Wednesday s installment of
Scene contributor
Reaux Marquez and
Daisha McBride, plus
DJ Walt spinning between sets. His selections were heavy on turn-of-the-millennium cuts by Southern wordsmiths Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne, with some early Jay-Z in there for good measure. Hovaâs legendary âDead Presidents,â released circa his 1996 debut
Reasonable Doubt â which turned a quarter-century old last week â was playing as I made my way into the show space through Exit s sister bar Hurry Back.Â
Around 8 p.m., there was a nice breeze coming through when McBride hit the stage. After 16 months of paused shows, the Knoxville-born MTSU grad and local hip-hop hustler is picking back up where she left off â right at the stage of her development where gigging with regularity to increase her fan base is paramount. She noted the significance of this performance being her first for a live audience in more than a year, but content-wise it didn t deviate too much