Rasheed Jamal's 2015 full-length album, Sankofa, starts out with the sleepy trip-hop beat and breathy vocals of "Zuzu's and WhamWhams," lulling you into a slow nightmarish sense of disconnection, followed by the raw intensity of "Urban Decay" and its vocal hook, "Can we please have a moment of silence (violence)." This syncopated, sprint-jog pacing sets the tone for what is one of the best Northwest hip-hop releases of the past few years. 

Joining Jamal tonight is fellow Resistance emcee Mic Capes, who released a collection of singles this summer from his upcoming album, Concrete Dreams, all of which are emotional, powerful, honest, narrative-driven raps over eerily simple backbeats.