Make The Music Review

Make The Music With Your Mouth @ The World Famous NUYORICAN POETRY CAFE

There comes a time when you are in awe of simply experiecing history in the making. Make The Music With Your Mouth, the show titled after the hip-hop classic beatbox by beatboxing legend Biz Markie, was to put it simply... breathtaking. After Nuyorican Founder Miguel Algarin said a few inspiring and kind words the beatboxing began.

The beatboxing ensemble entitled "Nu Voices" created and conducted by Kid Lucky opened that show with an intensity that literally blew peoples minds, almost as if they had begun witnessing a magic show. The notable ensemble included some of New York's most accomplished vocal beatboxing artists including D. Cross, Shockwave, Adam Matta, Citizen 1, Yako, Marya Lawrence and Kid Lucky. Kid Lucky used training from master conductor Butch Morris to produce a sound with beatboxing that every one in the house went crazy for. Truly an evolution in beatboxing entertainment from Beatboxer Entertainment. With soulful sounds, think Nina Simone or Billy Holiday meets portishead. With Citizen and Adam Matta using trumpet duets and vocal styling reminiscent of old school blues, folk, and jazz greats. Special guest Lori Taliaferro joined to blend and bless the ensembles offering with haunting selections of opera and an incredible rendition of Sam Cooke's Summertime. TJ new to beatboxer entertainment held down the technical aspects of the show as well as jumping on stage to rip the mic. Mad Respect. The crowd was left in awe of the vocal stylings and pleased with both intimacy and excitement of the performances.

Adam Matta featured and gave the diverse crowd a taste of his best spit and they swallowed and loved every minute of it. His smooth style was perfect for his cover of that tune "I'm easy like sunday mornin"  He gave us a well perfected performance. Never missing a step his flow undoubtedly akin to flawless. He is for sure one of the best pros out there.

The main feature Scratch. If the show was full of magic, Scratch was the Master Wizard. Everytime I see a thread, poll, or article saying who is the best and they never even mention this man's name I know that many many many people are simply asleep at the wheel. But while most of you have been in a coma Scratch has been on the grind and let me tell you... you ain't seen nothin yet. Scratch could very well be argued the most technically skilled hardest hitting beatboxer out there today. His set is Flawless. Capital F. Even Kenny Muhammad was jumping up and down with excitement. It was very apparent that anything you have ever seen done on two or three turntables,  DJ Scratch can do it better with his mouth.  Seriously, his claim of mastering the vocal scratch is less a claim and more like a hip-hop rule. He rocks the show like a true DJ droppin hit after hit after hit all from his mouth. From old school classics to new school anthems. Every new sound leaves you in awe. He also spits rhymes with flawless impersonations and has a great sense of humor. During Scratch's set people could not control themselves, they were dancing, screaming, and singing along to every thing he dropped. His new album featuring some of the biggest artists in urban music including Kanye West will hit stores in January. Based on this performance I'll already give the album

5 Broken Mics*****

After Scratch's set the amazing Kenny Muhammad came to the stage for a jam. WOW!!! You all know Kenny, and he is still the beatboxing equivalent to diamond perfect. Soon after Kid Lucky, Scratch, and Kenny Muhammad were jammin together finishing out Scratch's set.

To cap the night off special guests from BBE representin Philly came through including Masai Electro and Midi two of BBE's finest rockin the stage with the ensemble. There is a lot of video and audio of this show available to see for yourself so enjoy. Mics were broken and BBE claimed all responsibility.

shouts and respect to everyone there...