Back to Burn: Chela SimoneLevende Lounge's weekly emerging talent showcase "We All We Got" heats up tonight with an appearance by Chela Simone, one of the Bay Area's rawest female emcees.
Imagine the lyrical finesse of MC Lyte with the revolutionary intellectualism of Sister Souljah--but coming from the Bay--and you might have an inkling of how dope Simone really is. Her fire is well-evident on "Shut 'Em Down" (featuring frequent collaborator Azeem),
a song inspired by the Oscar Grant incident