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[Hip Hop Night] The BeatLab @ Tempe Tavern
When I walk into a show, the last thing I want to see is an empty, dead room. Besides some tables, an old jukebox, and some tvs playing sports, that is exactly what I saw at the BeatLab. As I walked further inside however, a crowd framed by a tagged-on doorway sold a picture of intense energy. I couldn’t see who was playing beats nor could I see the stage. Roughly 25 people were facing forward. Every……single……one of them….. bobbing the entire upper half of their body up and d