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Styles P brings hip hop to last Bandersnatch show of semester
By Tim Goessling
Posted: 4/1/08, 10:58 PM EST Section: Feature
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He is bringing hip hop to the Schine Underground at 8 p.m., with tickets having sold out a week ago. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and DJ AKO and Staxx are the opening acts for the evening.
"I think he's going to put on the show," said Kyra Zeller, co-president of University Union's Bandersnatch. "I've seen clips of him performing. I think he'll definitely live up to what the crowd is expecting."
This is the fifth concert of the year for Bandersnatch, a division of UU that puts on smaller, intimate concerts held in the Schine Underground. Styles P marks a genre departure from the previous Bandersnatch concerts of the year, which included indie rock acts like Shiny Toy Guns.
Known for his powerful, message-infused lyrics, Styles P's rap career started with The Lox, a group formed in the mid 90s with fellow rappers Jadakiss and Sheek Louch. Its biggest hits included the mega-hit "Money, Power, Respect."
A Queens, N.Y., native, Styles P released his solo debut "A Gangster and a Gentleman" in 2002, which featured the popular hit "Good Times (I Get High)." Styles got more mainstream play after teaming up with Mariah Carey for the single "We Belong Together" in 2005.
Styles P has collaborated on other major rappers' albums like Ghostface Killah, Jadakiss and Akon. His latest album "Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman" was released in December 2007.
With Sean Kingston and Fergie coming for UU's Block Party on April 22, Styles P's rap starts out a month of hip hop concerts at SU.
"I'm really excited, because I think it will bring a lot of people to the Underground who have never been to a Bandersnatch show before," Zeller said.
"They're really psyched to do this show," she said. "I've seen DJ AKO, and I know he's great."
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