Poorly Drawn People — Dox, Storm Davis, Entity, Reason, and DJ Sterby Rock — are crafting an aesthetic, and monstrous reputation, for the best damn hip-hop around. Davis, the de facto spokesman, attributes their success to a variety of factors, but one element in particular: “Ninety-eight percent of it has to do with the fact that we actually, sincerely don’t give a shit what anybody thinks,” says Davis. “Don’t get us wrong — we love validation, praise, applause, and whatever else people want to give us. But if we’re happy with it, we don’t care what anyone thinks.”

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BasementFlavor.com and 401HipHop.com Present
C-Rayz Walz and Vast Aire : Live in Providence, RI

Friday May 16th @ The Living Room - 23 Rathbone Street, Providence, RI 02908

Also Featuring Performances by:
Labeless Illtelligence, Reason (PDP), Marshall Law (Organized Rhyme), and Sneaky Pete.

Hosted by Storm Davis (PDP). Music Provided by Sterbyrock (PDP + WRIU 90.3)

All Ages - Cover $15 - Doors Open at 9pm

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For those not in the know, PDP’s DJ Sterbyrock hosts the highest-rated and most respected underground hip hop radio show in the Ocean State, with a hell of a webcast following to boot. Flanked by mouthpieces Swerve One and Reason, Ster keeps boom bap alive and shines light on the latest and greatest talents to grace the streets of RI each Wednesday afternoon from 3-6pm.

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Performances by:

PDP - Storm Davis / Reason / Dox / Sterby Rock
Esh The Monolith of Labeless Illtelligence
The Problemaddicts
Antfarm Affiliates
Ax Butane & DJ Janks
Hosted by Swerve One

SATURDAY APRIL 5 2008
THE LIVING ROOM
23 Rathbone St Providence RI
ALL AGES // doors 9pm // $10
Sponsored by AplombClothing.com, Muirphoto.net, Knowmore.org, and Classsick Screenprinting.

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marked “RI Rap Scene”

Being born and raised in PROVIDEnce, I’ve come to accept certain drawbacks about this state. For example:

1. Our tap water SUCKS!! (I say that b/c there was a time the ish was on point!)
2. Springtime died in April 97’ (April Fools Day Blizzard)
3. We (RI) are the mecca of nepotism.

However, the one issue I can’t bring myself to accept is, the lack of success we’ve had establishing ourselves as a legitimate region of hip hop talent.

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Poorly Drawn People (probably providence’s strongest group right now) late last year released a free 25 track album for free. read more to find the link!

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