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First, the Fresh Rhymes: noted alternarappers Dilated Peoples, the Alchemist, and Aceyalone will join up-and-comer 88-Keys on a joint tour in the late spring/early summer. They're calling it Fresh Rhymes and Videotape, it's being put on by Decon Records, and, well, now we're all caught up to the first part of the phrase. Each show will reportedly feature both special guests and-- check it-- "unorthodox content creation." That, I believe, is the most neglected of all the four elements.

As for the Videotape: while on the road, your rhyming tour guides will create a half dozen collaborative cuts to be released after the shows are all over. When they arrive, those new jams will be accompanied by footage shot by director Jason Goldwatch at the tour stops, as well as a music video. So there you go.

Fresh Rhymes, Videotape... man, all we need now is a chronological array of dates, huh? Oh, right.

Fresh Rhymes and Videotape:

06-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos
06-03 Portland, OR - Berbati's
06-05 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
06-06 Tempe, AZ - Marquee
06-08 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
06-09 Austin, TV - Emo's
06-11 Atlanta, GA - Centerstage Loft
06-13 New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
06-14 Washington, DC - Club 5
06-15 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at TLA
06-17 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
06-18 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
06-20 Chicago, IL - Double Door
06-21 Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall
06-23 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
06-24 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
06-26 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
06-27 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
06-29 San Diego, CA - Belly Up