Tin Roof keeps Click-ing with great underground shows

  • By Jack Hunter
  • Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2011 12:01 a.m.
    UPDATED: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:22 p.m.
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Hear songs from Sick Tyte Click's 'It's Good if You Like It' on the group's MySpace page, www.myspace.com/sicktyteclick.
Photo by /Hear songs from Sick Tyte Click's 'It's Good if You Like It' on the group's MySpace page, www.myspace.com/sicktyteclick.

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Last week, I gave a thumbs up for a great recent show at the Tin Roof in West Ashley featuring Dutch punk band The Apers. Last weekend, the Tin Roof did it again.

Sick Tyte Click is a rap group consisting of local musicians Brad Butler (rap name "B-Ware"), Ryan Brown ("Dungeon Master of Ceremonies" or DMC), Andrew Wilkerson ("Bubba Wilks"), Andrew Brown ("Danger") and Kyle Polk ("Tugboat"). Taking their name from a song by rap legends Wu-Tang Clan, STC began when the band's "two Andrews" decided to take something they had been doing for fun since high school to another level.

Celebrating the release of their new CD, "It's Good if You Like It," STC performed in front of a fairly packed house Saturday and put on a very good show. Consisting of bass, guitar, drums and beat sampling, Bubba Wilks and Danger front this motley crew, and both entertained the audience Saturday with songs such as "Good Life," "Light of Day," "Tyte Jam" and the appropriately titled "Tin Roof" in which STC gives a long list of everything they like about the West Ashley bar. The lyrics were witty, well-written and kept the audience smiling. These guys like to have fun on stage, and at each show I've been to, it's clearly contagious.

I've been to a few rap concerts in my life, with Public Enemy, Rakim and Vanilla Ice being some of the better shows, and of course I've also witnessed some bad ones. In my experience, it's very easy for a hip-hop show to go south, and this is particularly true of local acts that might not have access to elaborate sound systems, stage sets or certain theatrical bells and whistles. Yet Saturday was my third time seeing STC, and these guys just keep getting better with every performance. The songs get funnier, the antics more entertaining and the entire act remains very polished yet laid back at the same time.

Pick up the CD if you get a chance and if you like hip-hop or simply want to have a good time. Do yourself a favor and check out Sick Tyte Click.

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I honestly have nothing to criticize concerning these guys. Keep up the good work, and I suppose another thanks is in order to the Tin Roof for consistently booking quality live shows.