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BADBADNOTGOOD steps into the psychedelic void

More than a decade after BADBADNOTGOOD's viral debut upsetting the "jazz police" and carving their own niche playing rap covers, they take the stage in Brooklyn with a wildly psychedelic set.
BADBADNOTGOOD perform live at Brooklyn Steel.

Once upon a time, hip-hop's pioneering producers cast their crate-digging nets far and wide in search of usable sounds — including, of course, from the rich history of jazz. But as it goes with the cycles of inspiration and creation, soon jazz artists circled around and began working with hip-hop and, , Terrace Martin — but no group has embraced the median zone between hip-hop and jazz as prolifically as Toronto four-piece .

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