Events

[HIP HOP] Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar continues their “Legends of Hip Hop” series—which has recently featured acts like Kool Keith, Tony Touch, and Camp Lo—with a special appearance by the Bronx duo Nice & Smooth. Greg Nice and Smooth B are unsung stars of early hip hop that have influenced the likes of Biggie Smalls and KRS-One. In 2011, the duo celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of their seminal record, Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed, which featured huge, catchy party-anthems that sampled everything from Joe Cocker to Public Enemy, Wings, Funkadelic, and James Brown. The duo drifted apart in the late 1990s, quietly releasing some solo work (Nice as the more productive of the two) but have sporadically reunited over the years. This year has been one of their more active in a while, but it’s hard to say if you’ll ever have to chance to catch this classic hip hop duo again.