You know, we don’t get to cover a whole lot of hip hop here at RetroLowFi. Not a whole lot of rap CDs show up in our mailbox. I understand. We don’t really look much like a site that would dig such lyrical flow. Well, if you’re assuming that we don’t like rap just cause we like Fishboy or something, you’d be incorrect. Just try to keep me away from Miami on August 2nd. I normally avoid that city like, well, things I don’t like, but I’ll gladly make an exception for this festival lineup:

A Tribe Called Quest
Nas
Mos Def
De La Soul
Rakim
Method Man & Redman
Raekwon & Ghostface
Immortal Technique
Dead Prez
Murs
Spankrock
Kid Sister
Santogold
The Cool Kids
Jay Electronica
Kidz in the Hall
Amanda Blank
Flosstradamus
Wale

Oh, and some “special guest” group called The Pharcyde. The Pharcyde!!!!

Seriously, all those other festivals look okay, but… dude!!! Look at that lineup. If I come out of the venue alive, something went wrong. Hopefully you’ll be near one of these cites on these dates (all Saturdays and Sundays):

7/19 - Chicago, IL
7/20 - Toronto, ON
7/26 - Boston, MA
7/27 - New York, NY
8/2 - Miami, FL
8/3 - Philadelphia, PA
8/9 - Los Angeles, CA
8/16 - San Francisco, CA
8/23 - Denver, CO
8/30 - Vancouver, BC

So, yeah, good God. We’ll be there with, uh, bells on? That was horrible. Regardless, you’ve been informed. See you in Miami, suckas.

Listen to each of the performers and get ticket info at the Official Rock the Bells website