MUSIC
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019
8:00 PM

Yasiin Bey f/k/a Mos Def: "Black on Both Sides" 20th Anniversary Concert
Brooklyn Steel
319 Frost Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

$49.50 advance; $55 day of show
https://www.bowerypresents.com/shows/detail/382485-black-on-both-sides-20th-anniversary-concert-featuring-yasiin-bey-fka-mos-def

I tend to dislike those concerts where some pop musician recreates, with great pomp and reverence, a classic album. Such shows lose all the surprise and spontaneity that we go to pop concerts for. That said, Mos Def's backpack hip-hop classic Black on Both Sides was a REALLY great album. Anyway, better this than going to a museum to listen to his new one. This show by a Brooklyn native son sold out in less than two hours — but one suspects tickets are floating around if you really want them.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Before the show, go to Brooklyn Red-Sauce Classic Frost for the lulz if nothing else. I always seem to end up at that awesome wine bar Four Horsemen after Brooklyn Steel shows.