POH-Hop(Portland Oregon Hip-Hop Festival)

New Tour Dates for POH-Hop Artist Luck-One. Looks like the artists of POH-Hop are keeping it moving people. Check him out at POH-Hop this year....

Hailing from two different regions, and approaching the music with from two different perspectives, emcee Luck-One and producer Dekk come together seamlessly to put forth what will be the debut project for them both on the short length album entitled Beautiful Music, a non-profit offering set to raise awareness about the plight of those in Haiti, the western hemisphere’s poorest nation.

Introduced through a mutual acquaintance in late summer of ’08, just weeks after Luck was released from serving over half a decade in Oregon prisons, Luck and Dekk, a University of Oregon graduate who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, began their relationship discussing hip-hop and the direction it was to take in the new millennium. Soon, Luck was making bi-weekly Greyhound trips down to Dekk’s in home studio in Salem, and those discussions would slowly become the foundation of their stellar debut, completed less than five months from their first conversation.

Beautiful Music is daring, yet cohesive. Awe inspiring in it’s ability to push the envelope with Dekk’s often eclectic production, while at the same time remain undeniably hip-hop through Luck-One’s true school lyricism, this is an album that is sure to please. Throughout, Luck’s gripping rhyme schemes are flawlessly interwoven with Dekk’s irrefutably next-level soundscapes, drenched in his signature synth-heavy sound, and backed by the sparse drum patterns that add to the tracks without taking away from the urgent messages that frame them.

The lead track 80’s Back, is a pulsing ode to a time that seemed more simple, while The Coolax is a mellow head nodder loosely framed around the concept of different art forms and their interconnectedness. Prince wit’ A Thousand’s rugged guitar riffs give Luck the breathing room necessary to prove that he is an MCs’ MC as he adroitly bobs and weaves through a staccato drum pattern, oozing hip-hop swagger and undeniable charisma.

• 9/18/09 – 8pm
  Portland, OR.
  Live From ’85 Fashion Show and Race For the Cure Benefit @ Report Lounge

• 9/19/09 - 10pm
  Portland OR
  Music Fest NW @ The Someday Lounge W/ Josh Martinez and IAME of the Sandpeople

• 9/23/09 - 12 Noon
  Miami, FL
  Conscious Thought Tour ’09 @ Miami-Dade College w/ Gen.Erik of Animal Farm

• 9/23/09 - 10pm
  Miami, FL
  Conscious Thought Tour ’09 @ Jazzid w/ Gen. Erik of Animal Farm

• 9/28/09 - 8pm
  Salem, OR
  Under Rated Favorites tour @ Triangle Inn w/ My-G, Diezel P. and Bad Habitat

• 9/29/09 - 8pm
  Eugene, OR
  Under Rated Favorites tour @ John Henry’s w/ My-G, Diezel P. and Bad Habitat

• 9/30/09 - 8pm
  Seattle, WA
  Under Rated Favorites tour @ Bip Saloon w/ My-G, Diezel P. and Bad Habitat

• 10/01/09 - 8pm
  Olympia, WA
  Under Rated Favorites tour @ The Royal w/ My-G, Diezel P. and Bad Habitat

• 10/03/09 - 8pm
  The Dalles, OR
  Under Rated Favorites tour @ The Dam w/ My-G, Diezel P. and Bad Habitat

• 10/08/09 – 8pm
  Portland, OR
  POH-Hop @ The Backspace w/ The Jacka, Zion I and Braille