Galactic

Philadelphia Weekly
November 14, 2007

Live Music

Galactic
Fri., Nov. 16, 9pm. $20-$22. With Chali 2na, Boots Riley, Mr. Lif + Lifesavas. Fillmore at the TLA, 334 South St. 215.922.1010. www.livenation.com

Having cut their teeth in the New Orleans funk scene for the better part of a decade, Galactic shifted gears in 2003, tapping hip-hop knob-twiddler Dan the Automator (Handsome Boy Modeling School) to helm the production of Ruckus.

The result: 13 tracks of breakbeat-driven electrofunk served as the band’s perfect introduction to several luminaries of the underground hip-hop scene. Going beyond newfound fandom, the Coup’s Boots Riley and Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na contributed vocal efforts to Galactic’s newest release From the Corner to the Block. Both MCs are on the slate for this gig—along with fellow collaborators Mr. Lif and Quannum’s inimitable Lifesavas crew—thus ensuring an experimental evening of creative cross-pollination. (Joshua Valocchi)