SF/Arts Curator Insight

A show for the heads, if there ever was one. The genre-bending Ohioan producer RJD2 was a staple of the late ‘90s/early 2000s instrumental hip-hop wave. Alongside contemporaries like DJ Shadow and The Avalanches, RJD2’s sample-heavy, groove-driven approach ushered in a new era of era of crate-digging electronica: the progenitor of what the kids call “lo fi hip hop beats.” His nostalgia-laced seminal 2002 album, Deadringer (you’ve likely heard “Ghostwriter”) still hits. Catch him at neighborhood venue Rickshaw Stop—the spot that never misses.