The Pharcyde: Sonic Global Logistics Tour: 20 Years of Dedicated Pharcyde Delivery

To celebrate 20 years of dedicated Pharcyde delivery, and following their succcessful performances at Good Vibrations Festival in 2009, California's Imani and Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde are bringing their original, idiosyncratic style of hip hop back to Australia this August with a special audio/visual show!

In the early 90's, when gangsta' rap consumed the airwaves, and the majority of West Coast rappers threw on their dark sunglasses & Chuck Taylor's, The Pharcyde decidedly maintained a willfully unique vision. Opting to stay true to themselves with their left field but still South-Central sensibility, rap had seen few groups so self-deprecating and so smart; four visionary rappers skillfully able to split the difference between helium-voiced and hard-core.

Listening to "Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde" two full decades after its release, its sense of timeliness is unmistakable. With classics like "Oh Shit," "Otha Fish", "Ya' Mama," and hit single, "Passing Me By," it is not surprising that it shipped over a million units, garnered comparisons to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest, and everyone from Pitchfork Media to The Source has hailed it as one of the greatest albums ever made.

The Pharcyde's second release "LabCabInCalifornia" revealed exactly how far-reaching their vision was. From enlisting a young and then unknown J Dilla to produce beats for the classic "Runnin" to collaborating with director Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich" "Adaptation") on the video for "Drop," it has consistently reinforced their steadfast refusal to tread familiar artistic grounds.

Today, The Pharcyde continues to hone their individual abilities yet carry on the name. They still seduce their audience with the same boyish charm that founded them at the beginning, partnered with the knowledge that has been bestowed upon them as men who have taken on, and rose to the challenge of the rap game.

 Don't miss this special audio/visual performance coming to Upstairs Beresford on Wednesday 22 August! 

 VIDEOS

The Pharcyde Australian Tour Video Promo: http://youtu.be/QRBCCJRMCKw

Runnin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hZKN4AZ63g

Drop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

Passin' Me By: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0G7acONIRc