Scarface’s Tiny Desk live performance radiates along with his decadeslong ardour as an MC and producer. There’s calculated intent behind each phrase and be aware of this 30-minute set and I realized that his love for golf additionally runs deep throughout our preliminary assembly. He was enjoying a spherical and had issue dividing his consideration between the plan and the course. Three days earlier than the present, amid rehearsals, I bought a name from Facemob asking, “What if I introduced Mike Dean?” My expectations had been already excessive, however that remaining addition set the stage for one thing particular.
Mike Dean offered unmatched authenticity, and their shared tales added sentimental worth to this efficiency. In spite of everything, his signature keys and synths could be heard on most of Scarface’s classics and numerous Rap-A-Lot data. Right here, we get a uncommon glimpse of Scarface the conductor, bouncing by a number of eras of his catalog together with “On My Block,” “Mary Jane” and the bone-chilling “I Seen a Man Die.”
Scarface, together with Rakim, was lately awarded the inaugural Hip-Hop Grandmaster Award from the newly launched Paid in Full Basis, which features a sizable monetary prize and well being care. Regardless of how the unending hip-hop greats debate is sliced, the rapper’s place is cemented as one of the crucial influential storytellers within the tradition and his Tiny Desk is proof.
SET LIST
- “On My Block”
- “Mary Jane”
- “Smile”
- “I Seen a Man Die”
- “F**okay Faces”
- “Thoughts Taking part in Methods on Me”
MUSICIANS
- Scarface: lead vocals, guitar
- Mike Dean: keys
- Steven “Spud” Howard: vocals
- Takai “Cookie” Hicks: vocals
- Peigh Jones: vocals, guitar
- Corey “FunkaFingers” Stoot: guitar
- Josh Henderson: keys
- Jason “The Bishop” Allen: keys
- Savar Martin: drums
- Anthony “Antboogie” Nicholson: bass, musical path
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director: Maia Stern
- Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
- Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Alanté Serene, Michael Zamora
- Audio Assistant: Ted Mebane
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
- Tiny Desk Staff: Suraya Mohamed, Kara Body, Hazel Cills
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
