Feb. 01, 2012 - Issue #850: Godot
Pip Skid
Wed, Feb 8, Wunderbar
Headed to Edmonton for the first time in a while, Pip Skid is a rapper not afraid to point fingers at the people who deserve to be singled out. Here, he gives Vue Weekly the lowdown on some of his musical history before he blasts his way into town.
First album
Huey Lewis and the News, Sports
I loved that tape so much as a kid and even had a life-sized Huey Lewis poster on my wall. It makes sense now why I would have dug it so much as it was a watered-down introduction to the blues for my weird white little mind. Now I prefer my blues without the Bruce Willis.
First concert
I grew up in Brandon, MB where there wasn't much going on. The first concert I saw that had any impact on me was a battle of the bands. Some weirdo punk dudes I knew entered and acted super insane. I knew right away that I wanted to do a rap version of that.
Last album
I buy cassettes still. It would have been a T-Bone Walker or Grand Puba tape or something like that. I haven't bought an actual CD in over eight years because I don't buy things that don't make sense.
Last concert
I saw Random Axe play in Brussels a while ago. They were the tightest rap group I've seen in a long time. So good that leaving the stage area to get a beer was stressful.
Favourite album
That's an impossible question. I know it's not Huey Lewis and the News. For rap records, maybe Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, or Boogie Down Productions' By All Means Necessary. It changes like a baby's diapers.
Musical guilty pleasure
I love that Milli Vanilli record Girl You Know It's True and if somebody threw on the NKOTB Step By Step album I'm jamming out.
Wed, Feb 8 (8 pm)
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