Brother Ali Announces “Secrets & Escapes Tour” Dates
Brother Ali announces his “Secrets & Escapes Tour” which launches in February 2020, making 30+ stops across the U.S. with support from Open Mike Eagle and DJ Last Word. The tour is inspired by the title of Brother Ali’s new album, Secrets & Escapes, which was dropped as a surprise to fans last month, and was produced entirely by label mate Evidence. General admission tickets are on sale now, and a limited number of VIP tickets are available for each date.
Tickets and more info for Brother Ali’s “Secrets & Escapes Tour”: rhymesayers.com/tours/
Secrets & Escapes is a compendium of Brother Ali’s time spent with Evidence, over the course of three trips to California, recording in a Venice garage with no regard for pleasing the internet or competing with the music industry. Evidence chopped up records on old-school samplers and ran them through a compressor (2 track) so they couldn’t be re-arranged or mixed. Brother Ali sat with the mic and spit rhymes as they came to him, without writing or organizing them into songs. Ev smoked a lot of weed, Ali prayed extensively, and their influences on each other can be heard in the recordings. Any time they made something that reminded them of what they’ve become known for, they threw it away and started something new. Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and CS Armstrong came through to bless the project with contributions, too.
Secrets & Escapes is the result of two friends making rap music for no other reason than because it’s what they love to do.
