• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • Close
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Dig Bos

The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

REVIEW: BIG K.R.I.T AND MICHAEL CHRISTMAS AT THE SINCLAIR’S CONVERSE RUBBER TRACKS SHOW

Written by IAN DOREIAN Posted January 20, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

Image by Ian Doreian
Image by Ian Doreian

 

If Big K.R.I.T. is the “King of the South,” as announced in his first song at The Sinclair last week to a beyond-adoring audience, then Michael Christmas can claim to be the Crown Prince of Boston. Christmas, a transplant to Los Angeles from Boston, was awash in hometown love the whole night. When I saw him before the show, Christmas was looking for his dad and giving dap to the freezing/excited fans queued outside the venue. Of course, the track “Michael Cera” got thunderous applause as his final cut, but it was Christmas’ voracious banter that was truly magic throughout the whole set. He joked about reading bedtime stories to his sister, proper placement of a mic stand, and the desire to have Boston well-represented as a city for hip hop (which it is). When he eventually brought Cousin Stizz on stage for “Shoutout,” followed by sharing hugs with hometown cat Moe Pope after the show near the bar, you got the sense that Boston is getting its due and proper as an incubator for solid hip hop.

 

Image by Ian Doreian
Image by Ian Doreian

 

Having seen Big K.R.I.T. in venues small (Middle East), medium (Paradise), and large (TD Garden), I was eager to see what energy he would bring to a free show like the Rubber Tracks series hosted by Converse. I’m not sure why I doubted him, considering K.R.I.T. pummeled the mic with all that good county shit, and even a little Cadillac space fantasy. Thematically, the paring of Big K.R.I.T. and Michael Christmas makes sense, though, with just a little thought given to the matter. Both men have large shoulders, built strong and more than able to carry the weight of their communities while presenting it, and their music, to a nationwide audience. Given the reception by the hyped up crowd last week, there’s nothing to suggest they aren’t.

 

[flickrstream id=”4″]

IAN DOREIAN
+ posts
    This author does not have any more posts.

Filed Under: A+E, Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: big k.r.i.t., Boston, Cambridge, converse, hip hop, king of the south, michael cera, Michael Christmas, moe pope, review, rubber tracks, The Sinclair

WHAT’S NEW

State Wire: Funds Aim To Support Municipalities With Expanded Mail Voting

State Wire: Funds Aim To Support Municipalities With Expanded Mail Voting

Parks & Checks: Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms

Parks & Checks: Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms

Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

State Wire: Public Supports Changes To High-Stakes Testing For Mass Students

State Wire: Public Supports Changes To High-Stakes Testing For Mass Students

State Wire: White Supremacist Gatherings, Incidents Hit All-Time High In New England

State Wire: White Supremacist Gatherings, Incidents Hit All-Time High In New England

State Wire: Protests, Construction Continue at East Boston Substation

State Wire: Protests, Construction Continue at East Boston Substation

Primary Sidebar

LOCAL EVENTS

AAN Wire


Most Popular

  • Does Massachusetts Underestimate Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
  • The Most Expensive Massachusetts City For Car Insurance (No, It’s Not Boston)
  • If You Find A Mini Felted Animal Around Boston, This Is Where It Came From
  • Photo Dispatch: “Ukraine Day” Rally In Boston’s Copley Square
  • As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Customer Service

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an email blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: sales@digboston.com To reach editorial (and for inquiries about internship opportunities): editorial@digboston.com