LISA “L-BOOGIE” BAUFORD ( Drosselmeyer) is an LA-based dancer, choreographer, writer, actor, and educator who hails from St. HIP HOP NUTCRACKER 2020 TOUR SIZZLE BREAKDANCING TO TCHAIKOVSKY IN THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER -The Atlantic Grab your family and friends and let the dynamic performers of The Hip Hop Nutcracker take you on a journey that celebrates love, community and the magic of the holiday season. Hoffmann’s beloved story from traditional 19th Century Germany to the vibrant, diverse sights and sounds of contemporary New York City. Innovative digital graffiti and visuals transform the landscape of E.T.A. Just like the original, in The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker Prince go on a dream adventure battling a gang of mice, visiting the land of sweets and learning the lessons of the holiday season. The Hip Hop Nutcracker is brought to life by a powerhouse cast of a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow, one of hip hop’s founding fathers, who opens the show with a short set. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, this contemporary dance spectacle is a re-mixed and re-imagined version of the classic, smashing hip hop dance and Tchaikovksy’s timeless music together into a heart-stirring and inspirational holiday event. He proves nothing is off limits, continuing to be one of the most punk rock rappers out there today.A holiday mash-up for the whole family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker returns to the stage for its seventh season on tour. In it, he touches on the hypocrisies of the entire entertainment and media industry, rapping “I ain't takin' no more calls, might think 'bout callin' it quits / Press is tryin' to block my blessings, no more talking to Vince / NPR and XXL, man, I can't tell which is which.” He follows that by calling out his own record label, along with the Grammys for snubbing his 2017 critically acclaimed album Big Fish Theory. “Get off of my dick or fund my lifestyle.” While he didn’t end up retiring (the GoFundMe was actually pulled down by the site), he did release a song with the same kind of sentiment. “No songs, no interviews, no anything,” he said.
And though he sang about it often, it’s in this song that he offers brief salvation, opening with the lyrics “I know that it hurts sometimes, but it's beautiful / Working every day, now you're bleeding through your cuticles / Passing through a portal as you're sittin' in your cubicle / Isn't life beautiful? I think that life is beautiful.”Ī day before releasing “Get the Fuck Off My Dick,” Staples set up a GoFundMe campaign called #GTFOMD where he asked fans to fund his early retirement. He knows all too well the challenges of anxiety, depression, and life. And in “Life Is Beautiful,” he speaks directly to his listeners in second person.
Lil Peep connected with audiences for his open and honest discussion of his own anxieties and self-destructive addictions. What’s sad is on this posthumous album, there are glimmers of hope among the darkness.
When he died shortly after the release of Part One, he had just defined himself as much more than a Soundcloud oddity. 2 marks a bittersweet reminder of the artist we lost too young. One year after his tragic death at the age of 21, Lil Peep’s Come Over When You’re Sober Pt.