam Frazier from Sacramento, who recited and acted out every single word of Rakim’s set from the second row. Near the end, an a capella “Follow the Leader” led into closer “Paid in Full,” with Rakim’s timeless verse joined by horns and percussion from the Soul Rebels. A flawless hour. \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932377\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson .Paak poses back stage wearing a pink suit, no shirt and a giant fur hat. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anderson .Paak backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A dance party on stage for NxWorries\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the beginning of his set, Anderson .Paak leaned hard into his over-styled ladies-man persona: “All the ladies with the good pussy make some noise!” he shouted. Later he pleaded to “throw some bras on stage, make me feel like Drake,” and, eventually, simply invited a group of women from the crowd to dance on stage. In a massive fur hat and pink shirtless suit, and with songs like “Kutless” and “What More Can I Say,” .Paak’s alter-ego schtick was as effective as it was popular with the Blue Note crowd: on a side stage at the other end of the festival, Madlib’s DJ set only drew about 80 people. \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932386\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson .Paak smiles and dances with a female fan.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NxWorries perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932378\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chance the Rapper headlines night three of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932335\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madlib, Digable Planets and friends backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ishmael Butterfly Butler (left) and Madlib hug backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932449\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Jazzy Jeff performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932450\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De La Soul performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932388\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MonoNeon performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932294\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary J. Blige headlines night one of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932293\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary J. Blige headlines night one of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932286\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talib Kweli backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle (left) and Robert Glasper introduce De La Soul at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parliament Funkadelic perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932298\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madlib performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madlib backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932381\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cordae performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932331\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BJ The Chicago Kid performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Soul Rebels perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932453\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932453\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor McFerrin performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sunday evening, as the moon rose over the peach-colored Napa sky, Blue Note Jazz Festival artist-in-resident Robert Glasper got carried away in the music. His band was in the pocket, and Bilal had just demonstrated his formidable vocal range, improvising with Lalah Hathaway. Up next, Rakim took the stage. After dropping a couple verses, the legendary MC almost walked off and called it a night — until host Dave Chappelle beckoned him back by rapping a few of Rakim’s lyrics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rakim performed a soulful rendition of “Paid in Full,” but when he finished rapping, the band didn’t stop. The wine and good vibes were flowing, and more artists spontaneously emerged from backstage. Chance the Rapper, due to headline the festival in half an hour, came up to pay respects to Rakim, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CoUjI38ADbo/\">paved the way\u003c/a>. Meeting for what seemed like the first time, they traded verses — and were soon joined by Vic Mensa, Talib Kweli and De La Soul’s Maseo, who gave Rakim a heartfelt salute. It felt like a history-making moment: three generations of MCs in a positive feedback loop of mutual appreciation, with a masterful band playing classic beats live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Robert-Glasper-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Glasper performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A powerful celebration of this spiritual, life-affirming musical lineage connected many of the artists at Blue Note. “I make Black American music, which is an amalgamation of rhythm, beautiful harmony, church and, you know, melodies that speak to your soul,” Meshell Ndegeocello told my colleague Eric Arnold backstage. She could’ve been describing any number of the artists at the festival, whose individual styles are leaves and branches of the same tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds corny, but when I’m on stage and I’m immersed in the music, it’s the only time I am freed of that inner dialogue about my gender and my race,” Ndegeocello continued. “It’s the only time I just feel at one with others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Gabrielle-Union-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hip-hop is ‘one of the few things that is able to bridge the diaspora,’ Gabrielle Union told KQED’s Eric Arnold backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival. ‘And any time you start to bring people together and so they could realize their true power, that’s going to be dangerous and controversial.’ \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That feeling of oneness was underscored by the occasion of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, and many at the festival looked back at how far the culture has come. “I’m glad to be part of it, and I’m a teacher,” Madlib humbly reflected to Arnold. “Youngins are coming after me. That’s all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout Blue Note, which took place July 28–30 at its new home, Silverado Resort in Napa, fans and artists alike showed each other heartfelt love and gratitude for these collective moments. Our team spent the weekend at the festival, and here’s what we saw. \u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932406\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-6-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ari Lennox performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Ari Lennox’s earnest reflections on love\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Demigoddess of soulful and sexy R&B Ari Lennox brought a lively eroticism to her set. Her dreamy vocals in “Whipped Cream,” a neo-soul ballad from her 2019 album \u003ci>Shea Butter Baby,\u003c/i> entranced the crowd — who fanned themselves profusely from the heat, Lennox’s raw sensuality, or both. Her stirring performance of “New Apartment” was a welcome anthem about independence and self-love. “Waste My Time,” a wry and bumping inclusion, was a reminder of her narrative range, which ended with a contemptuous “boy byeeeee!” And equally unforgettable was her citrusy orange lace corset and wrap skirt, which matched her backup singers’ monochromatic fits — orange headscarves, berets, knitwear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gloriously sensual hits like “Stop By” dominated her set, but Lennox sees her music moving in a tender direction, while staying true to her sensuality. Backstage, she said, “My music’s always going to be sexy because that’s innate to me, but I also see it going towards love. Love — I feel like I haven’t experienced it in a romantic way, so if I find love one day, it would be cool to talk about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ari-Lennox-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez004.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ari Lennox performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And that’s not the only new, loving relationship Lennox is looking for. “I want a cat,” she said, laughing. “I grew up with a cat, but it didn’t like me, so we didn’t have a great relationship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On stage, her earnest dialogue with the crowd — which included Lennox divulging her latest dating app match with a “Chicago boy” — was a hopeful turn from her announcement on Twitter in December that her “age/sex/location” tour would be her last. That Tweet has since been deleted, and Lennox released her single “My Phone Can Die” in May. Her vulnerability and intimacy with the festival crowd felt like a reassurance that she’ll be gracing us with her presence for a while longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also reassuring were even more reflections on where she sees her music going. “I would say it’s just soulful — it’s continuing to be myself,” she said. “It’s R&B in a space where I’m welcoming that alternative quirky side and putting myself back into my music.” \u003cem>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-and-Talib-Kweli-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De La Soul and Talib Kweli perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Robert Glasper and De La Soul share a moment of gratitude\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Robert Glasper’s performance with De La Soul and several interjections by artists like saxophonist Terrace Martin and Parliament-Funkadelic’s legendary George Clinton was an obvious hit of the day, pulling a large, energetic and intergenerational crowd. Glasper delivered a rousing keyboard solo that only lulled slightly when Dave Chappelle approached, whispered something into Glasper’s ear, and the two erupted into laughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like seeing Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee in a bar fight,” Chappelle quipped when The Roots member James Poyser joined Glasper at the keyboards. Chappelle got additional laughs when he mimed stroking the keys, lips pursed around a cigarette, while Poyser played for real behind him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De La Soul perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>De La Soul and Glasper’s set roared to life from the get-go and was relentless to the end. From “Into the Woods” off De La Soul’s 1994 album \u003cem>Buhloone Mindstate\u003c/em> to “Rock Co.Kane Flow,” De La Soul had the crowd firmly in their grasp. The artists stopped dramatically mid-flow, Poyser’s hand hovering over the keyboard and Kelvin Mercer collapsed on the stage only to spring back to life and double down on the beat. “Louder!” Mercer yelled into the audience during “Stakes is High,” and received a robust response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercer noted his respect for the turnout: “Oh shit, it’s a bunch of Black people,” he said. “They’re well established, and they’re chilling.” The presence of other cultural icons like Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul in the crowd lent emphasis to his point. “This right here is the culture,” shouted Wade, his arm over Paul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Vincent-Mason-of-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincent Mason of De La Soul at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mercer, wearing a black “Stakes Is High” tee, took a moment during the performance to speak on the emotional stakes of De La Soul’s hugely influential discography. “Don’t be afraid of your age — we made it,” he said, making references to the group’s songs about friends who died young, including De La Soul’s late member Trugoy the Dove, who died earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercer also talked about the significance of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, saying, “Hip Hop is a feeling — the veins of it is a feeling — and we’ve been blessed as De La Soul to make songs that give us that feeling.” \u003cem>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Digable Planets reimagine ‘Reachin” with jazz\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a troubled world, Digable Planets’ \u003ci>Reachin’ (A Refutation of Time and Space)\u003c/i> is a sunbeam of goodness. And it just so happens that the trio celebrates their 1993 debut album’s 30th birthday during the golden anniversary of hip-hop culture. The group’s Saturday afternoon Blue Note set felt like an especially auspicious occasion as they performed new versions of classics like “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat),” “Jettin’” and “Nickel Bags.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariana Ladybug Mecca Vieira of Digable Planets performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Planets built their vibey sound with samples from Herbie Hancock and Parliament-Funkadelic, and their mega-talented live band (led by guitarist Thaddeus Turner, with rising star Kassa Overall on drums) gave the music new, shimmering dimensions. Butterfly, Ladybug Mecca and Doodlebug were crisp, refined and funky as ever, allowing us to rediscover the Brooklyn of their imaginations with eyes full of awe and wonder. \u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932328\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Yussef-Dayes-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yussef Dayes performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A rising London star makes his mark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A journey to the smaller, out-of-the-way Blue Note stage on Saturday proved well worth it for Yussef Dayes’ golden-hour set. The percussion wizard, a star of London’s lauded jazz scene, was perched atop an elaborate drum kit at center stage, speaking to the crowd through rhythm. Dayes played his drums with such finesse that they sounded almost like melodic instruments: at different points throughout his set, his drums sang and whispered invitations to groove to the fusion of Afro-diasporic rhythms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932352\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Meshell-Ndegeocello-watches-Yussef-Dayes-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meshell Ndegeocello watches Yussef Dayes perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The potent jazz, funk, soul and drum’n’bass fusion that Dayes’ band concocted on stage sounded deceptively laid back, belying each person’s incredible skill. Piano player Elijah Fox (a rising star himself who was recently featured on Kali Uchis’ latest album and sampled by Drake) seemed possessed by the groove, shifting the mood from romantic and cinematic to psychedelically otherworldly, with bassist Rocco Palladino’s deep grooves anchoring his explorations. Meshell Ndegeocello, who performed a heartfelt, vocal-driven set earlier in the afternoon, stood on the side of the stage the whole show, raising her hands in praise and losing herself in the music. Like the rest of us in the audience, she didn’t stop smiling. \u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932446\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-3-scaled-e1690842227333.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nas performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Straight out the dungeons of rap’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Considering he’s written some of the most memorable bars in rap history, Saturday’s headliner, Nas, didn’t need pomp and circumstance to impress. As he traveled through his decades-long catalog, he gave the people what they wanted, focusing heavily on his mid-’90s \u003ci>Illmatic\u003c/i> era, and transporting us into a Queensbridge childhood that continues to be his wellspring of inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932320\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Nas-headlines-night-two-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nas headlines night two of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nas arrived looking casual in black Air Forces and a tracksuit, but he conveyed a regal aura. With a minimal three-piece band, DJ and backing vocalist, he rapped with a searing precision, reminding us why he’s motivated generations of MCs to put pen to rhyme book. As he delivered hard-edged verses about a cutthroat world of street intrigues, his stoic demeanor at times would crack, revealing a dimpled smile each time he felt the magnitude of tens of thousands of cheers. The intergenerational audience was feeling themselves, yelling the words, and dancing along to his more club-oriented 2000s hits, each person time-traveling to the first time they were moved by this once-in-a-generation street poet.\u003cem> —Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young drummer and pianist perform in front of a purple and blue backdrop. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Domi-and-JD-Beck-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domi and JD Beck perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Newcomers DOMi and JD Beck win over the crowd\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Plenty of newness has infused jazz in the past decade, but DOMi and JD Beck are particularly special outliers. Mixing the sounds of Weather Report and Squarepusher with Drain Gang aesthetics, the keyboard/drums duo on Sunday afternoon seemed to know their uphill battle in winning over the crowd. (Announcing a mid-set medley, Beck quipped that “nobody asked and nobody cares, so we’re just gonna play it.”) By the end of the set, though, after a tribute to Wayne Shorter (“Endangered Species”) and their own dizzying material, they got a rousing ovation. To celebrate, DOMi said, “It’s time for some underage drinking!” \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932376\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Bobby-McFerrin-left-performs-with-his-son-Taylor-McFerrin-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby McFerrin (left) performs with his son Taylor McFerrin at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A family affair with Taylor McFerrin with Bobby McFerrin\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Near the end of his set with his father, Taylor began talking about Bobby McFerrin’s debut album, released when he was one year old. This led into a rendition of that album’s “Sightless Bird,” augmented onstage by Taylor’s sister, Madison. The family affair continued with Little Dragon’s “Twice,” done in a slow burning style by Taylor and Madison, which, for five minutes on a Sunday afternoon, hypnotized the rapt crowd. \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932398\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Rakim-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rakim performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff bring new life to classics\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rakim isn’t a rapper so much as a vessel of the divine, and onstage, he tore through his set with his commanding, regal style. From opener “My Melody” to chiseled-in-stone classics like “I Ain’t No Joke,” “Microphone Fiend” and “Move the Crowd,” Rakim had one of hip-hop’s greatest DJs on hand for spontaneous segues and remixes. (As a clear upgrade from Rakim’s original DJ Eric B., Jazzy Jeff proved his skills with a furious scratch breakdown of L.L. Cool J’s “Rock the Bells.”) Singalongs were constant; shout out to superfan Adam Frazier from Sacramento, who recited and acted out every single word of Rakim’s set from the second row. Near the end, an a capella “Follow the Leader” led into closer “Paid in Full,” with Rakim’s timeless verse joined by horns and percussion from the Soul Rebels. A flawless hour. \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932377\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson .Paak poses back stage wearing a pink suit, no shirt and a giant fur hat. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anderson .Paak backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A dance party on stage for NxWorries\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the beginning of his set, Anderson .Paak leaned hard into his over-styled ladies-man persona: “All the ladies with the good pussy make some noise!” he shouted. Later he pleaded to “throw some bras on stage, make me feel like Drake,” and, eventually, simply invited a group of women from the crowd to dance on stage. In a massive fur hat and pink shirtless suit, and with songs like “Kutless” and “What More Can I Say,” .Paak’s alter-ego schtick was as effective as it was popular with the Blue Note crowd: on a side stage at the other end of the festival, Madlib’s DJ set only drew about 80 people. \u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932386\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson .Paak smiles and dances with a female fan.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NxWorries-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NxWorries perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932378\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Chance-the-Rapper-headlines-night-three-of-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chance the Rapper headlines night three of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932335\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-friends-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madlib, Digable Planets and friends backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-left-and-Madlib-hug-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ishmael Butterfly Butler (left) and Madlib hug backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.Estefany-Gonzalez0A.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932449\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-2-scaled-e1690842665576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Jazzy Jeff performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932450\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/De-La-Soul-_plugs-1-and-3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De La Soul performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932388\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/MonoNeon-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MonoNeon performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932294\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary J. Blige headlines night one of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932293\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mary-J.-Blige-headlines-night-one-of-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary J. Blige headlines night one of Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932286\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Talib-Kweli-backstage-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talib Kweli backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Dave-Chappelle-left-and-Robert-Glasper-introduce-De-La-Soul-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle (left) and Robert Glasper introduce De La Soul at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Parliament-Funkadelic-perform-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parliament Funkadelic perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932298\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madlib performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madlib backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932381\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-crowd-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932319\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Amanda-Seales-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Seales backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Cordae-performs-at-the-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Friday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cordae performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932331\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/BJ-The-Chicago-Kid-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BJ The Chicago Kid performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932360\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/The-Soul-Rebels-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Soul Rebels perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932453\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932453\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Taylor-Mc-Ferrin-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor McFerrin performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Richmond rapper Iamsu! hasn’t performed his own live show since 2019 — when the pre-pandemic world felt limitless and more socially manageable. But now, fresh off a guest appearance in Oakland at Larry June’s “The Great Escape” tour, Iamsu! is \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49f2ZJi00CE\">back on our minds\u003c/a> with an upcoming concert of his own: \u003ca href=\"https://www.iamsummerfest.com/\">IAMSUMMER Fest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Su, a founding member of the rap collective Heartbreak Gang, the time feels right to finally re-emerge after a pandemic-triggered hiatus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once I got settled into the pandemic, it was tough to crack the shell to come out,” he says. “It feels hella good to be back out in this space and picking my right spots, having the right homies to work with and just being intentional about it. It’s a real \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwVAiQVGDmY\">summer jam\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The concert takes place at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cagreatamerica/?hl=en\">California’s Great America\u003c/a>, the amusement park that invokes heavy nostalgia for many Bay Area natives, including Su, who grew up riding favorites like Top Gun, Drop Zone and The Demon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932222\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/image_50365441-800x811.jpg\" alt=\"a local rapper jumps mid air while performing on a darkly lit stage\" width=\"800\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/image_50365441-800x811.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/image_50365441-1020x1034.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/image_50365441-160x162.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/image_50365441-768x779.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/image_50365441.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iamsu! first performed at Great America in 2016. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Iamsu!)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As a young boy, the experience of going through those gates, seeing the fountains, eating churros, that just puts a smile on my face,” Iamsu! says. “That magic, that fun, it’s not always present in the Bay these days. It’s just a small escape from our regular lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iamsu! will be joined by fellow Heartbreak Gang artists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927403/kool-johns-up-all-night-3-is-as-cool-as-youd-expect\">Kool John\u003c/a>, Skipper, Show Banga, Dave Steezy, CJ, DJ Shell and other “surprise” guests. Also on hand will be Iamsu!’s favorite food trucks and brands, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.lilliemaesbbq.com/\">Lily Mae’s House of Soul Food\u003c/a>, Oakland Roots, \u003ca href=\"https://shmoplife.com/products/fundraiser-logo-hoody-black-1\">Fundraisers\u003c/a>, and San Francisco rapper Lil Bean’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.benowrld.com/shop\">Beno World\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_10489213']In previous summers, the concert has rotated venues. But by bringing it to Santa Clara’s theme park, Su says, this year’s event is about family fun, childhood memories and being outside again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have memories of being terrified of those rides,” Su admits. “Sometimes you’d wanna bail the line at the end! It’s that mixture of fun and insane anxiety. But you feel like ‘him’ once you get off. I want to bring that feeling back. Shout out Great America and the amusement parks in the Bay, for real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>IAMSUMMER Fest takes place on Saturday, Aug. 5, at California’s Great America in Santa Clara. \u003ca href=\"https://www.iamsummerfest.com/\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>I’ve been trying to ignore the press releases for Dolly Parton’s imminent album \u003cem>Rockstar\u003c/em>, on which the country superstar is joined by guest stars to cover a variety of rock classics. (And also \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLH_g2L3pKU\">Miley Cyrus’ pop hit “Wrecking Ball”\u003c/a> because: goddaughter). Some find Dolly duetting with the original artists (like “Every Breath You Take” featuring Sting, or “Heart of Glass” featuring Debbie Harry), and some feature random stars (like her version of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” with P!nk and Brandi Carlile). The album also contains a few original tracks, on which Dolly collaborates with the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQTM3Dwpk0I\">Judas Priest’s Rob Halford\u003c/a> and human garbage truck Kid Rock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13889581']One of the first tastes we’re getting of \u003cem>Rockstar\u003c/em> is the brand new video for a solo Dolly performing Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” in anticipation of the Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris. Queen’s 1977 hit was already played out as a sporting anthem when the San Francisco Giants decided to play it into our unwilling ears at every game following their 2012 World Series win, but sure, let’s keep flogging that dead horse, shall we?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolly, perhaps keen to differentiate her sporty use of “We Are the Champions” from other sporty uses of “We Are the Champions,” has also tacked a gratuitous rendition of “We Will Rock You” onto the end. Because apparently good sense was entirely absent in the \u003cem>Rockstar\u003c/em> recording sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video for the final awkward-combo song was released today. As you might expect, it’s a thing to behold! Here then, is our (admittedly cynical) rundown of everything that happens in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:05\u003c/strong>: Dolly sits somberly on empty bleachers wearing the same facial expression she might adopt before singing “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRriGGC68A8\">Me and Little Andy\u003c/a>,” her classic track in which an abandoned six-year-old child and her cute little dog beg strangers for help, then unceremoniously drop dead. Who feels like goin’ to the Olympics?! Woo!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932127\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-800x483.png\" alt=\"Dolly Parton, wearing a white jumpsuit, sitting alone in the center of bleachers, head bowed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-800x483.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-768x464.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM.png 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolly Parton: Very much not at a pep rally and obviously sad about it. \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:36\u003c/strong>: Fireworks explode behind the Eiffel Tower and sports montages begin, complete with a backing track of roaring crowds. Do you feel that, everyone? It’s the sound of trying to get excited about something that doesn’t start for another year! Yay!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:40\u003c/strong>: Dolly’s wearing a gold dress now. You know: Like the medal. Because if this song isn’t literal enough already, by God, Dolly can and will hammer it home with a wardrobe choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:49\u003c/strong>: She’s wearing silver now. Because winning a silver medal is also perfectly respectable, and Dolly wouldn’t want you to think otherwise. Inclusion!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:52\u003c/strong>: An image of two athletes literally fighting to accompany the line “We’ll keep on fighting ’til the end.” Subtle imagery is everywhere!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:56\u003c/strong>: Oh, snap! Dolly’s wearing bronze now! Five dollars says she’s about to show up dressed as a participation certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:59\u003c/strong>: Gold, silver and bronze Dolly are singing in front of the Eiffel Tower now, together. Strong bachelorette-party-with-too-many-of-your-drunk-aunts-in-Vegas vibes emanate from the screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932126\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-800x425.png\" alt=\"Three Dolly Partons performing on stools together, wearing matching silver, gold and bronze dresses.\" width=\"800\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-800x425.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-1020x542.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-160x85.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-768x408.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-1536x816.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-2048x1089.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-1920x1020.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cool. \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:26\u003c/strong>: The line “I’ve taken my bows” is accompanied by — what else? — a runner taking a bow. A handful of my brain cells just died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:40\u003c/strong>: A montage of athletes biting the dust, in slow motion, on their respective fields. “No time for losers” and now this? This doesn’t feel very supportive, Dolly!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:28\u003c/strong>: Dolly is in the bleachers again, now surrounded by a wholesome group of perfectly still young people who stare intently at her face, even if it means twisting around in their seats to do so. Two questions: 1) Is this a cult? And, 2) Is there about to be a human sacrifice? ‘Cause this is weird. First one to move is the loser!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932125\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-800x463.png\" alt=\"Dolly Parton seated on bleachers surrounded by a diverse crowd of people of varying ages.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-800x463.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-1020x590.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-160x93.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-768x444.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM.png 1144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Hey, extra No. 46. You look a bit like Zendaya. Go ahead and sit directly behind Dolly.” \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:45\u003c/strong>: Oh, crap. The wholesome humans are singing along en masse now, thereby signaling that we’re \u003cem>all\u003c/em> losers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:04\u003c/strong>: Oh, crap. The “We Will Rock You” segue has begun and things are about to get considerably worse, I can just feel it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13922004']\u003cstrong>3:19\u003c/strong>: Director: “Hey, video people? Listen. Clearly some of you have no rhythm, so instead of doing full handclaps and foot stomps as Queen originally intended, just limply do a single handclap at the end of each section. Is that cool? Cool. We have zero faith in any of you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:52\u003c/strong>: The camera pans out from Dolly’s corner of the stadium to show bleacher after bleacher of limply clapping people. Feel the American glory!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:55\u003c/strong>: Diamonds with “Paris 2024” written inside them flash onscreen along with the NBC logo. I should’ve known that network had something to do with this. NBC was also responsible for the Dollywood/NBC infomercial that was Dolly Parton’s last (mind-melting) Christmas movie, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922004/dolly-partons-mountain-magic-christmas-special-nbc-miley-billy-ray-cyrus\">Dolly Parton’s Magic Mountain Christmas\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch Dolly Parton’s “We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You” in full below, if you dare:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UYtJUYrGQQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dolly Parton’s ‘Rockstar’ will be released on Nov. 17, 2023. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>One of the first tastes we’re getting of \u003cem>Rockstar\u003c/em> is the brand new video for a solo Dolly performing Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” in anticipation of the Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris. Queen’s 1977 hit was already played out as a sporting anthem when the San Francisco Giants decided to play it into our unwilling ears at every game following their 2012 World Series win, but sure, let’s keep flogging that dead horse, shall we?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolly, perhaps keen to differentiate her sporty use of “We Are the Champions” from other sporty uses of “We Are the Champions,” has also tacked a gratuitous rendition of “We Will Rock You” onto the end. Because apparently good sense was entirely absent in the \u003cem>Rockstar\u003c/em> recording sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video for the final awkward-combo song was released today. As you might expect, it’s a thing to behold! Here then, is our (admittedly cynical) rundown of everything that happens in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:05\u003c/strong>: Dolly sits somberly on empty bleachers wearing the same facial expression she might adopt before singing “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRriGGC68A8\">Me and Little Andy\u003c/a>,” her classic track in which an abandoned six-year-old child and her cute little dog beg strangers for help, then unceremoniously drop dead. Who feels like goin’ to the Olympics?! Woo!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932127\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-800x483.png\" alt=\"Dolly Parton, wearing a white jumpsuit, sitting alone in the center of bleachers, head bowed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-800x483.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM-768x464.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.14.54-PM.png 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolly Parton: Very much not at a pep rally and obviously sad about it. \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:36\u003c/strong>: Fireworks explode behind the Eiffel Tower and sports montages begin, complete with a backing track of roaring crowds. Do you feel that, everyone? It’s the sound of trying to get excited about something that doesn’t start for another year! Yay!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:40\u003c/strong>: Dolly’s wearing a gold dress now. You know: Like the medal. Because if this song isn’t literal enough already, by God, Dolly can and will hammer it home with a wardrobe choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:49\u003c/strong>: She’s wearing silver now. Because winning a silver medal is also perfectly respectable, and Dolly wouldn’t want you to think otherwise. Inclusion!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:52\u003c/strong>: An image of two athletes literally fighting to accompany the line “We’ll keep on fighting ’til the end.” Subtle imagery is everywhere!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:56\u003c/strong>: Oh, snap! Dolly’s wearing bronze now! Five dollars says she’s about to show up dressed as a participation certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>0:59\u003c/strong>: Gold, silver and bronze Dolly are singing in front of the Eiffel Tower now, together. Strong bachelorette-party-with-too-many-of-your-drunk-aunts-in-Vegas vibes emanate from the screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932126\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-800x425.png\" alt=\"Three Dolly Partons performing on stools together, wearing matching silver, gold and bronze dresses.\" width=\"800\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-800x425.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-1020x542.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-160x85.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-768x408.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-1536x816.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-2048x1089.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-3.02.46-PM-1920x1020.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cool. \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:26\u003c/strong>: The line “I’ve taken my bows” is accompanied by — what else? — a runner taking a bow. A handful of my brain cells just died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:40\u003c/strong>: A montage of athletes biting the dust, in slow motion, on their respective fields. “No time for losers” and now this? This doesn’t feel very supportive, Dolly!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:28\u003c/strong>: Dolly is in the bleachers again, now surrounded by a wholesome group of perfectly still young people who stare intently at her face, even if it means twisting around in their seats to do so. Two questions: 1) Is this a cult? And, 2) Is there about to be a human sacrifice? ‘Cause this is weird. First one to move is the loser!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932125\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-800x463.png\" alt=\"Dolly Parton seated on bleachers surrounded by a diverse crowd of people of varying ages.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-800x463.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-1020x590.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-160x93.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM-768x444.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-26-at-2.57.25-PM.png 1144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Hey, extra No. 46. You look a bit like Zendaya. Go ahead and sit directly behind Dolly.” \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:45\u003c/strong>: Oh, crap. The wholesome humans are singing along en masse now, thereby signaling that we’re \u003cem>all\u003c/em> losers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:04\u003c/strong>: Oh, crap. The “We Will Rock You” segue has begun and things are about to get considerably worse, I can just feel it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:19\u003c/strong>: Director: “Hey, video people? Listen. Clearly some of you have no rhythm, so instead of doing full handclaps and foot stomps as Queen originally intended, just limply do a single handclap at the end of each section. Is that cool? Cool. We have zero faith in any of you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:52\u003c/strong>: The camera pans out from Dolly’s corner of the stadium to show bleacher after bleacher of limply clapping people. Feel the American glory!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:55\u003c/strong>: Diamonds with “Paris 2024” written inside them flash onscreen along with the NBC logo. I should’ve known that network had something to do with this. NBC was also responsible for the Dollywood/NBC infomercial that was Dolly Parton’s last (mind-melting) Christmas movie, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922004/dolly-partons-mountain-magic-christmas-special-nbc-miley-billy-ray-cyrus\">Dolly Parton’s Magic Mountain Christmas\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch Dolly Parton’s “We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You” in full below, if you dare:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/4UYtJUYrGQQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/4UYtJUYrGQQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dolly Parton’s ‘Rockstar’ will be released on Nov. 17, 2023. You have been warned.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Editor’s note:\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003ci> This story is part of \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>\u003ci>, KQED’s year-long exploration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop history\u003c/a>, with new content dropping all throughout 2023.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been said about the post-Nicki Minaj tidal wave of chart-topping female rappers, but the truth is that women have been essential to hip-hop since its birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty years ago, on August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc spun records at a Bronx back-to-school party that became known as the genesis of hip-hop culture. But a lesser-known detail of this origin story is that Kool Herc’s sister Cindy Campbell organized the party, and hand-drew and passed out flyers to spread the word, making her hip-hop’s first promoter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As hip-hop entered the mainstream in the ’80s, female rappers, DJs, graffiti writers, dancers and photographers perfected their crafts, laying the foundation for a global culture that flourished in the following decades. But their stories have often gone untold. Historically, women have been pitted against each other, cut out of crucial deals and punished for speaking out about their experiences. And because of the pressure to be a ride-or-die chick, or the cool girl who can hang with the guys, many of their stories are \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510357/louder-than-a-riot\">only recently starting to emerge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why, as part of our coverage celebrating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop history\u003c/a>, we’ve made it a priority to highlight the women who’ve helped make this region a center of originality and independence. At Dregs One’s recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931387/photos-history-of-the-bay-day-party-dregs-one-review\">History of the Bay Day Party\u003c/a> at the Midway in San Francisco, I had the honor of moderating a panel with three of these influential women: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cmgflowz/?hl=en\">Carla “CMG” Green\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925177/the-conscious-daughters-raps-sucka-free-thelma-and-louise-rewrote-the-rules\">The Conscious Daughters\u003c/a>; graffiti artist and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastsideartsalliance.org/\">EastSide Arts Alliance\u003c/a> visual arts director \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ladimeuna/?hl=en\">Dime\u003c/a>, also of the collective \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fewandfarwomen/?hl=en\">Few and Far Women\u003c/a>; and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/isawdray/?hl=en\">D-Ray\u003c/a>, the Thizz Nation photographer who documented the hyphy movement’s rise and later served as the West Coast editor of \u003cem>Ozone Magazine\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the full conversation above, and read an edited excerpt from our interview below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A white, female journalist in her 30s interviews a Latina artist in her 40s, a Black rapper in her 50s and a mixed-race photographer in her 40s. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/panel2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: KQED Arts & Culture’s Nastia Voynovskaya, graffiti artist Dime, The Conscious Daughters’ CMG and photographer D-Ray at Dregs One’s History of the Bay Day Party at the Midway in San Francisco on July 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Milly Millions @millavellz )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nastia Voynovskaya: My first question is for you, Carla. For a long time, there has been this narrative that there can only be one queen of rap. But as The Conscious Daughters were coming up in the ’90s, making hit singles and touring the country, you were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101892837/how-women-pioneers-of-bay-area-hip-hop-made-their-own-rules\">building a sisterhood of Bay Area rappers\u003c/a> that included Suga-T and Mystic. Tell us about those days and the camaraderie among female artists.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carla Green:\u003c/b> You know, it was just a good time back in the ’90s. I remember those days when we used to hit the club and we had those cyphers, and at the same time we were all coming up together. The Luniz, Digital Underground, Conscious Daughters, Forte, San Quinn, Souls of Mischief, E-40 and The Click. It was like the melting pot of the up-and-coming rappers of the ’90s, and we were all really good friends. 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