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9 p.m., Village. $5.
So far this year, 607’s landed a song on MadDecent.com, one of the most influential DJ blogs in the indie world; appeared on a panel with industry bigwigs at Harvard Law School’s Black Law Student Association’s spring conference, and guest-starred in a Russian rap video. It’s been a relatively quiet year.
Since the early aughts, no one’s outworked the Little Rock rapper. In that span, the 30-year-old, whose driver’s license gives his name as Adrian Tillman, has released 31 full-length albums and performed, literally, thousands of shows. Until recently, when he wasn’t recording or performing, he was out chatting up people, wherever there were people — from Applebee’s to the Arkansas Arts Center — always with a briefcase, always filled with CDs of his latest album.
But since spring, after he returned from several weeks in Russia and Africa, 607’s been oddly quiet. Turns out he was just expanding his horizons, which isn’t exactly an easy task for a rapper who loves goth culture and counts Fiona Apple as one of his favorite artists.
For much of the last six months and for a less concentrated time before that, he’s focused on learning to play the violin and cello. His brother and fellow rapper Bobby’s taken the trek with him; he’s learned to play bass guitar.