Howard University – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Rapsody: Tiny Desk Concert http://bandwidth.wamu.org/rapsody-tiny-desk-concert/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/rapsody-tiny-desk-concert/#respond Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:37:00 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=60360 Beauty And The Beast, recorded live at the NPR Music offices.]]> Rapsody has waited patiently for her time to shine. Through seven solo projects, she’s grown as an MC, crafting her own style while developing her thesis in the rap game. True breakthroughs are commonly marked by a pivotal moment, and hers came when she provided the sole rap guest verse on the most talked-about album of 2015, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly.

Flanked by her mentor and label head, producer 9th Wonder, as well as The Storm Troopers, Rapsody recently stopped by the Tiny Desk to perform three songs from her album Beauty And The Beast. With charismatic authority, as well as copious shoutouts to the many Howard University students in the room, her performance combined vigorous wordplay with introspective storytelling. In 2015, Rapsody had her big moment. This year, she’s seizing it.

Beauty And The Beast is available now. (iTunes) (Amazon)

Set List

  • “Godzilla”
  • “The Man”
  • “Hard To Choose”

Credits

Producers: Bobby Carter, Morgan Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Walker, Julia Reihs; Production Assistant: Kate Drozynski; Photo by Jun Tsuboike/NPR

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