Bizzy Bone • rap

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Too much carbon monoxide will kill you. In conjunction with such a gaseous ingestion, too much Bone Thugz-N-Harmony may result in a one-way ticket straight to one of the seven heavens. Don't risk the literal, folks, when the symbolic will do. Case in point: Bizzy Bone, late of the legendary Cleveland rap collective mentioned above, brings his Carbon Monoxide tour to Launchpad on Friday, July 12 at 7pm; this gig is a total gas. Known for notoriously numinous hip-hop flava, Bryon Anthony McCane II (as he is known in real life) spins tales of life, suffering and redemption in a soft, intense high register that brings tension and release to his rapid-fire flow. Check out his game-changing, crazy, cryptic 2004 release Alpha and Omega or its raw, experimentally minded follow-up Speaking in Tongues to get a taste of what awaits at super-powered, weekend-summiting all-ages rhythm and dance party where tickets range from $20 to $95. (August March)