Seattle Concerts

If you’re looking for a way to get into the groove, or perhaps stop the world and melt with the person next to you, then stop by the War Room  tonight at 9pm. This hip bar on Capitol Hill will be featuring 80s mash-ups all night long with DJs Four Color Zack and DJ Scene. Cover is free, so you know the price is right. So get your 80s fix tonight. Because just like a prayer, this place will rock you like a hurricane.

Mos Def will be performing on Saturday, December 13th at 8:00pm at the Moore Theater. Tickets are on sale now for $35, and will be available at the door for $38. He will be accompanied by special guest Dyme Def.

Mos Def is an acclaimed rap star who hails from Brooklyn, New York. He’s worked as a professional artist for nearly 20 years, and defines his music under the categories of rap, hip hop, and alternative. His last album, True Magic, came out in 2006 and features hit songs such as “Crime and Medicine,” “True Magic,” and “Murder of a Teenage Life.” He will release his next album in 2009, titled The Ecstatic.

Mos Def is very passionate and active on several social and political issues, particularly following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He help the socially conscious rap of the early 1990s have a comeback along with Talib Kweli through his musical discussions of violence and deceit in hip hop, his Islamic faith, and the lack of recognition blacks have received for their contributions to birth of rock and role music.

Mos Def was awarded a Peabody Award for his work on the HBO series “Def Poetry,” and won an Obie Award for his performance in Suzan Lori’s play, “Top Underdog.” He also won a Black Reel award for Best Actor in The Woodsman (2005). In addition, he’s been nominated for three Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy Award, two Image awards, and a Source Award for his work.

Tonight the Wu-Tang Clan, Fatal Lucciauno, Scribe, and Graves will be playing at the Showbox Sodo near Safeco Field at 7pm. All ages are welcome to attend the show, with tickets priced at $35 $40, this will be an amazing hip-hop opportunity.

First becoming popular in 1993, the Wu-Tang Clan is New York City-based multi-platinum hip-hop musical group consisting of nine American rappers. The members of this group have been highly successful, and span many fields of success, from becoming multi-platinum solo artists, multi-platinum record producers to winning Grammys. Some are also TV and film stars, screenwriters, product spokespersons, business owners, and motion picture composers.

Fatal Lucciauno was born in Chicago, but moved to Seattle when he was six. Having spent 11 years homeless with his family, he grew accustomed to a hardened life on the streets and with drugs. He found his musical inspiration from his mother, Northwest Jazz and Gospel singer Josephine Howell. Says DeVon Manier, CEO of Sportn’ Life Records, “This dude is street. He’s raw, real, uncut, he’s gutter. Plus, he’s smart. He could be a teacher or a philosopher. But he’s a rapper…he’s the intelligent hoodlum.” Fatal Lucciauno signed with Sportn’ Life Records, and is viewed as the present-day Tupac.

Scribe is an New Zealand-born rapper who released his first album in 2003. He is widely known in New Zealand with his recent singles, “Baby Girl, Fast Far (Fugee Remix) featuring Wyclef Jean and Lupe Fiasco.

Graves is a Seattle native, whose inspiration comes from “diverese artists, things, accourances, movements, friendships and lately I mold my works from various angles and genres of music,” as he writes on his MySpace page.